INPUT

The below two stories are the beginnings of two short stories I've had in the making for some time. As I'm a democracy, I'd quite like some feedback on these - whether they're worth continuing, what in them doesn't work and so on and so forth.

The first one posted is an idea I had sometime in November that was initially too similar to both 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Fight Club' as well as Jasper Fforde's 'Thursday Next' novels. So I did some tweaking, I have a vague idea of where it's going but no idea how to get it there, so any input on that one would be welcome.

The second one posted is an idea I've been toying with on and off for years exploring purposelessness, bureaucracy in a comic manner and making a lot of offhand jokes about imperialism. I feel it's now more promising than in its first skeletal incarnations which I wrote in about 2005, but once again I'd like anyone who is actually, by some fluke, reading this to tell me what they think is working and what isn't.

Thank you very much for anything you may or may not do or consider doing!