Escape from Nowhere Isle - Or Why I Never Get Any Writing Done

So, I sat down today with almost a whole day free and clear of major tasks. Perfect for getting some writing done. 

But first I had to deal with one of those pesky muses who was clamoring that she had an idea I had to write down before I forgot about it. This happens regularly, and this was not an idea I could pass off to Maryanne Peters because it involved magic, and Maryanne does not do magic. Mostly.

Anyway, I had had a dream in the night. I dreamed of being the director of a fantasy movie based on the Peter Pan story (originally by James Barrie). The dream wasn't so much the story, which did vary wildly from the original, but with performers who weren't actors but the actual characters from the story.

So, they all wanted me to write down some notes so I wouldn't forget them. And one thing lead to another including forays into Wikipedia to look up ducks and weather phenomenon of the nineteenth century and....

So this is what I ended up with instead of a new chapter of Special FX, which oddly is about movie-making, too.

Herewith:

Escape from Nowhere Island

Dramatis Personae and Various Locales

Allen Beech - eldest son, worries and feels responsible
Benjamin Beech - Benny - neurotic and timid, afraid, reads a lot
Charles Beech - Charlie - bold and reckless

Armand Beech - father, made his fortune insuring cargoes
Delia Beech - mother, a socialite

Matilda - family doggo, Great Dane and English Sheepdog cross

Bridey Nunzel - family servant of Beeches
Paddy Nunzel - family servant of Beeches
Esmy Nunzel - Nunzel’s daughter

The Wick - a community of treehouses where the Widgeons live
William Trice - Liam - leader of the Widgeons, former cabin boy
William’s Widgeons - the gang of boys on the island
Trice’s Cove - an inlet mid-island south of Sugar Swamp

Happy Harbour - anchorage on the north hook of the island
The Galoot - A pirate ship, a jackass brig bearing 12 guns
Captain Feliz Dodgeworth - pirate leader and part-time gentleman
Mister Lemuel Royce - sadistic first mate of The Galoot

Sugar Swamp - former plantation mid-island, now a dangerous swamp
Kalliban - A monster in the sugar swamp
Skaa - a venomous snake in the sugar swamp

Kalliwhack - an Indian village on the island near the south end
Tudge - an Indian, former sailor on the Galoot, speaks English

Nowhereland - a C-shaped atoll in the Caribbean, opening eastward

Mermaid Rock - a small island in the opening of the C, opposite Trice’s Cove
Annalee - Armless leader of the mermaids
Shadu - Armless black mermaid

Camber Rock - the top of a volcano west of Nowhereland

Faedun - a fairy hill near the Wick
Noreen - a fairy in love with Liam

And, oh, isn't that a lovely painting of some TG character from a Peter Pan-like story?

Image from a Painting by Edward Mason Eggleston (1882-1941) - Public Domain