Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Dimensions Unbound

Dimensions Unbound...well almost done, been stuck on it for the last two weeks need to figure how I'm going to move it along.


Dimensions Unbound

Episode One : The Chase

Written by Todd Daugherty

(C) Copyright; 1983, 1985, 1987, 2010
DDC-TV/Langley Park Studio's
All Rights Reserved



1.

After hunting all day long Brad, Todd, Buddy, and Fox were walking down Vanderveer Street, with the sun beating down on them as heading back home. As they got closer to town they noticed an old small shack hidden deep within the tall weeds. The shack had been abandoned for a long time and boys had thought numerous times of going and explore it.
"Hey let's go explore that old shack real fast" said Todd pointing toward the old house.
"Well why not, we could waste some time" said Buddy.
"Well what time time do you have to be back?" asked Fox
"Four-thirty, isn't it four-thirty when you guys eat?" asked Buddy.
"Yeah"mumbled Brad.
So the boys cut their way through the weeds towards the old abandon shack made of cinder block. The door to the shack had been completely removed an a horrible odor oozed from the building.
“This place sure smells” said Todd as he waved his hand in front of his face
“Well let's look around” said Fox as walked into shack followed by the other boys.
Walking into the first room the boys notice it was a small kitchen There was a small table sitting in the middle of the room and four rusty metal chairs around it. A 1950's style refrigerator stood on the other side of room next to the another open door way. Next to it was a rusty old stove and a rusty old sink covered in smell slim.
"Let keep going and see what's in the other rooms” said Brad as he walked into the next room.
“Yeah” said Todd as he followed his brother.
"Fox, you better keep watch in case the police come.” said Buddy
"OK" said Fox as he began to look out the windows.
The next room was the living room, with a brown couch and an old black and white TV set which sat on a wooden crate.
The boys went room to room, digging through cardboard boxes finding a lots of useful junk for their club house.
They finally came to the last room which was filled with car parts, electronic parts and cardboard boxes filled with stuff. Fox sat on a old wooden work bench table, peered out of a broken window looking toward the road, while the other boys looked through the boxes of junk.
"Hey, what happened to the guy who use to live here?" asked Fox as he peered back into the room.
"No one knows" said Buddy as he pulled out an piece of unknown electronic equipment from a cardboard box.
"He just up and disappeared, no one knows what happened" said Todd as he pulled clothing out of a cardboard box.
"I wouldn't worry about him, that happened a LONG time ago" said Brad
As the boys continued to talk about the house and it's strange past, they were unaware of a blue car making it's way up the weeds. As it got closer Fox turned his head outward and notice the car stopping by the front door.
"Jesus!, a car just pulled up in the driveway!!" yelled Fox as he jumped of the bench and acted scared
"What?!?!?" asked Todd jumping up from the floor.
"A car pulled up into the drive" said Fox more clearly.
“Yeah right” said Brad as he continued to dig through the boxes.
Buddy jumped onto the table a peered out the broken window. "There is, there's a car out there." said Buddy.
He looked again and noticed four men with bags and guns getting out of the car.
"Guys, I think we better hide" said Buddy as he jumped off the table.
"Why don't we just go out the window?" asked Brad
"Brad, these guys look mean and they have guns” said Buddy
"Oh great!!" said Fox even more scared.
"So where should we hide?" asked Brad
"How about behind those tires" said Todd pointing to a stack of tires.
So the boys went and hide behind the tall tires as the four men made their way into the shack.
"Now everyone be quiet" whispered Brad as the boys sat behind the tires and waited.
Frank, Winston, Bob and Felix walked into the kitchen of the old house, dropped their bags onto the ground and sat down at to rusty table.
"Well Winston how much did we get in cash?"asked Frank
"Well mate, I haven't had the chance to count it" said Winston in a very poor Australian accent
"Well you better count it" said Felix point a handgun to Winston's head.
"Count the Money!!" said Frank getting mad at Winston
"OK, 100...200...300...400, this isn't going to working mate, were going to be here all day" said Winston as he picked the money he counted back off of the table.
“God Winston, your stupid!” said Frank rolling his eyes.
“Ummm...It that a question?” asked Winston puzzled by Frank's comment.
"Well hang on, we better check this place out" said Bob grabbing his hand gun off the table.
"Well, who, who would be in a place like this mate?" said Winston
"Who knows let go!" said Felix getting up off of his seat.
So all for men began walking room to room, stopping to peer at some of the stuff the boys had view only a few minutes earlier.
Brad, Todd, Roger, and Fox continued to sit patiently behind the tires peering out every now and then to see what was going on. They heard voices and peered out and noticed the four men in the next room.
"Well guys, I'm leaving!" said Fox nervously
"No Fox, No wait" said the boys as they tried to hold him
Fox broke the boys grip and began running toward the broken window only to hit a can and trip and fell to the ground.
“No, I'm leaving” said Fox as he headed out from the tires
“Fox, get back here...Fox” said Todd as Fox made his way across the room.
"He tripped.."said Buddy as he shook his head.
“Oh great” said Todd
"oww, ohhh" said Fox as he grabbed his leg.
About that time the four men came rushing into the room to see what the noise was saw Fox sitting on the floor grasping his leg. Brad, Todd and Roger jumped out behind the tires and made a mad dash to the window while three of the men went after the three boys Bob grabbed hold off Fox.
The men shortly returned without the boys.
"We lost them mate" said Winston as he took hold of Fox
"No matter, they will return to rescue their little friend." said Bob with an evil smile on his face.
"Now you morons, tie him up" said Bob "Felix you come with me" he said as walked out of the room back toward the kitchen.

