After discussing this properly, Corin and I have decided that:
Story Continuations will not be moving forward.
The forum post will stay open in the spirit of record keeping and free discussion, and I’ll edit the original post with this update and a link to this reply.
We would have loved to try the initiative. The idea came from a genuine place: trying to honour older stories that readers still love, still remember, and still wish had reached their intended end. There are some absolute gems buried in the archive, and we wanted to see whether there was a respectful way to bring attention back to them.
That said, the discussion made it clear that this idea does not have a strong enough community mandate to proceed.
There was real support for it, especially from readers and some authors, but there was also serious concern from other authors around permission, ownership, and how their work might be treated. We severely underestimated how upsetting the idea would be to a small number of people, and the discussion became much more heated than we expected.
To be honest, some of the accusations and analogies used were not appreciated. This was never an attempt to steal anyone’s work, erase original authors, or treat stories carelessly. It was an attempt to solve a real problem in a creative way.
But if the solution risks alienating authors or making people feel unsafe sharing their work here, then it is not worth pursuing.
GKS exists because authors choose to post here. Protecting that trust matters more than testing this idea.
So, the fuchsia pink robes are going back in the cupboard.
I know some people will be disappointed, and I am too. Doing nothing does not solve the issue of beloved unfinished stories, but it is clear that this particular solution is not the right one for the community at this time.
Thank you to everyone who engaged with the idea, whether you supported it, opposed it, or suggested changes. We listened, we discussed it, and the decision is that