diff --git a/lang/en-nz.quilt b/lang/en-nz.quilt
index b18c32d..f9fc4b3 100644
--- a/lang/en-nz.quilt
+++ b/lang/en-nz.quilt
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ popover/account: Account Settings
 
 # work
 chapters/label=shared/term/chapters
+description/empty: This work has no description.
+
+# author
+description/empty: This author prefers to remain elusive and mysterious...
 
 # view
 container/alt: main content
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ action/delete: Delete Work
 
 ### chapters
 title=shared/term/chapters
+content/empty: This work does not contain any chapters.
 action/label/new: New Chapter
 action/label/view=shared/action/view
 action/label/love=shared/action/love
diff --git a/src/ui/component/Author.ts b/src/ui/component/Author.ts
index 0198759..2932356 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/Author.ts
+++ b/src/ui/component/Author.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { AuthorFull } from "api.fluff4.me"
 import Component from "ui/Component"
 import Block from "ui/component/core/Block"
+import Slot from "ui/component/core/Slot"
 
 export default Component.Builder((component, author: AuthorFull) => {
 	component
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ export default Component.Builder((component, author: AuthorFull) => {
 
 	Component()
 		.style("author-description")
-		.setMarkdownContent(author.description.body)
+		.append(Slot.using(author.description.body, (slot, body) => {
+			if (body)
+				slot.setMarkdownContent(body)
+			else
+				slot.style("placeholder").text.use("author/description/empty")
+		}))
 		.appendTo(block.content)
 
 	return block
diff --git a/src/ui/component/Work.ts b/src/ui/component/Work.ts
index 1e07051..13dfc2a 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/Work.ts
+++ b/src/ui/component/Work.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import type { Author, Work as WorkData } from "api.fluff4.me"
+import type { Author, Work as WorkData, WorkFull } from "api.fluff4.me"
 import Session from "model/Session"
 import Tags from "model/Tags"
 import Component from "ui/Component"
 import Block from "ui/component/core/Block"
 import Button from "ui/component/core/Button"
 import Link from "ui/component/core/Link"
+import Slot from "ui/component/core/Slot"
 import TextLabel from "ui/component/core/TextLabel"
 import Timestamp from "ui/component/core/Timestamp"
 import Tag from "ui/component/Tag"
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ interface WorkExtensions {
 
 interface Work extends Block, WorkExtensions { }
 
-const Work = Component.Builder(async (component, work: WorkData, author?: Author): Promise<Work> => {
+const Work = Component.Builder(async (component, work: WorkData & Partial<WorkFull>, author?: Author): Promise<Work> => {
+	author = author ?? work.synopsis?.mentions[0]
+
 	component
 		.viewTransition("work")
 		.style("work")
@@ -38,11 +41,39 @@ const Work = Component.Builder(async (component, work: WorkData, author?: Author
 				.text.set(author.name))
 
 	block.content.style("work-content")
-	Component()
-		.style("work-description")
-		.setMarkdownContent(work.description)
+
+	Slot()
+		.use(isFlush, (slot, isFlush) => {
+			const shouldShowDescription = isFlush || (work.synopsis?.body && work.description)
+			if (shouldShowDescription)
+				Component()
+					.style("work-description")
+					.style.toggle(!work.description, "placeholder")
+					.tweak(component => {
+						if (work.description)
+							component.text.set(work.description)
+						else
+							component.text.use("work/description/empty")
+					})
+					.appendTo(slot)
+
+			if (!isFlush)
+				Component()
+					.style("work-synopsis")
+					.style.toggle(!work.synopsis?.body && !work.description, "placeholder")
+					.append(Slot.using(work.synopsis ?? work.description, (slot, synopsis) => {
+						if (typeof synopsis === "string")
+							slot.text.set(synopsis)
+						else if (!synopsis.body)
+							slot.text.use("work/description/empty")
+						else
+							slot.setMarkdownContent(synopsis.body)
+					}))
+					.appendTo(slot)
+		})
 		.appendTo(block.content)
 
