In the Summer of 2006, Arthur Milligan was a reporter staying at a quiet inn in a sleepy Maine resort town, doing a story on the local beerfest. To pass the time, he started a blog documenting the experience, and invited some of his fellow guests to participate. Then one night, things got interesting. The Trading Post is an ongoing Blog Fic written from the perspective of several of these victims as they go on to live their new lives, coming up against new careers, love lives, a possible conspiracy against them, and more often than not, new sexual equipment.