Why would a writer (me) appreciate a short story from someone else (another writer), you might ask? I'll tell you why I did. Recently, one of my beta readers went a step further than editing my story (which is a heck of a lot of work in the first place). She wrote a short story that took place in the world I had created in The Meddler, on Carcerem Island. Her story featured her own personal character coming into contact with Spade, the main character in mine. I was BLOWN AWAY