Here are four stories that I have been working on or thinking about, in one way or another, for almost one and a half years, without ever fully committing to turning them into a book. Literally, the furthest I've ever gotten is page 20. Single spaced, so that's not that bad, but still.
1 - Overwhelmingly Huge Polyglot Fantasy Novel - Intercutting between three separate storylines, this one would seek to top everything that has ever come before; an overwhelming "Lost" style mystery, a Neil Gaimen-esque treatment of gods and monsters, a coming of age story, a jilted love affair, death and life, a character named Marcello who bears a striking resemblance to his namesake in "La Dolce Vita." Storyline 1 - the Big Island of Hawaii, late August, 2005. An old man watches the television news. Hurricane Katrina is whipping through New Orleans. Iraq is starting to go to hell. He is old, but not dying. Meanwhile, two mysterious men, one loud and fat, the other deathly pale, hire a boat to take them to a leper colony. Storyline 2 - a retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket." Storyline 3 - a young boy in a massive fantasyland continent meets a strange girl and sets off on an adventure that will ruin his life.
Problem: Too big. Almost preciously elaborate. Biting hardcore off of Stephen King.
2 - A Little Death in Amsterdam - a loner meets a girl in Amsterdam, fucks her, ditches her. The next day, she's floating upside down in the canal. Who killed her? Can he even find out? Does it even matter? Who was she?
Problem - How does an American find a killer in Amsterdam? I want to do a story about Europe, not just Amsterdam. Maybe he finds the killer and tracks him all across Europe?
3 - Drags - Fantasy story about a country with Dragons. I've written the beginnings to at least ten different stories set in this world, no luck.
4 - A semiautobiographical story based on my college life.
Problem - It will be narcissistic and self-loathing at the same time.
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