Hullooo from the Nutmeg State!

[Toob Waysider]

Hi there!

I stumbled across the forum today while searching online for a particular topic. And I was impressed by the knowledge, and especially the helpfulness, displayed in the comments on a similar quest.

While I have created an entire fantasy world in an alternate dimension to supply background history when needed, I'm more of a Shire/Bree type of fabulist. My focus is on a census-undesignated Connecticut village on the Connecticut Notch with the main setting being a tavern straddling that border. My inspiration is the "fantastic club & bar tales" by such writers as Dunsany, Pratt & deCamp, and Spider Robinson among others.

Looking forward to what I can learn from your experiences....

 

[pmmg]

Howdy toob. Welcome here.

Was just learning about dudley forest today. An actual dark woods in Connecticut. Seems like it could be a backdrop to something

 

[Talaxin]

Dunsany was a recent find for me, even though I've been reading fantasy since I was a kid.

 

[Toob Waysider]

Howdy toob. Welcome here.

Was just learning about dudley forest today. An actual dark woods in Connecticut. Seems like it could be a backdrop to something

I know Dudleytown is inaccessible now thanks to inconsiderate trespassers back in the 1990s, but I'd still like to even see it from the outside of the perimeter. "Dark Entry Forest" - so formal a name! For the most part, I think we're used to a quick description for a place name. To me, "Dark Entry Forest" calls back to an earlier age.

(In my backstory for my Connecticut village, the residents were to blame for hyping Dudleytown's reputation as a ghost town. There are always rumors - usually true - about what goes on at the Notch, so the villagers get them distracted elsewhere.)

 

[Toob Waysider]

Dunsany was a recent find for me, even though I've been reading fantasy since I was a kid.

He was an early influence on me after Tolkien. He inspired one of my characters in an Elizabethan/Jacobean "superhero" team which lies dormant in a desk drawer. I almost used his title as the name of my village, but it might have been too obvious. (LOL As if the choice I made isn't for a Connecticut location for ghosts - Canterville.) And the story titles always stayed with me - "Idle Days on the Yann", "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth"....

 

[Emrick Norr]

Welcome Toob. I love these themes of dark forests and taverns.

 

[JBCrowson]

I agree. The dark forest seems to speak to some ancient shared memory of early humans. It features in fairy tales from many places. I thought 'Mythago Wood' and 'Lavondyss' caught that idea really well. Funnily enough my attempt for this weeks challenge that I posted a few hours ago takes place in such a dark wood.

 

[Toob Waysider]

I agree. The dark forest seems to speak to some ancient shared memory of early humans. It features in fairy tales from many places. I thought 'Mythago Wood' and 'Lavondyss' caught that idea really well. Funnily enough my attempt for this weeks challenge that I posted a few hours ago takes place in such a dark wood.

JB, where can I find the forum for the challenge?

 

[JBCrowson]

If you click on the forums tab and then on new posts you should be able to find it quickly. Right now its the second in the list of new posts.

https://mythicscribes.com/community...024-to-18th-september-2024.26019/#post-370218