2.
Brad, Todd, and Roger stood in a dark gully trying to catch their breath. The gully which was surrounded by trees was filled with assortment of junk ranging from tractor parts to a outhouse with a house door on it.
"Great, they've got Fox" said Buddy as he tried to catch his breath.
"Well lets go!" said Todd as he began to get ready to move out.
"What go back and rescue him?" asked Brad
"Hell NOOoo, let's go before they give him back!!" said Todd as he began to walking in the other direction away from the house.
"No Todd, we can't just leave him there" said Brad as he grabbed his brother.
"OK, were going to need a plan" said Buddy
So the boys began to make their plans to rescue their friend. Only after they deiced on what they were going to do, they made their way back to the old shack.
Fox sat tied up in a chair in the room him and his friends were hiding just a few minutes earlier. The four men was no where to be seen, but their voices echo from the kitchen, debating on how the money was going to be split.
Buddy poked his head through the broken window and Fox noticed him and tried to struggle to get free with no luck. Buddy climbed through the window and untied Fox from the chair. They both then quietly headed back to the window only to have Fox once again trips on the same can. The four men run back into the room only to see Fox jumping out the window. The four men ran towards the broken window and Bob peers out it and notices the four boys heading toward the woods that sat across the field.
"Come on boys, lets get those little punks" said Bob as he headed after the boys, followed by the other three bank robbers.
Brad, Todd, Roger, and Fox headed back to the gully in the forest, with the bank robbers not far behind them.
"Now what?" asked Fox who was scared of getting caught
"We need to hide somewhere" said Brad
"How about that old Outhouse, it pretty hidden maybe they won't notice it." said Todd
"Yeah, that old outhouse, let's go" said Buddy as he began to walk toward the outhouse.
"Are you sure we will all fit?" asked Fox
"Don't know" said Todd as he and others made their way toward the outhouse.
The outhouse which was partly hidden was a wooden structure with what appeared to be a house door on it. Brad opened the door and walked in followed by Buddy, Todd and lastly Fox who shut the door behind him.
Frank, Winston, Bob and Felix arrived at gully, to find the boys were not there and began climbing up the other side. They walked into the woods deeper and wondered where the boys went. The finally came out of the woods to the Park where children were playing on swings. The four men peered around looking to see if they could see the four boys. But could not see them.
"Well boss?" asked Felix puzzled by the boys disappearance.
"Maybe, they doubled back" said Bob
"Let's go back then mate" said Winston.
So the four men turned around and headed back into the woods back toward the old shack.
3.
Thinking they would be in a small, cramp, dark smell, spider filled outhouse, Brad, Todd, Buddy, and Fox stood in a small, brightly lit hallway.
"What is this place?" asked Buddy puzzled.
"Let's see what behind that door" said Fox point toward a white door down at the other end of the hall on the left side. Fox walked down followed by the other boys and stood in front of the white door. He slowly turned the door knob and opened the white door. Behind the door was a brightly lit white room, with a L shape control center in the middle of the room, and huge computer banks sat next to the door boys had entered. On the other side of the room was an open doorway which lead to another hallway. A teleportation pad was in the front of the room, while at the back of the room was another door. The L shaped control center was stainless steel and had monitor on it, buttons and on the very top sat a small wooden box and a book. Fox grabbed the book and began to read it while Brad opened the wooden box. inside the wooden box was four white bracelets and each boy took a bracelet and put it on.
Frank, Winston, Bob and Felix made their way through the forest, heading toward the old shack when they notice the roof of the outhouse from the top of the gully.
"Maybe there hiding in there mate?" said Winston pointing to the roof of the outhouse.
"We better check it out" said Felix
