Did all the writers on these boards decide to become freakin' brilliant overnight or have I just not been paying attention?!

I have no clue. Whatsoever. Although there's a certain telltale darkness about the story that narrows the field down some. It can either be Sue, Alcyone, Shayne or Elisabeth. Or I could just be way off base about all of them.

But it could also have been Terry. The 'man's perspective' stands out here. I mean, if the writer were female, they would be more appreciative of Clark's 'assets'. Or would find it easier to write from Lois' perspective.

I point at Terry. laugh

“Is he dead, Lois?”

“No! But I was really mad and I wanted to kick him between the legs and pull his nose off and put out his eyes with a freshly sharpened pencil and disembowel him with a dull letter opener and strangle him with his own intestines but I stopped myself just in time!”
- Further Down The Road by Terry Leatherwood.