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Title: Fractured
Season: 3
Category: General, Action, Horror/Demon, One-Shots, AU
Warnings: Angst, end of Season 3 AU speculation
Tagline: Prequel to Broken Images
Total Word Count: 8415
Total Chapters: 1
Beta: ziggyuk
Story Banner: Chasidern

When I finished Broken Images, GotTheShining from Supernaturalville asked me if I would consider doing a prequel, telling how Dean got out of the deal. I said I'd think about it, but I didn't know how I would pull it off, as I had no flipping idea how to get Dean out of his contract. And at the time, I hadn't planned on doing anything about it.

Then quite a few weeks later, I had a bit of an idea, and my wonderful friend, SN sis and beta, Ziggy, helped me flesh it out. (I think I scare her when I say things like - Sarah, I need to pick your brain...lol)

This is the end result. I hope that I have done it justice.

Oh, and one really, really important thing to remember: even though this is the prequel to Broken Images, please don't read this one first. It gives away Broken Image's plot. Read Broken Images first, then come back to this one. Trust me.

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Title: Broken Images
Season: 3
Category: General, Action, AU
Warnings: Tissues – lots of tissues.
Tagline: Who was the handsome stranger brought to the mental institution in the dead of night – and what terrible tragedy from his past had reduced him to a broken, empty shell?
Total Word Count: 29,284
Total Chapters: 6
Chapter 5 Word Count: 4848
Beta: ziggyuk
Story Banner: Chasidern

Awards: Sensue.net People’s Choice 2008 1^st Place; SN.TV Fanfiction Awards 2008 Best Future Fic; Supernaturalville Unscripted Genius Awards 2008 Best Sam Story.

Awards Banners: Sensue for People’s Choice, Saiyuki for SN.TV Best Future, Bambers (I think?) For UnGen Best Sam.

Title: Broken Images
Season: 3
Category: General, Action, AU
Warnings: Tissues – lots of tissues.
Tagline: Who was the handsome stranger brought to the mental institution in the dead of night – and what terrible tragedy from his past had reduced him to a broken, empty shell?
Total Word Count: 29,284
Total Chapters: 6
Chapter 3 Word Count: 4495
Beta: ziggyuk
Story Banner: Chasidern

Awards: Sensue.net People’s Choice 2008 1^st Place; SN.TV Fanfiction Awards 2008 Best Future Fic; Supernaturalville Unscripted Genius Awards 2008 Best Sam Story.

Title: Broken Images
Season: 3
Category: General, Action, AU
Warnings: Tissues – lots of tissues.
Tagline: Who was the handsome stranger brought to the mental institution in the dead of night – and what terrible tragedy from his past had reduced him to a broken, empty shell?
Total Word Count: 29,284
Total Chapters: 6
Chapter 1 Word Count: 4823
Beta: ziggyuk
Story Banner: Chasidern

Awards: Sensue.net People’s Choice 2008 1^st Place; SN.TV Fanfiction Awards 2008 Best Future Fic; Supernaturalville Unscripted Genius Awards 2008 Best Sam Story.

Awards Banners: Sensue for People’s Choice, Saiyuki for SN.TV Best Future, Bambers (I think?) For UnGen Best Sam.

Story Notes: This is the story that ended my days of flying happily under the radar. And you know...I still can’t quite figure out why. I am continually surprised by the interest this thing garners – it was even the topic of discussion by a group of British SPN fanfic writers during their annual get-together sometime after the story was posted. Even my beta...well, that’s a separate story in itself, is her reaction – lol. See, when Ziggy agreed to be my beta, she promised me that she wouldn’t pressure me for chapters....until this story. And truth be told, I had serious doubts as to whether the thing would even work! I sent her the first chapter with a note saying for her to be completely honest with me and tell me if it wasn’t worth posting up. Her reply went something like this: “I know I said I would never beg you for more chapters, but PLEASE tell me you’ve got more written! I have to know what happens next!!!!!!”

And despite scattering a couple of clues (albeit somewhat oblique) through the story, I kept everyone guessing until the final chapter as to who was who in the zoo. Ah, well – the cat’s out of the bag now, I suppose. But there were some truly novel guesses, and a few readers actually bounced back and forth in their guess as each chapter was posted and the story got a bit more twisty. And I have to say, I sniggered a wee bit to myself while reading the reviews, because of course I knew already who it was...*grins evilly*.

The usual thanks goes to my wonderful back-up team: ziggyuk for the beta-ing, and Chasidern for the bannering. And partway through the story, I had help from a fellow Aussie fanfic writer from down in Victoria, whose penname is sadly lost along with my original notes, but whom I must still thank for her help with technicalities of the particular affliction I chose for the story.

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