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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Fragment: The Summoning'' (short story)}}{{Short Story
| title1= ''Fragment: The Summoning''
| image1= The Summoning.png
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| other_titles=
| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]
| villain(s)= 
| featuring= [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]]<br>[[Stan Lee|Stan]]<br>[[The Devil (Parallax Universe)|Satan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small>
| setting= [[Parallax Universe|Unnamed universe]]
| crossovers =
| length= 464 words
| writer(s)= [[Scott Sanford]]
| artist(s)=
| dates= April the 26th, 2022<br><small>(release)</small>
| original_link= [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/45798.html#summoning]
| seriesnav = [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]
| previous = ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]''
| next = ''[[Truth in Labeling (short story)|Truth in Labeling]]''
| seriesnav2 = Stories read at [[Or-E-Con 2]]
| previous2 = ''[[Everywhere's The Thing! (short story)|Everywhere's The Thing!]]''
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}}'''''Fragment: The Summoning''''' was a [[Jenny Everywhere]] short story written by [[Scott Sanford]] in 2022. It was the third of Sanford's “Fragments” shorts, after ''[[Fragment: Frogs (short story)|Fragment: Frogs]]'' and ''[[Fragment: Nowhere Plan (short story)|Fragment: Nowhere Plan]]''.

== Contents ==
===Plot ===
Sneaking around in a dark alley at night, [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] is snuck upon by her friend [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]], who asks her what she's up to. She shows her a badly-typed flyer advertising a ritual to “SUMMUN STAAN”, explaining that she wants to make sure that the cultists don't, against all odds, succeed in summoning something dangerous. After Kim uses her [[vampire|mysterious]] abilities to help Jenny enter the empty storefront where they've set up shop, however, it becomes clear they misread the typo: while they do successfully summon the object of their worship, it's not Satan but the benign [[Stan Lee|Stan]].

===Worldbuilding===
====Jenny Everywhere====
* This story features [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|the usual Jenny]] used in [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]].

====Universes====
* This story takes place in the “[[Parallax Universe|default universe]]” of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]].

====Other====
* [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] twice displays an apparent ability to teleport, without Jenny seeing quite how she did it. Kim insists that “dimensional shenanigans are definitely [Jenny's] thing”, leaving it ambiguous quite what supernatural ability Kim was actually using.

== Behind the scenes ==
===Background===
When releasing the story on Dreamwidth in 2022, [[Scott Sanford]] appended some commentary to the story:
{{quotebox|Okay, yes, I went there. It is a horrible pun. Also, mood whiplash ahead!|Scott Sanford}}
===Read online===
The story is available on [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/45798.html#summoning the author's Dreamwidth website]. 

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