Shaun Meeks's Blog - Posts Tagged "series"

Don't worry, the title has nothing to do with porn. What is it then? This is a new book and short stories series I am developing. Without giving too much away, I was writing a new short story this week, originally called Gossip, about a guy hunting down a monster that is terrorizing a school. The story seemed okay, a quicky flash fiction piece that I was going to send off to somewhere like One Buck Horror. As I started the second draft, the story began to grow into something more, a back story popped in here and there and the main character, Dillon, began to take on a life of his own. So much so, that as I was writing it, I realized that he was going to be a new ongoing character and by the end of the day I had six short stories outline and the overview of two novels involving him. So who is Dillon? On the surface he is a dark and sarcastic guy that makes a living hunting down monsters and demons. He has a website called MONSTERDICK.COM (why he calls it that is explained in the story Monsters Love Trees and is an going joke) where people contact him if they have a problem with things that go bump in the night.
Now, there are a lot more layers to Dillon and the things he hunts, not to mention people that help him and hire him to do work. There will be a bit of a Noir feel to some of the stories, but what I like about them so far is that I will be able to let out some of my strange sense of humor in these ones.
Right now, two of the stories with Dillon in it are done, The Undergarment Eater and Monsters Love Trees. I hope to get these polished up pretty quick and send them out, hoping that one of the publishers will see the sense of humor and the potential for a series here. I will keep you all up to date on releases.