So the four men slide down into the gully and walked over to the outhouse.
“Hmm...Kind of looks small” said Bob
“Hey, as small as those little punks are their probably in there laughing the heads off at us.” said Felix.
“Well, let's find out!” said Winston as he flung the outhouse door open. The four men peered into the outhouse and saw the small brightly lit white hallway.
“What the...”said Winston as stood in astonishment.
The four men walked into the outhouse and stood inside the hallway that they saw from outside. As they stood there they could heard the boy's voices from down the hall. The Four slowly walked down the hallway to sneak up on the boys.
Brad opened the door at the back of the room and the boys noticed a long hallway with doors on either side
"Let's see where this go" said Brad as he walked down the hall. The other boys followed as they made their way down the hallway. They shortly arrived a a T junction on the right was another hall heading right and on the boys left was a set of elevators with potted plants on either side of them and a hallway going straight ahead. At that time Fox looked back and noticed the four men coming through the doorway
"THEY FOUND US!!" yelled Fox.
The other looked behind them and saw the four men down at the other end of the long hallway. The boys took off down the right hallway knowing the four men weren't that far behind them.
"Quick in here" said Todd and opened the door on one of the sides of the hall.
The boys piled into what they thought was a room. Inside the room, the boys stood on a sandy cliff at what appeared to be a sand pit.
"This is getting to weird" said Fox
"We must be back outside" said Buddy
Below the boys was a small set of bushes with a few trees.
"Quick in the bushes" said Brad as he slide down the sandy slope followed by the other boys.
The boys hide in the bushes about that time the four men entered through the doorway.
"What is this place Bob??" asked Frank getting scared.
"Hmm..we've must of come out another way see over there is the woods" said Bob pointing toward the right.
"We better get back to the shack before those brats do" said Felix.
So the Four climbed over the top edge of the cliff and headed toward the woods in not so distance, thinking they were the same woods by the old shack. The boys waited awhile to make sure that it was safe before they climbed back up the hill . After a few minutes the boys climbed up the sand slope and walked throw the door and back into the hallway. They closed the door and began walking down the hallway.
"What is this place?" asked Todd as the boys walked down the hall
"Well from what I've read in this book, that was in first room we was in. This is some kind of inter dimensional hub." said Fox
"Inter dimensional hub??" asked Brad
"Yeah, inter dimensional hub. It's a hub that is between the worlds and is connect to the past, present, future, and all the infinite parallel universes" said Fox "In our world it's connect to an outhouse." he said as he turned the page of the book.
"Yeah right" said Buddy being skeptical
"According to this book there is five different types of rooms. The first type of rooms are called regular rooms these are normal rooms like a kitchen, bathroom, pool room, library etc. The second type are Holographic room these are room designed for pleasure, and allows a person to play three dimensional holographic games. The third are called Outside room, that's the type of room we was just in, an outside room. It's a room the size of planet that contains plants, water, and animals. The fourth room is called a Time Room, these are rooms that are attached to the past, present and future. The finally room are called parallel world rooms, these are rooms that are attached to parallel universe." said Fox as he walked down the hall.
"You lost me..." said Todd as he rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, more to the point what if those guys come after us?" said Buddy
"We need to find a place to hide" said Brad
"NO, we need to get out of here" said Todd
"Which is, which way?" asked Fox
"Great were lost" said Buddy
“Yeah it seems were lost, and the problem with this hub is it infinite and goes on for ever and we may never find our way home” said Fox
"OK, Let's try this door" said Todd as he stopped in front of a door and opened it up.

