Scope
The motivation behind building Vampires of Bigby Fork
Finally finishing out this universe that I've been working on-and-off with since 2001.
For some background: I've been working on some iteration of this world since May 2001, when I was at the end of my high school freshman year. And - inspired by a mix of the Vampire Diaries books, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' first two Den of Shadows books, Buffy being on television, and my mother introducing me to Dark Shadows in reruns - I decided that I wanted to write a story about vampires. It was, to say it bluntly, shit...but I did write four complete "books" for these characters and had a fifth incomplete from 2001 to 2003. Impressive at 15. For the better part of a decade or more, I also ran a roleplaying board based around the world with several online friends and even dragged a few real-life ones into it.
The goal of the project
Getting my ideas down and finally telling the stories that I've been wanting to tell for years.
Vampires of Bigby Fork's Unique Selling point
Trying to take bits and pieces of inspiration from all existing vampire media and making a universe that's a unique new variant.
Theme
Genre
It's a detective story, mixed up with a bit of horror, with a dash of a love story.
Reader Experience
It's the world that we know but not. Like taking a step into a puddle and discovering that there's a whole 'nother world on the other side. And once you see it, you can never go back to being blind.
Reader Tone
A mix of dark and somewhere in the middle. It's reality, where good and bad happens...but sometimes something even worse happens.
Recurring Themes
1. The ups and downs of immortality and how a vast cast of characters deal with it.
2. Facing ones inner beast (except this is a real beast).
3. Normal is a thin veil over the truth of what the world really is.
Drama
There's a murder in town and the blood-soaked business card of a local PI shows up at the crime scene.
What does the local PI and his family have to do with the infamous serial killer case from years ago?
