might this 'dead scene' work, perhaps, in a future issue of SD?

Yeah, I can do that. Probably in August, when the book is released.

also, i'm intrigued by the 're-imaged' JL. Could you elaborate on this?

Well...for one thing, I'm moving the book from Athens, GA, to New England (where I had originally intended it to be set). I'll get into this more when I actually start writing the book, I think.