4.
As the door opened up the boys noticed an old looking room with a brass bed in it which sat by a window. The sun was coming through the window as the boys stepped out of what appeared to be from that side a closet. Fox walked over to the window and peered out and noticed they were in a farmhouse surrounded by corn fields.
“Where are we?” asked Todd as the boys looked around the room
“Don't know” said Buddy as he puzzled by the surroundings.
“Well, it seems to be farmhouse” said Fox as he continued to look out the window.
“Oh, do you think?” said Todd sarcastic
“Let's see where this door leads” said Brad as he walked across the room to another door and opened it up.
As they opened the door they could hear voices and noticed they were on the second floor of the farmhouse and could see below them in the foyer a man and a women talking to a servant girl. The boys laid down on the ground behind the railing so that the people below could see them.
“Here's your drink miss” said the servant girl holding a tray with a glass on it.
“Very good Maggie, I want you to prepare the upstairs spare room for our little guest” said the women grabbing the glass and taking a drink.
“Very good mum” said the servant girl as she bowed and headed back to the kitchen with the tray.
“We need to get out of here” whispered Buddy
“Let's go back the way we came” said Todd pointing toward room they just had come from.
So the boys got up and walked to the room that they had come from and opened the door to the closet. About that time Fox tripped and fell to the ground with a loud bang. The bracelet that Fox was wearing had taken the most damage. Suddenly the boys heard voices coming along with loud footsteps. The boys entered the closet and Todd shut the door of the closet. Fox however, was trying to pick up the coat rack, which also had fallen to the ground. Fox walked over to the closet and opened the door and noticed there was no hallway, only a small closet.
Scared, Fox hid under the brass bed as the door was opened up by the maid. The maid, the women and man of the house entered the room and looked around and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. The man left the room and the women told the maid to make the bed for their guest and left the room. The women pulled the sheet off the bed and walked out of the room to get a new sheet. The closet opened up and Todd peered out of the closet and whispered “Come on Fox lets go” waving to Fox to come to the closet.
“Guys, I can't go back through. I think these bracelets have something to do with it and mine is broke” said Fox
“So what are we going to do” asked Buddy
“You guys are going to have to find me another bracelet or get this one fixed” said Fox as he the bracelet off and handed to Brad.
“What are you going to do?” asked Todd
“Well, I'm going to hide out until you guys get back” said Fox
“OK Fox, well be back” said Brad
“Well hurry” said Fox “ I don't know how long I can stay hidden”
“OK, Well be right back” said Buddy.
So the boys closed the closet door and Fox hid once again under the big brass bed. At that time the maid once again showed up and made the bed, unaware that Fox was under it.
Brad, Todd and Buddy walked down the white hallway till they came to what appeared to be a dead end, except there was an elevator at the end of the hall.
“Hey, let's take the elevator” said Todd
“OK” said Brad as Buddy pushed the button.
The elevator door opened up and inside the elevator was a keypad, which was numbered 0 to 9. It also had a clear button and an enter button.
“So where should we go?” asked Buddy
“I don't know, let's try 100” said Todd getting ready to punch it in.
“No, let's go to 50” said Brad
“Tell you what, we will go to 50 first and then go to 100” said Buddy as he pushed 50 into the keypad and hit enter.
Suddenly, the elevator took off and with in seconds the three boys arrived on the 50th floor. The door opened up and the boys peered out and saw a deep thick jungle
“Well Brad, here's your 50th floor” said Todd as he smirked
“OK you two, let's try 100” said Buddy as he pushed the numbers into the keypad.