+
 	let tagsWrapper: Component | undefined
 	const tags = await Tags.resolve(work.global_tags)
 	for (const tag of tags) {
diff --git a/src/ui/component/core/Slot.ts b/src/ui/component/core/Slot.ts
index 342beb7..294f5c3 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/core/Slot.ts
+++ b/src/ui/component/core/Slot.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Component from "ui/Component"
-import type State from "utility/State"
 import type { UnsubscribeState } from "utility/State"
+import State from "utility/State"
 
 export type SlotCleanup = () => any
 
@@ -63,18 +63,8 @@ const Slot = Object.assign(
 			.event.subscribe("remove", () => cleanup?.())
 	}),
 	{
-		// Using: Component.Builder(<T> (slot: Component, state: State<T>, contentSupplier: (value: T) => Component | undefined): Slot => {
-		// 	return slot.and(Slot)
-		// 		.use(state, (slot, value) => {
-		// 			contentSupplier(value)?.appendTo(slot)
-		// 		})
-		// }),
-		// If: Component.Builder((slot: Component, state: State<boolean>, contentSupplier: () => Component | undefined): Slot => {
-		// 	return slot.and(Slot)
-		// 		.if(state, (slot) => {
-		// 			contentSupplier()?.appendTo(slot)
-		// 		})
-		// }),
+		using: <T> (value: T | State<T>, initialiser: (slot: Slot, value: T) => SlotCleanup | Component | void) =>
+			Slot().use(State.get(value), initialiser),
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/ui/view/WorkView.ts b/src/ui/view/WorkView.ts
index 2ff4df6..a824029 100644
--- a/src/ui/view/WorkView.ts
+++ b/src/ui/view/WorkView.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import EndpointChapterGetAll from "endpoint/chapter/EndpointChapterGetAll"
 import type { WorkParams } from "endpoint/work/EndpointWorkGet"
 import EndpointWorkGet from "endpoint/work/EndpointWorkGet"
 import Session from "model/Session"
+import Component from "ui/Component"
 import Chapter from "ui/component/Chapter"
 import Button from "ui/component/core/Button"
 import Paginator from "ui/component/core/Paginator"
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ export default ViewDefinition({
 				Chapter(chapterData, workData, authorData)
 					.appendTo(slot)
 		})
+		paginator.orElse(slot => Component()
+			.style("placeholder")
+			.text.use("view/work/chapters/content/empty")
+			.appendTo(slot))
 
 		return view
 	},
diff --git a/src/ui/view/work/WorkEditForm.ts b/src/ui/view/work/WorkEditForm.ts
index d119488..dab70b1 100644
--- a/src/ui/view/work/WorkEditForm.ts
+++ b/src/ui/view/work/WorkEditForm.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export default Component.Builder((component, state: State<WorkFull | undefined>)
 		.content((content, label) => content.append(vanityInput.setLabel(label)))
 
 	const descriptionInput = Textarea()
+		.default.bind(state.map(component, work => work?.description))
 	table.label(label => label.text.use("view/work-edit/shared/form/description/label"))
 		.content((content, label) => content.append(descriptionInput.setLabel(label)))
 
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ export default Component.Builder((component, state: State<WorkFull | undefined>)
 						body: {
 							name: nameInput.value,
 							vanity: vanityInput.value,
-							description: synopsisInput.useMarkdown(),
+							description: descriptionInput.value,
+							synopsis: synopsisInput.useMarkdown(),
 						},
 					})
 				}
diff --git a/src/utility/State.ts b/src/utility/State.ts
index 6fa8229..922d633 100644
--- a/src/utility/State.ts
+++ b/src/utility/State.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type StateOr<T> = State<T> | T
 export type UnsubscribeState = () => void
 
 interface ReadableState<T, E = T> {
+	readonly isState: true
 	readonly value: T
 
 	readonly equals: <V extends T>(value: V) => boolean
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ interface InternalState<T> {
 
 function State<T> (defaultValue: T, equals?: (a: T, b: T) => boolean): State<T> {
 	const result: Mutable<State<T>> & InternalState<T> = {
+		isState: true,
 		[SYMBOL_VALUE]: defaultValue,
 		[SYMBOL_SUBSCRIBERS]: [],
 		get value () {
@@ -151,6 +153,14 @@ function State<T> (defaultValue: T, equals?: (a: T, b: T) => boolean): State<T>
 
 namespace State {
 
+	export function is<T> (value: unknown): value is ReadableState<T> {
+		return typeof value === "object" && (value as ReadableState<T>)?.isState === true
+	}
+
+	export function get<T> (value: T | State<T>): ReadableState<T> {
+		return is<T>(value) ? value : State(value)
+	}
+
 	export interface Generator<T> extends ReadableState<T> {
 		refresh (): this
 		observe (owner: Component, ...states: ReadableState<any>[]): this