Browsing Steely Dan Fiction

Log Entry Author -ALLEN LANIER. "...I stand at the junction of reality and fiction, where they meet and split off like a fork in the road... We all know there's a split from reality. But, I'd like to know, does it happen on its own to certain less-than-ordinary people by coincidence ...or did somebody create this alternative reality, shape our alternative beings, and place us here?" [Stranger than Fiction challenge]

Following their meeting in Brooklyn [from my story "Steely John and The Two Dans"] .. Linnell and Flansburgh contemplate adding a hint to a Steely Dan song they are covering .. a few lines straight outta Mr Roger's Neighborhood.

A tough decision forces Donald to face ignored feelings.

A lonely fool spends his last remaining days on a doomed Earth broadcasting to no one. Or so he thinks.

Donald and Walter engage in a very unorthodox, hands-on songwriting session.

Strangely, it was easier to be at peace with than before. There was no uncertainty to it. He could at least say it would be his last time out of personal connection with Walter, because it was all he would know for the rest of his life ...Or, so he thought.

There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die

A performance in Australia to feature Steely Dan and Jethro Tull goes wrong prior to arrival when the insane and shell-shocked World War II veteran pilot hired crashes midway and abandons his passengers. The two bands are at odds over how to get back to civilized land, and war ensues.

WARNINGS: Blasphemy of every flavor I could pile in .. Two characters borrowed from SK's DT .. Two characters borrowed from a popular work of fiction (the King James version) .. whatsername .. Bestiality (but with reach-around, so it's ok) .. Fat shaming .. Inadequate Municipal Storm Drainage System (this is NOT a euphemism) .. Nonconsensual Human Transmogrification (this is NOT the name of a Rock Band) .. supernatural mass fucking .. Pee .. and gratuitous "tipping" of the pizza man ..... Oh yeah; and some classic cars, God fucking, and God fucking up. [This is NOT the same parallel dimension where Trashcan Man fulfills his destiny .. but it IS the same night]. Las Vegas and the exit signs are REAL. The prostitutes are REAL. Some of the tits are fake. All of the whores are fake. Noel Gallagher's knife is STILL real. The author was in Vegas when this storm hit.

Backstage, David Palmer contemplates the meaning of his duty to The Dan, and the fool it has led him to become while holding his own in battle.

Many storms had blown over the islands... weathering away the superficial. But distance and storms couldn't wear away the few authentic aspects of the world. [The other perspective of "When the Demon Does Not Leave the Door".]

"To keep him going. Or so I thought." Donald Fagen pushes through a week on his own during a mid-80s winter after the release of The Nightfly and during his spell of writer's block and nervous breakdowns. Motivation exists only in a mission for someone from an old world who is pushing through his own, out of sight and thousands of miles away.

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Requested for Ficmas... right up my alley.

Just another night at home in New York City, babey.

Celebrating their first anniversary, Albert and Julian book a relaxing cruise featuring some of their favorite crooners, or maybe not, I don't know anything about The Strokes. But when faced with ghosts, kidnapping, adultery, cannibalism, satanism, petty arguments, pirates, marooning, spontaneous human combustion, and lies- do they still leave a 5 star review on Yelp? Find out!

Display of dominance aboard The Good Ship Faker. Sailors, take warning.

Explanation of (sequel to) "Everything You Did"

Walter accuses his wife of an affair with Donald.