I thought that might have been the issue as well, tried some other things... however even with the paths hard-written in I still end up with:

error: Error reading from the file d:/twinight/oj/story/index.html () - Please check your permissions.

Which is the exact path to the file, heh. I'm pretty much out of my league and out of ideas. :\ What I can't get is why it won't modify/create the index, but will create the individual stories...

I'll try and corner a friend of mine who knows perl way better than I do to sit down and have a look at it, maybe he can come up with somethin... I'll pop by and say something if we work it out.

Thanks!