This file is ment to accompany the downloadable version of my
story, "What Bunnies Are For", (second version). There was a shorter
version before this, but I wasn't satisfied with it. It was pretty
disgusting in retrospect. So, I wrote it over. This is the result.

        "What Bunnies Are For" takes place in the near future -- say,
fifteen or twenty years from now -- after much has been discovered
about how genes work and how they can be fiddled around with. The
Bunnies are genetic constructs; part rabbit, part human with aspects
that come from neither. In this world, the corporate powerbase has
made some strides in undermining the power of legitimate governments
worldwide, although not as much as some cyberpunk authors foresaw in
books like _Neuromancer_; nevertheless, they hold more power over the
consuming population than they rightfully should. "Furries" are their
latest attempt to wrestle power from the people. They are creatures
like The Bunnies, intelligent with independent minds, but with no
legal rights. The beginnings of a backlash against corporations by
the consuming public was diverted to hatred of Furries, thus leaving
the corporate powerbase free to continue their plans unopposed. But
not before a new Union Movement could at least begin, focused on an
old, radical union called the Industrial Workers of the World, "The
Wobblies", (which really exists, BTW). An underside to the backlash
is an underground, semi-religious movement called People Not Furries,
which seeks to eliminate the "furry threat" through terrorism and
murder. In this story, we see a new power enter the fray.

        I must warn you that there is some explicit violence in this
story. There is also explicit sex in files WBAF2-07.TXT, WBAF2-08.TXT
and WBAF2-11.TXT. It's actually pretty mild in part 11, but part 8
includes sex with violence. If you're squeemish about such things,
then you ought not read this story. There now, you've been warned; if
you go ahead and read it and end up feeling upset, you've no one to
blame but yourself.

        And for my own protection, I have to say again here what I
said in the zipfile comment --
NOBODY UNDER THE LEGAL AGE IN YOUR STATE, PROVINCE OR COUNTRY as the
case may be SHOULD READ THIS STORY! If you're underage, you should
delete every WBAF2-*.TXT file at once, or at least show them to your
parent(s) or guardian(s) before you read them. THIS STORY IS MENT FOR
ADULTS, YOU WON'T BE HAPPY IF YOU READ IT!

        And speaking of legal matters --
"What Bunnies Are For" and all parts thereof are copyrighted 1995 by
Allan D. Burrows, of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Rights Reserved
after publication. "What Bunnies Are For" may be distributed by
electronic network, but may not be distributed in printed form or
used for any commercial purposes without my explicit permission. Ask
me before distributing it in other forms. See below for contact
information.

        This story was originally written for posting on the Furnet,
a Fidonet-style BBS network. This is why every part but WBAF2-11.TXT
is no more than 97 lines long. (I added the warning at the top of
that file in retrospect when I re-posted it to the Usenet news.group
alt.fan.furry; on Furnet I posted it to a "backroom" echo where only
adults should have seen it.) I feel that this restriction helped me
to keep the action moving even though the plot itself is fairly slow
and "cerebral".

        Your praise and specific, positive criticism is welcome. I
can be reached at the following addresses:
  - essie@io.org
  - ac046@freenet.toronto.on.ca
  - or by Fidonet to Allan Burrows at Fido address 1:250/432.0
Please send all flames, accusations, threats and offers of salvation
to dev.nul@io.org. Sorry, I'm not willing to give out my snailmail
address or phone number to just anybody. I've heard all sorts of
horror stories about people who did and I _DO_NOT_ intend to end up
as one of them!

        Thanks and I hope you enjoy my story,
                Allan