I think that it's funny that a few of the writers warn that the character with your name "may be of dubious moral character". And in Lemony Snicket you only get an utterance.

What I'd really want is to be incorporated into a Sergio Aragonés cartoon in the margins of Mad Magazine.

How much to get Neil Gaiman to stop writing altogether?

This is very cool -- and I imagine the winners will be paying a pretty penny indeed. Guesses on what these will go for?

spooky...I just received the Scout Report by email and they have a bunch of links (haven't checked them out) about this...

When I was a kid (and I'm assuming they are still available now) you could order books that would write you and a friend into a story with popular characters. I have one in storage somewhere with me and my best friend at eight years old in a story with Todd from the Fox and the Hound. This reminds me of that.

Is anyone else experiencing weirdness with the layout of the auction page? I'm not getting any images or pricing info.

Stephen King warns:

Buyer should be aware that CELL is a violent piece of work, which comes complete with zombies set in motion by bad cell phone signals that destroy the human brain. Like cheap whiskey, it's very nasty and extremely satisfying. Character can be male or female, but a buyer who wants to die must in this case be female.

It would be pretty disturbing to read of your violent death to zombies, complete with your own physical description, in a Stephen King book.

I guess it's a little late to capitalize on this cool joke. I shake my fist at the post-signup waiting period.