An Atherton’s Artificial Artifact!
This time, I am presenting you with an Illustrated Adventure, entirely based on pictures I found in The Strand Magazine. The pictures are from many different issues, all circa 1900.
An Atherton’s Artificial Artifact!
This time, I am presenting you with an Illustrated Adventure, entirely based on pictures I found in The Strand Magazine. The pictures are from many different issues, all circa 1900.
Dramatis Personae
Annabelle: Sir Adam’s second wife.
Bruce: Sir Adam’s secretary.
Cecil: Sir Adam’s old friend and tenant.
Dr. Daniel: Sir Adam’s friend and physician.
Eli: Engaged to Sir Adam’s daughter Ingrid.
Freddie: Sir Adam’s neighbor.
Gregory: Sir Adam’s brother.
Hattie: Sir Adam’s niece.
Ingrid: Sir Adam’s daughter from his first marriage.
Josephine: Sir Adam’s mistress. Married to Freddie.
Kathy: Sir Adam’s tenant.
Leonard: Sir Adam’s solicitor.
Meghan: Sir Adam’s penniless relative; companion to Annabelle.
Ollie: Sir Adam’s gamekeeper. Also his half-brother.
Polly: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Second victim.
Quinton: The man Sir Adam wanted Ingrid to marry.
Ravi: Sir Adam’s old research partner.
Stella: Sir Adam’s neighbor. A famous mystery writer.
Timothy: Sir Adam’s old friend.
Uncle Ulric: Sir Adam’s uncle. Lived in the Elizabethan wing of Clutterbuck Court.
The Vicar: The Vicar.
Wilhelmina: Sir Adam’s neighbor. An attractive widow.
Xavier: Sir Adam’s cousin.
Yuri: A stranger at the Inn. Has business with Sir Adam.
Zoe: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Obsessed with astrology.
You could listen to me read a piece of spam mail aloud (O, My Viagra, My New-Found-Land!)
You could play a Twine game (The Perils of Sir Reginald, Bart.)
You could look at pictures of me in costumes, or even read the related Edwardian-era mystery novella (Alas!)
You could read Stranded!, a Strand-Magazine-Based form of Illustrated Entertainment (start here with a sort of explanation: Stranded!)
...or you could just sort of explore... there is a lot of material here, and (I think) much of it is Very, Very Good.
“And Vaudry decides he shall marry a Bear.” Bwahahahaha!