ThatLONERchick

Daria  fanfiction author of The Night Series (including "The Cell"). Posts under the name Alpacca Jo on fanfiction.net. Enjoys long walks, razor burn, sleeping the world away, and being mistaken for an emo cross-dresser. Well, not so much that last one. Or the second one, either. But the rest is true. Yeah.

thatLONERchick is a master of short, angst-packed tales with ambiguous or unresolved endings, sharing characteristics with vignettes. Her characters are sharply drawn, often in intense physical or emotional pain, and memorable.

Mini-Bio

thatLONERchick was born in Queens, New York and grew up in the Bronx and Brooklyn over the course of seventeen years and several moves. She began writing at the age of seven and though never developed anything approaching skill until her late teens, enjoyed every word and every line.

She currently resides in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and often resents the fact that cats have the tendency to wander in wailing at three in the morning, and cause her to lose her train of thought while writing. Like just now.

She is in a relationship with Jim North. Wacky enough for ya?

Twice during her Junior High career was she featured in her school news paper, once for a short story and illustration in the Halloween edition and again in the art section. She has not been formally published since.

thatLONERchick entered Daria fandom late, though she has been a fan of the show since its first airing in 1997, when she was eleven years old. Her first fanwork was Winter Hearts, then a stand-alone tale of inner termoil. It was published on fanfiction.net in September 2007 under the name Alpacca Joe. Her first Paper Pusher's Message Board post was in response to an Iron Chef: Daria's Sorrow; the pre-canon tale entitled Now and Then was her second fan effort.

Most of her fan fiction stories can be found at her website Pressed Between the Pages.

Her most recent contributions from a variety of genres include Interdimensional Dust Up on Twelfth of May, Tears of the Cynic, the conclusion of The Misery Chick (story) chapter two: Wishes, Searching for a New Hope, and a short crossover story, Promises In Flames.

The Stuffs I Dun Writed (in no particular order)

 * Now and Then
 * Touched By Angela Li
 * Can You Call Me Back?
 * Winter Hearts
 * Man Behind the Curtain
 * On a Rowe
 * Cry For a Shadow
 * Not-Quite-Forever Girl
 * Don't Wound What You Can't Kill
 * Noon: One Minute
 * The Night Series
 * Three Dark Tales (Fade, This Is Not Hell, Dark Siren)
 * It's Not Unusual (The Darkness Between, Paint the Mirror Black, Oh, That Smell, Super Heroism and YOU!)
 * Many A True Word
 * A Sibling's Rivalry
 * Shucked Again
 * Eggs Need Salt
 * A New Take on Group Dating
 * Voices
 * Mommy's Baby, Daddy's Maybe
 * Slashers
 * Shower
 * A Saturnalia Miracle
 * New Years' Surprise
 * Trent-Foolery
 * A Matter of Principal
 * Try, Try Again
 * The Black Lady of High Hills
 * The Mirror
 * Jodie's Story
 * All In the Family
 * The Lions' Roar
 * Jane, Where's My Car?
 * Trent Has A Thing For Brunettes
 * I'd Watch (in a non-voyeuristic way)
 * Richly Dressed
 * What Happens In Lawndale...
 * Sibling Rivalry
 * A Stumble on the Road to Enlightenment
 * On the 2 Train
 * Touchdown
 * Bleeding Minds
 * Extracurricular Activities
 * Tears of the Cynic
 * Interdimensional Dust Up on Twelfth of May
 * The More Things Change
 * Bittersweet
 * The Melody Plays On
 * Where Gods Hold Sway
 * First Loss
 * Promises In Flames
 * (Van)Gogh-ing Overboard
 * Lingering Hours
 * Avenging Angel
 * Will Ye Go Lassie, Go?
 * Season to Season
 * Tide Turner
 * Searching for a New Hope
 * Something Like Regret
 * Don't Look Back
 * A Typical Day
 * An Invitation You Can't Refuse
 * End of the Rope
 * Topsy-Turvy
 * (Un)forgettable
 * The Gift
 * Tag Team
 * Forgive and Forget
 * Though The Years Part Us
 * How Peace Came to Lawndale
 * Southpaw
 * Bad Timing

Daria Fanworks Awards
4th Daria Fanworks Awards
 * Favorite Jake Story (tie) for The Cell

Nominations

Favorite Pre-Esteemsters Now and Then

Favorite Supernatural or Fantasy Horror The Night Series: Pull the Plug

Favorite Holiday Story The Night Series: Snow Fall

Favorite New Author

5th Daria Fanworks Awards
 * Favorite Romance - Gay/Lesbian for Not-Quite-Forever Girl
 * Favorite Movie Parody (tie) for Can I Call You Back?

Nominations

Favorite Drama False Starts

Favorite Melodrama Cry For a Shadow

Favorite Romance - Straight Winter Hearts: She Tries To Breathe (as Alpacca Jo)

Favorite Romance - Gay/Lesbian On a Rowe

Favorite Quinn Story On a Rowe

Winter Hearts: She Tries To Breathe

Favorite Use of a Background or Supporting Character from the Television Series The Misery Chick: Remembrance

Favorite Supernatural or Fantasy Horror Winter Hearts: She Tries To Breathe

Favorite Erotica-Gay/Lesbian On a Rowe

6th Daria Fanworks Awards
 * Favorite Jake Story for Don't Wound What You Can't Kill

Nominations

Favorite Romance - Straight The Night Series: Never Come to Be

Favorite Pre-Esteemsters The Night Series: Curtain Call

Favorite Supernatural or Fantasy Horror Bleeding Minds