projects
Here's a little information about some of my current creative projects. None of them have official names yet except for My Bridge Diary.
22nd Century aka & Then What?
project type: web fiction thing
current stage: in development
characters: &, Liz, Tetra, Joey, Sloane, Ramona, Roy, literally dozens more
premise: It's the mid-2100s, a century after a so-called major cosmic event turned the past and future on their heads. In a society still dealing with this tragedy's ramifications, a unique film and media landscape is born. Out of the independent film sphere rises a charismatic new celebrity known only as & (pronounced "And"). &'s internationally famous time-travelling talk show, & Then What?, will eventually become the subject of a massive controversy with far-reaching consequences when it is revealed that & possesses the power of omniscience.
My Bridge Diary
project type: novel
current stage: work-in-progress
characters: Mary Henshaw, Andrea Nieves
premise: In fall 2006, bridge enthusiast Mary Henshaw ditches her job and takes off on a road trip—a bridge tour of the Midwest. Along the way, she meets various strange characters. One of these people, fellow bridge enthusiast Andrea, becomes her first real best friend, and joins her on her journey. But they get more than they bargained for when they find a mysterious bridge that leads them into a surreal dimension.
Project SPINE
project type: novel
current stage: first draft finished, needs rewrite
characters: Steve, Nick, Beth, Mandy, Sean, Arthur, Fern, Jeb!
premise: Steve is a young private investigator who never gets to look into anything interesting and mostly hates his job. Until one day, when he's hired by a secret organization to investigate the mysterious death of their former leader.
University
project type: stories
current stage: forever work-in-progress
characters: Alan, Venus, Ophelia, Dominic, Alice, Lennox, Jacques, Eliza, Oliver, Clem
premise: One of my oldest projects: some loosely connected stories about the lives and personal relationships of a group of students at a fictional Canadian university. I don't intend to ever make most (or possibly any) of the stories public, but the characters are very important to me.
Furry Music World
project type: ???
current stage: lives in my mind
characters: Six, V, Frog Boy, Margo, Tommy, Marion
premise: A bunch of anthropomorphic animals are in bands and/or make solo music. Doesn't have much of a story but I occasionally make one-off comics about it. All of my furry characters exist here.
Ghost Story
project type: ???
current stage: in development
characters: John, Eddie
premise: John is a ghost who travels the countryside playing his haunted rotting banjo, which has the ability to kill mortals with its cursed sound. In life he was a peaceful man who saw his rural community ripped apart by violence from the inside and out. Now in death, he's a vengeful spirit who makes it his mission to exact justice on the greedy, evil and intolerant.