Alex in Wanderland - A Standalone Tale
“Alex” hit the shelves in 2015. Other than the fact I wanted to write something completely different from the medieval-style fantasies I’d been working on up until that time I have no idea where this plot sprang from. The title comes from the names of the two main characters, a modern married couple,
Alexander and Alexis. In one of my favorite opening chapters, we have a hard-working wife and an unsuccessful stay-at-home author. They get into an argument about the purchase of his latest toy and end up being transported to an alternative universe with a brutal Dark Age civilization.
They both believe they are dreaming, at least in the beginning.
Mistaken for religious prophets they are sent on a quest to deliver a petition to the king, which, if they fail they will probably die, and if they succeed, they will probably die.
To add madness to their quest, they are accompanied by a priest, a thief, and the standard barbarian swordsman. I really had fun writing this and merrily abusing them along the way. I must have done something right; I had two editors working on this manuscript during publication preparation, both of whom told me to tone it down.
After all, things can’t be too bad when the chief deity in the land is the Goddess Gladys.
Alexander and Alexis. In one of my favorite opening chapters, we have a hard-working wife and an unsuccessful stay-at-home author. They get into an argument about the purchase of his latest toy and end up being transported to an alternative universe with a brutal Dark Age civilization.
They both believe they are dreaming, at least in the beginning.
Mistaken for religious prophets they are sent on a quest to deliver a petition to the king, which, if they fail they will probably die, and if they succeed, they will probably die.
To add madness to their quest, they are accompanied by a priest, a thief, and the standard barbarian swordsman. I really had fun writing this and merrily abusing them along the way. I must have done something right; I had two editors working on this manuscript during publication preparation, both of whom told me to tone it down.
After all, things can’t be too bad when the chief deity in the land is the Goddess Gladys.
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