September 2009
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Earth Moonbeam Klein, the son of hippie parents, is accidentally exposed to sugar courtesy of a school friend who his parents had not vetted. In that instant, he is transported to High Fructopolis, a land where the war between artificial and natural sweeteners has reached a head. Both sides claim Earth Moonbeam is the savior sent to guide them to victory; the boy, meanwhile, just wants to get...
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Salt & Battery, Miniature Detectives. I have to admit I killed off the thought process behind this idea before it got too far. A salt shaker, and a battery, solving human-sized crimes.
I think I’m developing a theme, here: things that are detectives that have no business being detectives, solving man-sized crimes/mysteries. Someone stop me before Neutron & Proton, Nuclear Detectives...
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The Gothic Troll, a bodice-ripping tale of adventure and bromance. Grip, a simple country troll, receives word that a distant relative has died and left him a fortune. To claim it, Grip must travel to the city of London. There, he meets and falls deeply in love with the executor of the will, the lovely Fumin Bromide, a drag queen with attitude who leads Grip into a life of leather and debauchery...
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I, Meerkat, the cybersteampunk epic following the adventures of a hardboiled meerkat detective as he tries to solve a mystery of human-sized proportions.
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If you need to come up with a character who has some quirk, and that’s about the only thing interesting about the character, make it something to do with their name. For instance, her name could be just a letter. Or, his name could be a number. Whatever you want.
QUIRKS ARE THE KEY TO DEEP CHARACTERS.