Midnight Pals: The Future is Now (Patreon)

Tim Boucher: hello fellow authors!
Boucher: it's me, tim Boucher -- author!
Boucher: and boy, as an author, let me tell you
Boucher: us authors sure love to author around
Poe: something's not right here

Boucher: i've written 97 stories in the last month!
Boucher: while we're talking, i'm writing 3 more
King: that's impossible! no one can write that fast
King: except for mercedes lackey
Poe: oh yeah she's like a machine

Boucher: yup yup i wrote 97 stories in the last month
Poe: how's that possible
Boucher: well see i bought this thing from l ron hubbard
Poe: ah ok now i get it

Boucher: that's right, I'm an author!
Boucher: as you can see by my card
Boucher: [hands business card that says "Tim Boucher, Author"]
Boucher: and my hat
Boucher: [points to hat that says "Authhor" in sequins]
Poe: so what do you write?
Boucher: write?

Boucher: today's modern a-go-go authors don't write!
Boucher: we have the AI do it for us
King:
Poe:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Boucher: the future is now!

Boucher: i wrote 97 stories
Barker: well i've never heard of you
Boucher: oh you will!
Boucher: i'm getting lots of media attention for being the guy who wrote 97 stories with AI!

Boucher: you fat cat writers have hogged all the glory for too long!
Boucher: what about all the talentless hacks out there?
Boucher: you saying we shouldn't get the glory just cuz we're bad at our jobs?
Boucher: sounds kind of elitist to me!

Boucher: now that we can just have computers to write for us
Boucher: now everyone can enjoy the life of a rich successful author!
Boucher: [cashing 2 cent royalty check] yeah see this is what you fat cats were trying to keep away from us!

Gretchen Felker-Martin: see the thing about writing is
Felker-Martin: you do the work or it doesn't get done
Tim Boucher: not anymore!
Boucher: [ladling out slop] here, everyone! have some slop!
Boucher: don't hold back, there's plenty for everyone!