slightly left of center

Title: Neverwood, Part VI
Rating: R for language and violence
Warning: Genuine horror here. I hope.
Word Count: ~51k
Summary: Aiden Thomas Padalecki is violently and mysteriously kidnapped, leaving behind distraught parents who have no idea why their only child was taken. After months of futile investigation, the frantic father witnesses the slow but inevitable decline in the search of his only child. Half mad with grief, Jared goes to an island off the coast of Washington, holding the last clue that may help him find his son. But it is all a trap, and there’s someone crouching, waiting for him to pay back for sins not of his making.
Notes: Adapted from Peter Pan, written for j2_everafter.
Disclaimer: 127.5% fiction.

( Part VI )

Title: Neverwood, Part IV
Pairing: ja/jp, former ja/jdm
Rating: R for language and violence
Warning: Genuine horror here. I hope.
Word Count: ~51k
Summary: Aiden Thomas Padalecki is violently and mysteriously kidnapped, leaving behind distraught parents who have no idea why their only child was taken. After months of futile investigation, the frantic father witnesses the slow but inevitable decline in the search of his only child. Half mad with grief, Jared goes to an island off the coast of Washington, holding the last clue that may help him find his son. But it is all a trap, and there’s someone crouching, waiting for him to pay back for sins not of his making.
Notes: Adapted from Peter Pan, written for j2_everafter.
Disclaimer: 127.5% fiction.

( Part IV )

Title: Neverwood, Part II
Author: frostian
Pairing: ja/jp, former ja/jdm
Rating: R for language and violence
Warning: Genuine horror here. I hope.
Word Count: ~51k
Summary: Aiden Thomas Padalecki is violently and mysteriously kidnapped, leaving behind distraught parents who have no idea why their only child was taken. After months of futile investigation, the frantic father witnesses the slow but inevitable decline in the search of his only child. Half mad with grief, Jared goes to an island off the coast of Washington, holding the last clue that may help him find his son. But it is all a trap, and there’s someone crouching, waiting for him to pay back for sins not of his making.
Notes: Adapted from Peter Pan, written for j2_everafter.
Disclaimer: 127.5% fiction.

( Part II )

Title: Neverwood, Prologue
Pairing: ja/jp, former ja/jdm
Rating: R for language and violence
Warning: Genuine horror here. I hope.
Word Count: ~51k
Summary: Aiden Thomas Padalecki is violently and mysteriously kidnapped, leaving behind distraught parents who have no idea why their only child was taken. After months of futile investigation, the frantic father witnesses the slow but inevitable decline in the search of his only child. Half mad with grief, Jared goes to an island off the coast of Washington, holding the last clue that may help him find his son. But it is all a trap, and there’s someone crouching, waiting for him to pay back for sins not of his making.
Notes: Adapted from Peter Pan, written for j2_everafter.
Disclaimer: 127.5% fiction.


( Prologue )

So, about the j2_everafter story...

It was 47k before editing. Now, after few bouts it's ... 52k.

I swear, I thought it was going to have a smaller word count. The good news is that the story is much tighter, and a lot of b.s. had fallen by the wayside.

And yet, it's 52k.

I swear it's magic! *jazz hands*

And my help_haiti fic? 4k and that's just the medical stuff. *more jazz hands*

I just sent in my rough draft for j2_everafter.

The word count is roughly 36.5k. And that's a rough, rough draft. I've got a ways to go yet.

So, the odds are good this monstrosity will hit 50k when I'm done.

Man, times like these, I wish I was a graphic artist so I can make a semi-decent banner for the thing. Just because it's epic writing, even for someone like me.

However, I did find a beautiful set of pics for this one so the related artwork won't be a complete eyesore.

Hopefully.

I. Iz. TIRED.

So, now that my spn_j2_x_mas exchange is done, I have to rev up for j2_everafter which is due January 10th. o_0

I was lucky enough to get Peter Pan so the writing of Neverwood should be a lot easier than Garlic and Butter, which took a boatload of research to hammer out properly. And Neverwood is also outright horror - we're talking more along Straub's Ghost Stories or King's The Shining. And since horror is my specialty, Neverwood will be spectacular that way.

So, how come I derived a horror story out of Peter Pan? Quite simple, actually. I'm writing from the POV of the parents. Even though Barrie's work is lovely, there is much darker flip-side to the whole thing: what about mom and dad who were forced to wait day after day for their missing children to return to the nursery? From that perspective, Peter Pan can easily be translated into horror.

Poor JP. I swear, his character never has it easy in my world...