The door closed and within minutes the boys arrived on the 100th floor. The door of the elevator opened up and the boys stood in another brightly lit hallway, but unlike the one they were in before. This hallway was larger and had cathedral ceilings which arched inward. The boys walked down the hall until they came to two big golden doors.
“Hey let's check in here” said Brad as he opened the door.
Inside the room were pallets of gold bars stacked to ceiling and drawers filled with jewelry.
“Maybe one of those bracelets is in here” said Brad
“Yeah, Todd you check over there” said Buddy as he pointed to the far end of the large room.
“OK” said Todd as he walked over to the pile of jewelry and trinkets.
“Brad, you check over there” said Buddy as he pointed toward a wall with filing cabinets.
“ OK” said Brad as he walked over toward the filing cabinets to search.
“OK, let's find what we need” said Buddy as begin digging through a pile of jewelry.
After two hours of walking, Frank, Winston, Bob, and Felix arrived on the other side of the woods and noticed that it wasn't what they thought. Instead of the small shack they thought they would see, all they saw was a huge hill filed green pasture. They looked up into the sky and realized that they weren't on Earth, but on a strange planet with four moons hovering overhead.
“We better turn back mate” said Winston who seemed to be a little scared.
“Yeah, we better turn back before it gets too dark” said Bob
So the four men turned around and headed back they way they came.
After hours of searching the Vault room the boys deiced to check the door across the hall. They opened the door which had a window in it and it lead to a stairwell leading up. They walked up the stairs and opened another door which lead to another hallway with wooden doors with portal windows in them. The boys looked in one and noticed a lab.
“Let's look in here guys” said Buddy as he opened the door.
Brad and Todd followed buddy into one of the labs and noticed an assortment of equipment sitting around. Searching for hours they found more bracelets and shells of bracelets that weren't complete.
They grabbed a bracelet and headed back to where Fox was as quickly as they could. They arrived shortly to where Fox was and Fox climbed out from underneath then bed. As Todd was giving Fox his new bracelet the room door flung open and the owners of the farmhouse stood there with a evil grins on their faces.
“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” said the man as he looked at his wife.
“It looks like we have some sneaky rats.” said the women
“Take them to the cellar, and Jim go fetch the sheriff” said the man.
The man servants walked into the room and grabbed the four boys and dragged them to the cellar.
5.
The four men servants locked the door to the small room in the basement where Brad, Todd, Roger, and Fox now in.
“Great, we need to get out of here” said Buddy
“OK, Everyone look around and see if there is a way out” said Todd
So the fours began to look around to see if there was a way for them to escape.
“Hey guys, take a look at this.” said Fox as he pointed to a hole in the wall.
“I wonder where it goes” said Todd looking into the hole.
“By the looks of it , it looks like catacombs, that go underneath the house” said Brad.
“One things for sure, it isn't here” said Buddy as he climbed through the small hole.
Following Buddy was Todd and then his brother Brad, and then Fox. The passage under the house was dirty and filled with cobwebs as the boys silently made their way under the house. As they continue through the semi-dark passageway the boys could hear voices from above them.
“Hey guys, listen” whispered buddy as he stopped in the tunnel.
Above the boys, the man and women of the house was discussing their evil plan.
“Yes my dear it is going all according to plan. When our guest arrives we will devour them and replace him with a clone” said the women
“YES, then we shall take over this pathetic little planet” said the man.
“Yes, it's a neat little plan, first we kill of the president of this country and then we conquer the world” said the women
“Come my drear, let us prepare ourselves for our guest. Said the man as he grabbed his wife hand and walked into the parlor.
