Don't forget 'Money', my personal favorite story of damnation and
redemption.  Well, my favorite since, umm, I wrote it.  I'm biased. :)

	I thought "Money" was a little too didactic -- it came off like a
remake of _A Christmas Carol_.  I liked "Wicked Garden" a lot more.

I've been pondering a few other dark / semidark story ideas, since
they're quite a thrill to do.  Gotta be done RIGHT, though, or it's
just pointless sadism...

	True.  Still, it always fascinates me how almost all the characters
in Ranma can be re-interpreted to bring out their tragic dimensions.  It
reflects on how well Takahashi set her characters up.

-- 
"I will chide no breather in the world but myself,                 _____
 against whom I know most faults." - As You Like It         |_____|_____
                                     Act 3, Scene 2    _____|     |
            Julian Fong: fong_jh@sunset.bph.jhu.edu