In my last entry I explained how I had settled on the idea of Parallel Realities for the premise of my series. But what could I do with it that was new and different? Well as Doctor Who would say, “This is where things get a bit tricky.”
We all know that a lot of choices are man-made, but events are also a major player in our world and our lives. There’s an old school of thought that says, for whatever choices we make another alternate timeline exists where a version of ourselves exists who follows the path not taken. I began pondering this concept and asked myself, “What if not just choice could lead to a parallel reality? What if events that didn’t happen in our reality, did happen in another reality? And what might be the consequences and effects of that event?” This idea really intrigued me and I began to think about the concept on a much LARGER and OLDER scale…
Current theory says that that moon we all know and love was made as a result of an event that took place in Earth’s very early childhood, long before the first dinosaurs or any life-forms evolved. At the time our planet was much bigger than we know it to be now and it was hot and molten. Then another planet crashed into our world and literally knocked the stuffing out of us. Debris was scattered into space and floated there for centuries while the two worlds slowly fused into the size and shape we know now. As for the debris, caught in the new Earth’s gravity it circled around our world and slowly coalesced and formed the moon we all know and love. This also explains why moon rocks brought back by our visits showed the same compositions as are found here on Earth.
As for the how they manage to intrude into our reality I propose thinking of reality as a tree with loads of branches. If you actually look closely you will find that branches of course give birth to new branches and in turn to the same, and so on. Yet a number of these branches will rub up against each other at one time or another.
My first two stories (“The Bridge” and “The Ship”) focused on two occasions when many years ago two openings lasted long enough for strange beings from two different Para-Earths entered our world and got stuck here.
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In the third installment “The Vampyre Blogs – Coming Home”, two new dimensions were added to the mix. First I invited my wife Helen, who knows much more about actual science and science-fiction than me (and who had also helped me develop a number of the characters and concepts introduced in “The Bridge” and “The Ship” to actually join me in writing the story. The second dimension that was added to the endeavor was to focus on a man from our Earth being the one who intruded into a Para-Earth and the consequences of his being there for that world as well as his own.
We’re also working on at least 4-5 full-length novels, several of which are already under way. And we have countless ideas for many more. In time, depending on how popular the series becomes, we may invite other authors to join in and help expand the series, just as HP Lovecraft gave permission to fellow authors like August Derleth, Robert Bloch and others to expand and build upon his Cthulhu Mythos. (Note: to this day, his Cthulhu mythos is still being expanded by modern writers long after his passing back in 1937).
As for how many of these Para-Earths exist alongside our own, we don’t know. Nor do we know all the different life-forms that may be encountered in the stories down the road, for not all of them have presented themselves to us, much less shared their secrets. What we do know is that some can exist in this reality, or try to, but don’t always succeed. Think about all those articles that appear in news feeds about the remains of ‘monsters’ being found. Suddenly all those stories take on entirely new implications, don’t they?
We’d also like you all to keep in mind that not every Para-Earth being we introduce to you and our characters will be hostile. Some are simply strangers in a strange world, and just because their appearance may be monstrous, does not mean they are. In some cases, you may find yourselves being introduced to lifeforms that have become the stuff of legends in our reality. So strap in and join the adventure, you never know who or what you might meet along the way.
Until next time, keep writing!
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