“Oh man, we need to stop these guys” said Brad
“But how??” asked Fox
“I think were going to have to get help” said Buddy
“Oh right, from who?” asked Todd
“Yeah, no one will believe us” said Fox
“Well, I hate to say it, but I think were going to have to get those guys who are chasing us to help us.” said Buddy
“What, those four bank robbers?” asked Todd
“Yeah” said Buddy
“ARE YOU NUTS!!” yelled Fox
“Keep your voice down, we don't want anyone to hear us, but that the only choice we have.” said Buddy
“Yeah apparently they are not from our planet” said Todd
“Hmmm...” said Fox rubbing his chin
“What?” asked Todd puzzled
“I wonder what Doctor Who would do?” said Fox with one finger in the air and smile on his face. The rest of the boys all fall to the ground, face first with a loud crash.
“Fox, I thought we said you couldn't mention anything about that stupid show” said Todd
“Oh, Sorry” said Fox
“Right, anyway we need to get out of here first, before we can stop those people, aliens whatever they are.” said Brad
“Right” said Buddy as he continued to crawl through the semi-dark catacombs under the house.
They continued to crawl until they came to a big room.
“Now where are?” asked Fox trying to get the cobwebs off of his face
“We must be under the front porch” said Buddy as he crawled into the room.
A small beam of light came from a small hole in the brick wall, giving the room a little light
“How are we going to get out” said Todd as he moved into the room
“Maybe, we can kick the wall out where the hole is” said Brad as enter the room
“Then what??” asked Fox as he crawled over the the hole.
“Then, we make our way back in the house and back to the closet” said Brad
Fox peered out the hole and notice a horse and carriage come towards the house. The carriage stopped near the house and the sheriff jumped off it.
“Guys, the sheriff just arrived, we need to get out of here” said Fox
“OK, let's see if we can make the hole in the wall bigger” said Brad crawling over to the hole.
The other boys went over to the hole also and began to kick the brick wall around the hole.
The bricks of the wall began to move as the wall suddenly collapse outward. The hole was big enough that the boys could climb out. Brad crawled out followed by Buddy, Todd and Fox. The boys ran to some nearby bushes and tried to figure out how they were going to get back into the house.
“Hey look there” said Todd as he pointed to a vine bush that was climbing up the house.
“Yeah, we can climb up there” said Buddy.
“Let's go” said Brad as he sprint across to the house. Todd, Buddy and Fox followed behind as brad made his way up the vine bush to a open second window. Buddy Followed behind Brad, then Todd and Then Fox. The boys climbed through the window into the master bed room and they could the owners of the house talking about them to the sheriff. They opened the door and sneaked down the hallway to the spare room and opened the closet door and walked back into the brightly lit hallway and closed the door behind them.
6.
“Now what?” asked Fox trying to catch his breath.
“Now we need to find those four guys and convince them to help us stop those aliens.” said Brad as he began to walk down the hall.
“But they could be anywhere” said Fox as he followed along, only to run into Todd's back.
“Well, well, well Look who we found” said Bob
“CRAP!!' yelled Fox scared
“Great, we were looking for you guys” said Todd
“Oh really” said Felix
“Yeah we need your help” said Brad
“Sure” said Bob as he and the rest of the bank robbers grabbed the boys.
“The only thing your going to do mate is tell us how to get out of this place.” said Winston
Each of the four men grabbed a boy by the arm and began to walk down the hallway.
“There is only one problem” said Brad
“Yeah, what that asked Bob
“Some aliens are going to kill the president in the past and if they do, the future we know might not be like we know it.” said Fox
“Yeah right kid” said Bob as the four men dragged the boys down the hall.
“No! really” all four boys said as the were dragged through the hallway.
“Hang on mate, what if these little brats are telling the truth?” said Winston
“Come on Winston, you aren't going to believe these kids are you?”

