The idea of parallel universes to our own is nothing new. Star Trek fans know this, as do other science fiction buffs. Fairy tale fanciers know of similar tales of witches, gnomes, genies and other guardians of mystic portals which occasionally allow us glimpses and even passage between such universes and our own.
Over the past few years this genre has melded elsewhere with authors of size related fiction to produce some very unique stories. They like to call their sub-genre "Alternate Reality" tales. Recently we acquired reposting rights from some masters of such fiction.
This weekend we introduce two series of such stories. The efforts of such wordsmiths truly appeal to, as they used to say in radio, "the theatre of the mind." They are characterized by being a mixture of magic and enough realism that the thought arises "this could have happened - and what if it had?"
Hopefully others find these stories as enjoyable as I have.
All this got started a month ago with this thread - AR XIV: Fat Celebrities - Without Their Fame - by Matt L. - which raised the question "Nice tale, but what about I-XIII?"
For starters we begin with:
Thoughts and comments (as well as other contributions of this type) will be appreciated.
Over the past few years this genre has melded elsewhere with authors of size related fiction to produce some very unique stories. They like to call their sub-genre "Alternate Reality" tales. Recently we acquired reposting rights from some masters of such fiction.
This weekend we introduce two series of such stories. The efforts of such wordsmiths truly appeal to, as they used to say in radio, "the theatre of the mind." They are characterized by being a mixture of magic and enough realism that the thought arises "this could have happened - and what if it had?"
Hopefully others find these stories as enjoyable as I have.
All this got started a month ago with this thread - AR XIV: Fat Celebrities - Without Their Fame - by Matt L. - which raised the question "Nice tale, but what about I-XIII?"
For starters we begin with:
Thoughts and comments (as well as other contributions of this type) will be appreciated.
