eccbooks Progress Report

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Riverbender

A title given to those who have successfully changed history—an accomplishment most of them come to regret.

145 words
4 likes

Queen of Hearts

The official title of the reigning monarch of Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts is in charge of beheadings—and not much more.

708 words
10 likes

Gillikin

Gillikins are an ethnic group of halflings known for their love of money and their stewardship of Edenian secrets.

553 words
1 likes

Munchkin

Munchkins are an ethnic group of halflings known for their love of country—and how hard they’ll fight to protect what’s theirs.

566 words
7 likes

Ésreké

The Reek is the easternmost region in Eden, and home to the most advanced civilizations left in creation.

921 words
3 likes

Halfling

Halflings are the caretakers of Eden in the Clarkwoods Literary Universe.

353 words
4 likes

United Countries of Ostké

The first governing body of Ostké, a thriving democracy toppled by the lies of a 'wizard' named Oscar Diggs.

614 words

The Line of Disgusting

To cross this line is to declare that you have no lines left that you are not willing to cross.

476 words
5 likes

James Fitzroy

The man born James Fitzroy was the scourge of Neverland during the Second Interregnum.

1221 words
7 likes

Chronetic Neural Crossover

A condition resulting from an encounter between a sapient being’s past and future selves.

302 words
3 likes

War of Western Aggression

The conflict between The Wizard of Oz and the Queen of Hearts which led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.

571 words
2 likes

Opposition to Cultural Tampering Injunction

A decree on interactions with 'lesser' civilizations in Eden, set down people who watched too much Star Trek before the apocalypse.

477 words
2 likes

The Four Imperial Hats

The story of four hats stolen from dwarves and forced upon the heads of four witches by the evil Wizard of Oz.

438 words
3 likes

River Ice

Chunks of frozen space-time power everything from the staffs of elven monks to the starships of intergalactic empires.

380 words
6 likes

Wonderlandian Suit

The smallest unit of the Wonderlandian army is based on, you guessed it, a suit from a deck of cards.

393 words
3 likes

Ferryman

The job desription for an army of psychopomps responsible for ferrying the recently dead to whatever comes next.

480 words
2 likes

The Sisters and the Simulation

A dwarven myth about the nature of existence.

1194 words
5 likes

The Plan

The blueprint for all events in a given iteration of the Clarkwoods Literary Univese, which can only be disrupted by a very determined few.

701 words
7 likes

1D4 Wolves

The most popular band in all of Eden has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years.

135 words
8 likes

International Spoiler Line

An informal agreement in most iterations of reality, and very formal peace treaty in one.

339 words
6 likes

Neverland

The once untamed nation state is now part of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.

313 words
6 likes

The Old Faith

The ancient religion of the dwarves, centered around two women who might be goddesses… or might be programmers.

627 words
3 likes

Veil Pulling

The rare preternatural ability to draw back the Veil of the World and unstick yourself in time.

650 words
6 likes

Everything Ever Produced

A media library purported to include every song, film, TV show, and book ever created—from every iteration of reality.

702 words
9 likes

Bateau de la Mort

The legendary watercraft of conniving Charon—and all the Ferrymen who came after him.

408 words
3 likes

Nightmare: The Plot

44-year-old E. Christopher Clark collaborates with his 16-year-old self to finish the story of NIGHTMARE.

4070 words
8 likes

Lüota

The language of the halflings of Eden, brought to paradise from Earth after the First Calamity.

1390 words
6 likes

Wolaríxkín

A species of anthropomorphic ducks who were genetically engineered in Eden before migrating to the rest of the universe.

1144 words
26 likes

Blue Army

176 words

Faegred

124 words

Four Witches

281 words

Gillikin Country

139 words

Peter Pan

482 words

Red Army

64 words

Jesus of Nazareth

A first-century preacher who changed the world.

160 words

Kiki Pipt

138 words

Munchkinland

Munchkinland is the easternmost territory held by the Ninth Empire of Oz, and therefore the gateway to the rest of the country.

190 words

The Wizard

139 words

Winkie Country

Winkie Country is the westernmost territory held by the Ninth Empire of Oz and is known for its vast forest and its carefully placed cities.

147 words

The Mad Hatter

120 words

Earth-666

An iteration of reality in the Clarkwoods Literary Universe where there were no fairy stories but lots of steampunky goodness.

216 words

Earth-669

126 words

Green House

55 words

Butterflies

348 words
1 likes

Jakob the Wanderer

210 words

WorldEmber 2021

E. Christopher Clark commits to writing 10,000 words in December 2021 for World Anvil’s annual WorldEmber challenge.

1874 words
6 likes

eccbooks Progress so far

25423 words 254.23% completed!

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E. Christopher Clark has been an indie publisher since age 14—first with the help of his father’s office photocopier and later with the aid of print-on-demand technology. His current project is a comic book series, The Blood of Seven Queens, a fairy tale mash-up which asks the question “what if Little Red Riding Hood grew up to be the Queen of Hearts?”

 

The author of The Stains of Time suburban fantasy series and of numerous short story collections, Clark is a graduate of Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters.


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