Monday, June 7, 2010

Something I posted on 7 CHAN /l/ and now it's down

Something I posted on 7 CHAN /l/ and now it's down, anyway I hope you enjoy it. This is a fragment of a story called 'The Traveler' that I wrote...again enjoy


The Traveler
by Todd Daugherty

The cold wind blows outside as I write down on these few pages all I had seen these past ten years. I do not know if this place is my home, or perhaps in some lost dream, my home waiting for me. My wife is cook in the kitchen, while my two children Annie and Michael play by the big oak tree in the back yard waiting for my return.
Ah, my home which smells of fine foods, sits high on top a hill over looking a green pasture, ancient hollows and forgotten groves. As you peer off from the back porch you can see a blue brook snake it's way across the green pasture. High above in the blue sky white pillows of clouds would slowly move by, as if their they were in no hurry to go anywhere. Bubble bees would fly flower to flower drinking their sweet nectar while the summer breeze would fill the air with their aroma, making it seem like a never-ending dream.
Now I sit here in this two room cabin in a bleak world where everything seems dead. The cold wind pounds the windows while strange animals outside howl my name. The candle, which I'm use to write this tale down, also protects me from the things in the dark void of this world.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

About the previous post

Between 1979 to 1987 I mostly wrote science-fiction fantasy. After working on Box of Time (Dimensions Unbound) for five years and my friends and I parting the way I moved on, mainly into another genre. By the late 80's I was interested in the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany. Shadow Hill, it's sequel Darkness, and Piper at the Gates of Dawn was three of my attempt to write horror.
Shadow Hill was an attempt to write a story that seemed real, or at best a legend or local folklore. The place Shadow Hill was inspired by my aunt and uncle timber which, do to it's over sides canape made part of the woods see dark and foreboding. Later versions of the story would reflect this. Darkness which was written later was the sequel to Legend of Shadow Hill was thought up while I was at work one day. My mind wonders a lot when I'm at work. Piper at the Gates of Dawn was written as a complete story in 1990-1991. When one of my co-workers read it he responded "that's one weird story Todd" The story Piper at the Gates of Dawn was inspired by my friends woody pasture which we played in when we were kids. I write not to please others, although it is a ego boost when someone enjoy reading my stories. But I've always written because I liked doing, not please other, but to please myself. To believe that I can write something that is creative. Coming from a small community which seems to frown on creativity to some degree. So no matter what I will continue to write to satisfies my own personal ego.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

FRAGMENT: The ORIGINAL FIRST DRAFT of The Legend of Shadow Hill

Legend of Shadow Hill
By Todd E Daugherty
Copyright; 1989
Todd E Daugherty
All Rights Reserved
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In the back wood lands of Illinois, near the flowing waters of the South Fork river there is a region know to the locals as Shadow Hill. The legend of Shadow Hill dates as far back as 1860 when the Johnson Mansion was placed on it's cursed land, by a recluse named Harry P Johnson. After the house was built in 1862 a number of bizarre incidents occurred around the area of house and the surrounding dark woods. Mainly the disappearance of two farm girls, one ten year old named Sara Anna Potter and an eight year old named Misty Marie Miller. Sara, disappeared on August 14, 1865 while gathering flowers in the nearby meadow not far from the forest. While Misty disappeared while in the barn milking the cows one evening in 1867. Rumor speculated that the owner of the manor house had taken the girls and did horrible things to them. When the local sheriff went to the manor house 1867 to ask the owner if he knew the whereabouts of Misty, Sara was believed to have been killed and dragged off by wolves. They notice the house was empty of life. The everything was in house except the owner, in fact sheriff reported that rotten food was on the table as if he was setting down to eat dinner and left, never to return.
The sheriff searched the house from top to bottom and found nothing. He then, along with his deputies searched the woods and found nothing, except in the garden behind the house they found a doll house and a book written in a strange language. The sheriff read part of the book to his deputies which read:

AI! KALI MUKA SHEKU DOKU MEKI RI
SHIMI DOKI IA IA FULAZHEMAKURA FULAZHEMAKURA IA IA!!

