Thank you for the compliments they are very much appreciated especially given the high time investment in putting together works of this detail. Unfortunately, no I am not a professional author though the thought has occured to me that with some more practice and honing I might be able to make a worthwhile attempt. It is particularly this which has driven to ask for feeback especially on the characterization though I have to admit I wouldn't have an immediate theme ready outside of TG fiction. As far as scope of my work so far my material is only published here and at tf-media. I know of fictionmania and several others but in a few places I'm somewhat uncomfortable with the torrential amounts of CD/TV and wish fulfillment fantasy material that gets posted. If you have any favorite sites that cater heavily to process type stories I'd love to hear them because I would like to prioritize to those sites.
You saw the ending coming from the beginning...DRAT
what gave it away? I know her getting sent to Vegas should have set off warning bells in the minds of most readers and I thought the city choice might have been a little obvious, but I needed a city with certain 'features' for The Succubus' Vows and it was the best example that came to mind. I even worked pretty fast through the end of the story to avoid telegraphing the ending. I had hoped that most readers would have forgotten about the prospect of an actual meeting.
Also yes all of the associated characters will have aleast some part to play in the finale. Also while the Succubus arc will conclude I do want to preserve the "Witch" characters for additional one off stories. So far TBACC and FN9 are the only two spin offs from the main arc but I think Wendy atleast deserves a standalone story of her own. Also it wouldn't be primarily TG but I want to write the AR "deaging" for Mirabel that was hinted at in TBACC. I think the vials of power that Mirabel is getting from Zoe would be an excellent anchor point for an extended universe somewhat ala the SRU wizard. After all, Zoe may know she's giving a Witch some serious mojo she just doesn't know how powerful
The reference to plutonium in the story was intentional.
As for the plotline of TSV, there's hints in the story for what's about to happen...the only additional hint I'll give away is that there's more than one major event going on in the city, if you read the story carefully and think real hard about Zoe's intrinsic nature you might figure it out.
I am surprised though that noone has won the contest yet. I might have to throw in one of your cakes...that looks delicious