Short Fiction- Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

-A Morgana Lugus Investigation-

By: Eric Thomas

A series of three solid knocks sounded on my office door, pulling me from what had been an unusually peaceful sleep.

I muttered a curse before sitting up straight, trying to at least look like a professional.

“Morgana, you’ve got clients in,” a cheery voice called from the other side of the barrier.

“Send ‘em in,” I called before hurriedly dragging my hair back from the nest my desk had made it.

I’d managed to get it decently under control when the door slid open and a couple walked in.

They looked incredibly unhappy as they stiffly walked into my office, and their misery washed over me in waves to further cement the visual clue.

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 6)

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Update
Finished the first short today. I'll probably be taking tomorrow off from writing before I get started on the second short. I think this reads much better than the first draft version I'd previously uploaded. I'm having a blast getting back into writing this character.

Current Word Count: 9,040

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 5)

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Update
Despite struggling with the script for my copywriting class's last out of class assignment, I managed to get quite a decent chunk of writing on the short done today, at least as far as doing it during a busy semester goes.

Current Word Count: 7,914

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 4)

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Update
Today, I had to cut some of my allotted writing time short, due to having a thoroughly exhausting day, getting out to vote before my polling place closed, and having work to do for all four of my classes. In light of that, writing was fantastic for relaxing, but I couldn't do it for the full time I've allotted myself for each day in November.

For what I got written, though, I started the scene where Morgana finally meets Johan and his inner monster. The real bulk of the fight, I'm hoping, will be written tomorrow, and that will be the end to the first short of the novel.

Current Word Count: 5,758

Fall 2014- Online Advertising- Project 1

Topics: |  Project 1  |  Concept  |  Logo  |  Bottle  |  Theme  |  Campaign  |  Landing Site  |  Result  |

Project 1- NERVE Energy Drink
For the first project in my Online Advertising course, we were assigned an energy drink called NERVE. We were meant to design the whole online ad campaign, and overall brand personality, of this fictitious product.

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 3)

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Update
For today, I got to the bulk of the Fata Morgana story, where Morgana's dealing with Johan Levi, and the unexpected guest in his head, in the depths of Arkham Sanitarium. Remember, people, this is using the Lovecraft mythos, not DC comics.

Current Word Count: 4,652

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 2)

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Update
For today's writing, I decided to expand on a scene that, in the original short, was just glossed over in a few sentences.

Current Word Count: 3,026

Making of "Cirque du Massacre"

Topics:  |  Concept  |  Lineart  |  Color  |  Texture  |  Shading  |  Effects  |  Finalization  |

Concept
For the beginning of the illustration, I wanted to upload my audio to Youtube for my Copywriting radio spot. I couldn't simply upload the audio, though, and given what I do, it would be really lazy to upload it with someone else's art. So I decided to use it as an excuse to make a new illustration. I knew, going in, that I wanted a custom horror host design, and to put him in front of a creepy carnival tent, going with the cirque theme.

Fall 2014- Copywriting- Out-of-Class 4

Topics: |  Out-Of-Class 4  |  Process  |    Production  |  Result  |

Out-Of-Class Assignment 4- Radio Ad + Producing It
Our fourth out-of-class assignment for Copywriting was the first one we would produce.  The purpose of the assignment was to give the student the opportunity to use the knowledge gained in class, by developing, writing and producing a radio commercial that would be recorded and broadcast. We could select any product or services, or make one up, and use it for the spot.


Process
I was brainstorming a lot for this project. First, I had to decide if I wanted to go with a product or a service, and even when I decided a service would be better, as I'd already done products so far, I had to narrow down what kind of service. It took me a surprisingly long time to come up with anything.

It so happened that I was at a Cirque du Soleil show when the idea hit me. Being that Samhain's my favorite holiday of the year, and that the month of October's the only one I really allow myself to enjoy horrors, I decided I wanted to go with a horror attraction. Using the Cirque as a jumping point, I came up with the Cirque du Massacre.

Adventures in NaNoWriMo 2014 (Day 1)

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Update
Today, I started NaNoWriMo by breaking down the stories involved in the novel. I have 7 stories planned for the novel, of which 3 will be editing and re-writing from start to finish the 3 Morgana Lugus shorts I've already written. To start, I'm going with the titular story Fata Morgana, where Morgana is sent to look for a rich kid gone missing in the underworld of Arkham.

Current Word Count: 1,560