Jonathan Fore
Lexicon Chase and the Scrolls of the Harlequin actually started out as a novella. I wrote it, or tried to, because I was asked to write something that wasn't as disturbing as my other work.
I tend to write apocalyptic stories, or splatter horror. These are often well received, but one of my readers asked if I couldn't write something that wasn't so dark, or as one of my reviewers described, so 'psycho-sexual body horror'. So I decided to do a fairytale kind of story with a modern twist.
The book, initially titled 'By Any Other Name,' wasn't released in the mainstream, but did satisfy the request. Later, my daughter was born, and with that, a new passion in my life. After writing 'Congress of Angels', I got the idea in my head to rewrite the novella project for my daughter.
This time, I took the fairytale story, and threaded it with the reality of teens today, added much more depth to the cast of characters, and built a world around them. Really, if you ask yourself, 'what would happen if a tormented girl--a real social outcast--was suddenly thrust upon a throne and made the ruler of an entire kingdom', you'll have the gist of the book.
The initial idea for the story is lost to me, but like most of my stories, it probably came from the title, which was a gift of Shakespeare. Thanks for that, dude.
I tend to write apocalyptic stories, or splatter horror. These are often well received, but one of my readers asked if I couldn't write something that wasn't so dark, or as one of my reviewers described, so 'psycho-sexual body horror'. So I decided to do a fairytale kind of story with a modern twist.
The book, initially titled 'By Any Other Name,' wasn't released in the mainstream, but did satisfy the request. Later, my daughter was born, and with that, a new passion in my life. After writing 'Congress of Angels', I got the idea in my head to rewrite the novella project for my daughter.
This time, I took the fairytale story, and threaded it with the reality of teens today, added much more depth to the cast of characters, and built a world around them. Really, if you ask yourself, 'what would happen if a tormented girl--a real social outcast--was suddenly thrust upon a throne and made the ruler of an entire kingdom', you'll have the gist of the book.
The initial idea for the story is lost to me, but like most of my stories, it probably came from the title, which was a gift of Shakespeare. Thanks for that, dude.
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