W O R L D S
IDLE CANYON
Mysteries Abound in Idle Canyon! Really, that's what it says on the sign. We've got a really lovely downtown, great shopping and eateries! Just ignore the radio-static screams and any lights out in the desert, ya hear? :)
Characters...
--RADAR - Runs the local radio station. Tinkerer. Handy-man. Swears he can remember a life before this place but it's just out of reach.
--STARLET - Stella. Atmospheric Scientist. Part-time Nature Guide.
--SOFIA - Owner of the Crescent Moon Cafe, the best vegan restaurant in town!
--MILES - Resident technological genius. On numerous watchlists, probably. Claims to know many of Idle Canyon's secrets, but nobody believes him.
--NOAH - Who opens a Christmas Shop in the middle of a desert town? Noah isn't actually sure, to be honest. They've never met the owners - only got hired from a Help Wanted ad scribbled on a flimsy piece of cardboard and a five minute conversation with the store manager. They get a paycheck in the mail every Friday though.
--BEAR - Ranch-owner and longest resident of Idle Canyon, as far as anyone can remember. His name isn't really Bear but good luck getting it out of him.
--GRAHAM - Drifter. Paranormal Investigator. Cannot remember how long he's been in Idle Canyon. Memories from his life before seem fleeting...
THE TICKING ISLAND
Generational secrets whispered beneath sea-battered boardwalks and salt-and-vinegar fries. Existential conversations about the definition of a soul over a round of Glow-in-the-dark Mini-Golf.
Characters...
--Amelia - Selkie. Seer. Metaphysical shop owner. Accidental and begrudging finder of other Orphans. --Pisces - SOMETHING IS MISSING. SOMETHING IS MISSING SOMETHING ISMISSI-----Mayfair - Like. A wereshark, okay? Cuz the one who cursed him had a sense of humor. Formerly just a guy. World traveler. Acquirer of artifacts, possibly magical or otherwise just like really cool and pretty. --Abigail - --Gosling ---Redwood - Author. Storyteller. Immortal? idk probably. The kids joke that he's older than the town itself. But that would be ridiculous, this town is like two hundred years old haha. --Ash ---Shiloh - "Do you ever get the feeling that the mini golf place is haunted?" "What? No way. I think you've been watching too many horror movies or something." "No I'm serious, it's like something is always watching you or something in there? Like it's super creepy." "It's just because it's dark inside or whatever. It's actually pretty lame if you ask me." "Yeah, I guess..."
SALT AND PSALMS
Dismantling Heaven and Hell brick by brick, rafter by rafter. These are love stories.
Characters... --Pluto - GATEKEEPER. --Aspen - DEATH. --Trivia - CROSSROADS. --Joel - He's a tattoo artist who creates beautiful things with his hands. Sometimes he thinks he's done this before. --Ephraim - He's an angel who was forcibly removed from Heaven. He has complaints about this. He doesn't want to go back -- because screw those guys. But he's gonna get his wings back if it kills him (and it may!)--Shea - DEMON. Supposed to be collecting corrupted souls or something? Very bad at his job. Kind of obsessed with his ex-angel travel companion. He's just so shiny. --Solomon - Hell is a Puzzle and Solomon has been underestimated his whole life. --Xavier - What if you REFUSE to accept that the love of your life, the other half of your soul, is gone? What lengths would you go?
STAR TRAILS AND HONEY
Sentient stardust. Monarchs in SPACE. And other short stories told by unreliable narrators. |
