The Dallas Brawl Update Files

copyright 1991 ~ 1997 Mr. David R. Dorrycott

 

Back in late 1991 I stumbled across a little monthly digest published by Mrs. Mel. White. Mel was an old friend and, to be honest my writing barely reached the minimum level required to join this group. Still in October 1991 I became a member of one of the most fun writing groups I’ve ever come across next to Colin Pinnel’s Urx Universes..


Now the DBU as it was normally called, was basically a monthly pie-fight-on-paper. It was fun, it had a PG-13 limit on material (which we all tended to find ways around now and then) and I learned a great deal interacting with others. What you will find here is a selection of various ‘zaps’ as seen from my side. Though other peoples characters are used the files presented are what was published. Thus if you see LR=>JA it means I am ‘zapping’ or interacting with, in this case, Mr. Johnny Amburn. Back then I wrote as Lord Rees, an SCA title I held. I no longer use any pen-name, yet as I wrote under that name for ten years or so it is best that I admit it here. All characters are listed as to who belonged to whom of where I can remember.


Stories or Zaps were limited to three pages. Most were only a page and well, to be bluntly honest since your only seeing my side, a lot of really funny material is left wanting. Also being basically a fanzine, the DBU had its share of stories based in popular and not so popular fiction of the time. From Star Trek to Star Wars to Princess Bride to Dr. Who. Whatever happened to float a particular writers boat at the moment. In my case my main characters ship is loosely based upon a Star Fleet Battles (tm) Heavy Oar Carrier. Those were fun times long gone. I understand as of this writing that perhaps the Brawl will live again. One may only hope.


Some work was done ‘outside the Brawl’, meaning it was simply between myself and one or two players. These never saw the Brawl, yet as they were written within the Brawl Universe they are shown here. Those ‘Zaps’ are not limited to the PG-13 limits Mrs. White tried so diligently to hold. Files are listed in filename alphabetical order, not time or title order. Some of these stories are the seeds that have become other stories. Some, like Unexpected Destination, brought outcries of anger from other Brawl Players. More are really forgettable.


Presented here are all the files that have survived these fifteen or so years. What you are going to read are the real beginning steps of a writer. Much like the beginning steps of an artist the edges are rough, events are confused and great (GREAT) liberties are taken as a matter of course. Just remember that as of this writing (2006) that was from ten to fifteen years ago.

 

 

The Dallas Brawl Update

 

Changes

To All Things

Of Women and Mice and Things Held Twice

Oh No!!! Ants!!!

A Darling ‘Little’ Surprise

And the Band Plays On

Invitation, A Polite Decline

Figure M Gets a Body!

Bright Eyes

How to Pull a Kitsune’s Leg

Bugs

A Castle

Closure, Snowaters

Daydream Believers

Repaying a Debt

Games? What Games Delicious.

Gee.. It was just a Tiny Little Mistake....

Unexpected Destination

Brifday? I Wanna

Impact

The Gift

Stormy Weather

Judyth Marie

Contact

Memories

Minus 13 and Counting

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Never Look A...

New Faces, Old Problems

...Our Story Thus Far...

Welcome to a Whole New Ballgame

Party Aftermath

Chippendales Nuts

Phileana Aboard the Omaha

Theft is Not an Acceptable Lifestyle...

 

 

Thank You, Inter-Preditor

Unwelcome Visitors

Warm Up

What Do You Mean... Now?

Who? Me?

Oh Wode Is Me.

He's Here!

Internal Error; Divide by Zero. Abort? Y/N

Another Life
Awakening
CONTACT, BEARING 272 ZETA TRUE
Freebasing
Sometime in the Future
Hot Rescue
Kiko and Felix
A Hard Lesson Learned
Mayhap a Mistake?
Melanie's Peace
Uh Hi
Opps
Out of Sight, Out of
Atlas Aerospace Finds the Star Diamond
One Quiet Day Before A Wedding
A Recovery
Release
Snowaters meets Runner
Maybe They Should Have Seen Me
Everyone Off
She's Back
Trouble?
Never Trust A Cat
Unwelcome Visitors
Windows
Snowaters Meets M
Missing Fudge
Atalanta with Snowaters
The Klipper and Kalith

External Brawl Material

This is material that was never meant for the Brawl. In most cases because it was much too adult.

 

Possession is 9 Tenths of...

Party Aftermath

Viper Strike

I Am A Time Bomb
All About Opal
Continuance

Fyrestorm
Implant
A Dangerous Experiment
Not for Patients Review

Snowys Grey Answer