The sheriff believed that this was some kind of satanic book, and that Mr. Johnson was into worshipping the devil. Eventually in 1870 law enforcement closed the book on the disappearance of the two girls, feeling the girls were gone.
This however didn't end the happening of the forest. between 1870 to 1895 no one dared entered the forest or occupied the manor house. In 1901 John Potter Harrison, Son of Anna Potter, who was older sister of Sara moved into the families aging old farm house near the woods of the Johnson manor house. John, who was married and had an five daughter named Emily settled in the house of his mothers birth with no incident and had fear for his family for his mother had told him of the cursed house and the disappearance of his aunt Sara.
The years went on until 1905 when he and his wife had returned home from the theater. Emily and her baby brother Charles remained home at the farmhouse with the nanny. The John and his wife returned home the nanny, and both children were missing. on the floor, in blood was two sets of footprints and on the wall written in blood was:
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John called the police and a search began looking for the children and the nanny and by winter of 1905 all hope of finding them looked grim. John's wife Julie went insane and spent the rest of her live in a mental institution and John who fled the house back to St. Louis went to drink and was never the same. He spend his vast fortune looking for his two children and lost both. It was believed by the police some two years later that the nanny stole the two children and a national man hunt began and last on five years, with no trace of where they went.
In 1933 the forest that surrounded the manor house got it's named, Shadow Hill. Jim Shane and his thirteen son Tim was fishing on the South Fork river on that hot July afternoon. By that time the stories of the woods and that were legends and forgotten memories.
Jim decided that him and Tim should move down stream, where they would have better luck of catching fish. They were both homeless and due to the Great Depression was also homeless. Tim's mother died when he was still a baby and him and his dad tried to make it day by day. Jim would go into town looking for work while Tim who didn't attend school keep watch on their stuff, two little tents and a wadded up thing of clothing.
So both Jim and Tim moved into the woods, it was also at the time a good idea since the police where arresting vagabonds. They moved deeper and deeper into the woods following the river and noticed the forest seemed to get darker and darker until it was also pitch black. It wasn't night time for it was only one in the afternoon. The two men set up camp near the river and started a fire so that they could see and scare off any animals that may inhabit these dark foreboding woods. Jim cast the lines in hoping to catch some food for them to eat, while Tim decided to go off a little bit and explore. Jim told his son not to go far, but for a young teenager this seemed not the case.
Tim walked through the woods to where he came to the old farmhouse once owned by the Potter family, now consumed by the dark forest. The house was still one piece more and less as trees seemed to have grown out of it. Tim took his lantern and peered through the broken door of the house and notice the house was still the same as it left back in 1905. He walked into the door which lead into the kitchen and turned his lantern towards the living where he noticed a beautiful young women in her twenties standing there, naked. "Come play with us" she told Tim. Tim noticed the women's naked body was covered in blood and this scared him and he took off running. exiting the house he was met with two girls both bloody and both naked. He went turn around and notice the women behind him and they began chanting :
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This scared him even more and he took off running toward his father and the camp. When he arrived at the camp he told his father that they needed to leave, noticing that his son was scared he decided to leave the woods and head to town to the soup kitchen. In town his son told people what he saw in those shadow hills just west of town, thus Shadow hill got it's name.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

UPDATE

Well, I still editing Unbound Girl Detective Club for Kaizoku Dime Novels and I'm also working on another one called House of Time(another Time travel story) right now I'm just working on the story plot. I'm also working on some fairy tales.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Unbound Girl Detective Club

Well, I've been busy on my first Dime Novel "Unbound Girl Detective Club" Currently it's going under the first of four editing and rewrites.

MORE TO COME..BACK TO WORK.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

MORE PICTURES OF USAGI

USAGI IN HER SCHOOL UNIFORM
USAGI READY FOR BED
USAGI IN A ONE PIECE DRESS
USAGI AS A MAID
USGAI IN HER OUTDOOR WEAR