As you may recall from my last post, I have once again caught the bug which is the cause of so much of our season of discontent, though admittedly there are other causes. It was also the cause of my decision to take up writing. I’m still trying to get that book published, and I recently did a bit of editing on it, waiting to get feedback from a beta reader.

So, I thought I would go into the idea that got me to start writing. I assume no one will steal this idea that I am openly posting online. Here you go.

Pandemonium is a city on an island on the coast of South Carolina. It was founded in the year 1620, same year as Plymouth. The difference is that Pandemonium is founded by Satan-worshipping witches. They are carried there by a group of drunken pirates turned religious fanatics, called the Strangers, who mistakenly burn an Indian princess at the stake, thinking she is one of the witches. The two groups join forces to prevent the chief from killing them all and then found a town. Throw in some enslaved persons from a Portuguese ship (the Fieldhands) and a group of Jewish immigrants in the 1890s who turn into massive beasts on the full moon (the Ze’ev), and you have a complete town.

Turn to the present day, the Witches have become the most lackadaisical Satanists the world has ever seen, replacing human sacrifice with the crushing of a bug. Meanwhile, the Strangers have sold their historic church to sleazy prosperity gospel preacher, Miles Simon. However, when Simon finds out that the Strangers keep a vampire, Theo, in their crypt, Simon tries to make a deal with Theo whereby he would hypnotize people into giving them money. Theo turns Simon down, but after Simon finds out that Theo’s vampiric rival, Scratch, lies in the crypt with Theo, the crooked televangelist sets his mind on resurrecting Scratch.

Alas, Scratch is not a good business partner, being a theocratic vampire who sucks women and children dry believing he has God’s blessing. With the bloody puritan on the loose, the locals have to band together and put him down.

And that’s the idea. It’s a regular American town, founded by Satanists, now in the present day. The above-described plot would be Book One, and I would precede with a new villain for each book until around Book Five. I have six books planned, but I could do more. Right now, I’m trying to sell Book One. I’ve been going the literary agent route. I think it’s a good enough idea to work for one of the big five publishers.

That being said, I do have another book I am currently selling, available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLSVRZN5