Nessarose Thropp thought that writing one story would satisfy her. But another day came and she was once again bored. So she took her journal and began brainstorming ideas for stories.
Hmm, she thought. How about...
Willy Richardson is a sweet and daring orphan raised by a arrogant and malicious uncle. Eventually he gets a job working as a author for the thoughtful Lady Gardner of Gardner Shack. The unlikely couple rapidly succumb to a crazy passion.
On the day of their wedding, a selfish aunt escapes from the attic of Gardner Shack and starts a fire. Believing that Lady Gardner is dead, Willy flees from the church and wanders the cloudy moors for days until he is rescued by a smart psychiatrist.
However, although Lady Gardner is blinded by the fire, she still breathes. Without Willy she becomes brutal and spiteful. She turns to alcohol for comfort. The ghost of the aunt from the attic haunts her.
Meanwhile, thinking Lady Gardner is dead, Willy accepts a marriage proposal from his saviour, the psychiatrist. However, one night he believes he can hear Lady Gardner calling, "Willy, where are you? Willy come home!" and he returns to Gardner Shack.
On Willy's return, he finds Lady Gardner drunk and without sight. Mistaking him for the ghost of the selfish aunt, she attacks him with a candlestick and Willy Richardson dies.
As she attends to the body, Lady Gardner realises what she has done. Driven mad with guilt, she hatches a plan to destroy the next generation, but there is no next generation and she dies two weeks later
But she cringed at how clichè it was and scrapped it.
Maybe...
After leaving the cosy planet Saturn, a group of ogres fly toward a distant speck. The speck gradually resolves into an incredible, space tower.
Civil war strikes the galaxy, which is ruled by Jefferson Umpiria, a contented sprite capable of theft and even murder.
Terrified, a tall gremlin known as Johnie Buckington flees the Empire, with his protector, Ellie Fisher.
They head for Upper Boggington on the planet Frabenesh. When they finally arrive, a fight breaks out. Fisher uses her scary rope to defend Johnie.
Fisher and Gremlin Johnie decide it's time to leave Frabenesh and steal a bicycle to shoot their way out.
They encounter a tribe of pixies. Fisher is attacked and the gremlin is captured by the pixies and taken back to Upper Boggington.
Fisher must fight to save Gremlin Johnie but when she accidentally unearths a ripped rock, the entire future of the scary, cosy galaxy is at stake.
Sighing once more, Nessa turned the page in her journal.
How does this sound...
The grand, coastal town of Exeter holds a secret.
Reena Miller has the perfect life working as a housekeeper in the city and dancing with her considerate girlfriend, Megan Smith.
However, when she finds a warped locket in her cellar, she begins to realise that things are not quite as they seem in the Miller family.
A wedding leaves Reena with some startling questions about her past, and she sets off to sunny Exeter to find some answers.
At first the people of Exeter are kind and noble. She is intrigued by the curiously giving shopkeeper, Hector Blacksmith. However, after he introduces her to hard love, Reena slowly finds herself drawn into a web of robbery, vandalism and perhaps, even murder.
Can Reena resist the charms of Hector Blacksmith and uncover the secret of the warped locket before it's too late, or will her demise become yet another Exeter legend?
Nessa grunted. She threw the journal against the wall and pouted. She could never have any good ideas! But suddenly, she had a realization.
Writing isn't about making something that other people will love, she thought. It's about making a work of art that YOU like! She wheeled over to the wall to pick up her journal.
"Sorry," she spoke to the inanimate object. She was inspired and was sure to write some more fun stories.