You know, fanfic has actually won me over to present tense. I never used to read it (and experimental short fiction of *any* sort was an incredibly hard sell for me), but after getting used to reading well-written fics in present tense, I now find myself slipping in and out of it in my short fiction -- not in the same story, I mean (at least, god, I hope not) but in general, as far as what feels right for the story. I think I'm now about as likely to do one as the other, especially if I'm going for a short, introspective character piece.

But that's new for me. It's only the last 2-3 years, and I'm pretty sure it's only because I've read so much fic that played with POV. I still don't think I'd read a long story written in present tense -- at least, it would have to be pretty damn good to be worth it. I vaguely remember encountering one or two of them, and finding it quite weird. And in original fiction, novels written in present just feel kind of pretentious to me ...