Here are my assorted musings about things I might want to write as a future project (and obviously these different ideas vary hugely both in length and amount of time needed to research them) - I'd love to hear what you think of these different thoughts - what kind of thing would you enjoy reading?
Let me know!
FATHER HOPE'S STORY
Another tale of the dreamscape, about a priest of the Unreal Gods who loses his faith, and his student Brother Fearful who finds his own strength. The denial of reality seems to preclude change and redemption. They meet personifications of their own emotions as they make a pilgrimage across the Dreamscape.
INVASION
Story of an ‘alien’ invasion of the world, told over the period of 20-30 years from multiple points of view, characters banding together and falling apart.
Team of spies recruited to infiltrate the alien world. Living computer games stolen from another world are actually the young of an advanced alien race who come to our planet to wreak vengeance.
"The first Jack heard of the invasion, was when #aliens began to sharply trend on twitter."
Continued after the break...
RADIANCE Prequel
In the year 70 CE, in the wake of the destruction of the temple, 7 survivors must come together to form the original Seven and save the Jewish people at their darkest hour. The roles must be discovered, the archetypes realised - the staff of moses has been hidden, but can it be found in time to save the world from darkness?
RADIANCE Sequel
Going dark - the messiah, the half-demon anti-christ Armilus, and the end of the world. The signs of the end are here, and the messiah is coming - but first are the pangs of his birth. Exposing the darkness inside Asher and Virgo.
THE DEAD, THE DYING AND THE UNDYING
A high-medieval fantasy world in which there are two races. One human-like, with short, painful, brutish lives. The other ethereal, fay and immortal.
Then one day, the dead begin to return to life.
Cycle of stories in this fantasy world where the dead return to life.
-Man wakes up at his funeral, takes revenge.
-Inheritors angry at their returning relatives.
-Witch Hunters battle the Undead menace.
-Scientific journal.
-Waiting for a loved one to wake.
-The dead strike out for the promised land.
But meanwhile there is a recurring character who appears in each story and does not age or die. Who is he?
Port City, where everyone passes through. Waiter in the bar who always promises himself that he will save up his money to cross the sea to the New World but is an inveterate gambler, womaniser, drinker.
ATONEMENT
A child unwittingly unleashes a demon on the world and spends her life trying to recapture it. There is a high church that preaches atonement and welcomes her on her journey, but the people are scared and treat her like a witch. As she grows, so does the demon - after so much darkness and death, is atonement possible?
TALMUDIC SHERLOCK HOLMES
It's the middle of the 18th Century in London, and a murder has been committed that needs the special talents of Rabbi Dr. Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk, the Baal Shem of London. The murder has been committed according to the principles of the 4 Jewish death penalties and only a great Talmudic, mystical mind can solve the case. From the notes and letters written down by his non-Jewish admirer and dilettante, who wishes to bring the case to public notice for the reputation of the rabbi (and to increase his own admirers). But who is killing London's lowlifes?
The Talmudic detective appeals to me most. But you need to make sure you write what YOU want to write, not what your readers want. You'll also need to be careful to avoid looking like a straightforward Sherlock Holmes rip-off (over a century on and some detectives still feel like Holmes). You might also want to look at Jorge Luis Borges' short story Death and the Compass which also uses kabbalistic themes in a murder mystery. It looks straightforward enough, but there's a big twist near the end.
ReplyDeleteThanks Daniel, I also like that idea. Will look into that story - sounds great.
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