Stories That Are Just Wrong

I have for some time intended to write a series of short stories inpired by such cinematic classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wrong Turn, Deliverance, House of 1000 Corpses, and Cabin Fever which present the following message to audiences:
Don't go beyond the suburbs or inbred mutant rednecks will abduct your children, eat your women and rape your men

To date, I have only finished one, which came out to be more of a novella: Ruralscape. Although, I do still have yet to finish all of the illustrations for this.

In the forlorn lands of the Ruralscape lies the hippie kingdom of New Eden. Its peaceful residents are threatened by an unspeakable horror. Unable to defend themselves they seek a hero to save them. That hero is the legendary biker Bo Wolf. It will be up to Wolf and his gang of coffee smuggling bikers to fight the horror that threatens New Eden, the horror that goes by the name REDNECK.

Dark Age is a series of fantasy memoirs by a most unusual author. They take place in a distant future earth locked in an ice age and ruled by evil "wizards" who get their powers through long forgotten technology. The main character (who is in fact not the memoir author) is named Solon Longrifle. He is introduced in the The Desecration.

I write a lot of science fiction. Not only do I like the freedom of situation it allows, but also I like how it lends itself to fantastic illustration opportunities. However, when it comes to reading, I actually prefer historical fiction. My favorite period in history is the European Early Middle Ages, formerly known as the "Dark Ages".

Back when I was in school, I remember when it came time to cover the Dark Ages in history class. We covered the period in less than one day. Pretty much the only thing I learned was that Charlemagne became the first Holy Roman Emperor, and that Vikings raided coasts. That was it!? Nothing else happened for 500 years? The U.S. has existed only half as long, yet we had a whole year of classes to cover it. There was no coverage of the Saxon invasion of Britain, no mention of the Franks or Merovingians, nothing about the Goths, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Lombards, or Burgundians. The battles of Chalons, Lechfeld and Tours were forgotten. We learned nothing about the Danelaw or Alfred the Great. I think Byzantium may have been covered only to the point of being mentioned as the new name of Constantinople. In short, we skipped it.

Later in life, I discovered the dark ages through novels. The first book I read was Stephen Lawhead's Byzantium. From then on, I was hooked. One of the problems I have though is that there is a lack of fiction about this era. Once you skip past all of the trash romance novels and medieval fantasies, there is really only a handful of authors who write realistic stories that take place during those times. As a result, I thought I'd try my hand as writing just such a story.

Vortigern is the story of the first king of Britain after the Romans left. He was almost certainly a real person and is best known for making the dreadful mistake of inviting the Saxons to the island. The story is still FAR from finished, but I figure I might as well keep it up so visitors can watch it progress.

This was my first attempt at novel writing. For a long time, I was in to Clive Cussler novels and his influence should be apparent. Sorry, no illustrations for this one.

It is about a socially inept, but brilliant graduate student by the name of August Thatcher has invented a revolutionary wildlife tracking system. Digital Vision Systems, a branch the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology, believes they have a better use for the invention, tracking people. Their chief field man, Thaddeus Foote, has been charged with obtaining it, even if it means recruiting Thatcher into the CIA.

On the other side of the world, a highly ambitious Congolese rebel leader named William Maruka has discovered that the legendary Bigfoot holds the key to great power, a virus that can turn humans into ape-men. He hears of Thatcher's tracking system and, believing he can actually track the beast, comes to the U.S. to hunt the legendary monster.

When Maruka kidnaps Thatcher to help him locate his quarry, it is left to Foote and his team of surveillance experts to chase the power hungry rebel leader across the world. They must stop at nothing save Thatcher and to thwart Maruka's deranged plans.

Just for fun, I wrote a fable one day when I had some free time.