Ones of the truest things is that $$$ change everything.

The community is very guarded about the 'pool', I know you are well aware of this.

the new tab can be a depressing place indeed but I still have a trawl now and then

I have been looking more, what I see is mostly grim as you say. Anything good is likely to have been picked up on before I see it.

Talk about scrapping around for the good stuff. Maybe creative writing is something inherited from our ancestors and cant be learned.