Other People's Playgrounds

Every now and then, writers get the chance to work in worlds they didn't create. This is uniquely enjoyable; it gives a writer the chance to pretend to be someone else, or to riff on somebody else's good idea. But these stories, however much fun they are to write, often fall by the wayside once written. They're neither fish nor fowl, not wholly the product of the writer or of the person who devised the setup he or she is using.

Other People's Playgrounds collects a baker's dozen such stories...