The idea was not mine originally but I've sort of inherited it.
It works like a round robin or a game of 'consequences', anyone can add a new piece of story and leave it on a suspenseful note and someone else can pick it up and the whole thing lurches forward.
I am one of the few remaining original authors, hence how it has become more-or-less my pet project.
The story called H2G2 Storytime is being written on the Hitchikers Guide website h2g2 (hence the rather tepid, uninspiring name, but also not my doing) and has already amassed two sequels (we had much more fun writing the tag-lines)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/plain/A669783
H2G2 Storytime 1
-introduces all of our major characters but is somewhat hectic. Eventually the style settles down and it makes a sort of cohesive sense. From which emerged the two following installments:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/plain/A872624
H2G2 Story Time 2 (A Divine Comedy)
Mostly the construction of myself and my fellow co-conspirator Mr Legion
This is possibly my favourite - Rasputin has come back from the dead and Heaven and Hell will move to stop him. Had great fun writing this while I was at University.
H2G2 Storyime 3 - From Prussia with Love
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/plain/A13303991
Four authors this time, myself, Mr Legion, HPB and Terran.
At the start of A Divine Comedy - two of our characters left on a secret Mission - this is the tale of that mission. A rip roaring spy thriller with intrigue a large blue diamond and even romance. Sort of the illegitmate offspring of The Maltese Falcon, and Indianna Jones and more than a little 007.
This one has 60 chapters so far - and we're not finished writing yet (but I figure if you get done reading all the others we'll have time to get the ending written!)
Hopefully you'll share our sense of humour and enjoy these as much as I've enjoyed writing them.
Lithium / Clive the flying ostrich.