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Fiction, stories, tall tales:
by contributors
(with an occassional illo by illustrators!)
Some of these text stories may contain sections with Mature content.
Recent
updates for this page:
****
Update 2 September 2010 ****
>>>>
Update 31 August 2010 <<<<
*** Update
29 August 2010 ***
>>>
Update
28 August 2010 <<<
** Update
27 August 2010 **
<><>
Update 26 August 2010 <><>
*
Update 14 August 2010 *
<>
Update 7 & 8 August 2010 <>
>>>>
Speed Week 1932 Poster from Holland
(Larger file here - 1 MBytes)
<<<<
by
Stuart McCarthy - http://duraluminwolf.deviantart.com/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/duraluminwolf/
http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Duraluminwolf/
***<><>
SPEED
WEEK
stories
start!
<><>***
"German flier Ilsa Klensch
overtakes the American entry during the 1938
Schneider Trophy race." (Pacific Press RadioPhoto) - (larger image - 1.3 MBytes)
Art by R.J.Bartrop - http://rjbartrop.artspots.com
***
<><> "The
Lady of
Nîmes" <><> ***
by John
Urie
Keith Lawton, organizer of the
Schneider
Cup at Spontoon Speed Week,
tells a reporter the story of an unusual entry for the 1935 race.
Part Eight: Update 4
August 2009
Sophia Bianco's racing
seaplane
has a problem!
Part Nine: Update 12 August 2009
Unexpected assistance!
Part Ten: Update 21 August 2009
The Histories of Denis Conlon!
Part Eleven: Update 27 August 2009
Unexpected sponsor!
Part Twelve: Update 2 September 2009
A sharp eye for cheating!
Part Thirteen: Update 28 July 2010
Waiting for back-up and a back-fire!
<>
Part Fourteen: Update 7 August 2010
<>
Into the qualifying run!
<><>
Part Fifteen: Update 26 August 2010
<><>
Cutting the pylons close!
***
Part Sixteen: Update 29 August 2010
***
Shuffles & Gambles!
<><> * Charlie Bellman stories * <><>
by Antonia T. Tiger
Funeral in Berlin
(...and
shortly
after....)
A Proper Little Charlie:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
(Update 19 April 2010 - ending this
sequence)
**** *** Night Mail *** ****
A journey to his new posting - with
reassurances....
--oOo--
* Upload 14 August 2010: Chapter
1
*
Trains
and
Boats
and 'planes, Oh my!
<><> Upload 26 August
2010: Chapter 2 <><>
Into
the
wide
blue yonder
*** Upload 29 August 2010: Chapter 3
***
Oysters,
Curry,
and
Piracy
****
Upload 2 September 2010: Chapter 4
****
No Highway In the Sky
(to
be continued)
Arrival: A news
article
Counsular Duties
Perhaps
a
typical
evening
for
a
British
Consular
officer
Picnic With Pistols
A meet-and-greet
with friends at an Eastern Island pistol range
Token
Anarchist: Part One
A Speed Week dance begins at the British Embassy
Token
Anarchist: Part Two: Wednesday morning
Captain the Lady Helen Todd &
crew fly the Cloverleaf Derby
Token Anarchist: Part Three
Daring
and
skilled
manuevers
Token
Anarchist: Part Four
A finish; a racing finish; landings.
(ending this story sequence)
A
Wolf
In the Fold
by Antonia T. Tiger
A story of Sergeant Wolf Baginski, of the Rain Island Army Union
(Chapter 3 Upload: 6 May 2009 -
ending this story sequence)
>>> The Willow Pages <<<
by M.Mitchell Marmel & EOCostello
Update 18 May 2010: Art by SusanDeer
added to "Sins and Sensibilities"
Andreas 'Papa' Papadopolous
(Larger file here -
346 KBytes)
Art by L. Frank http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wom-bat/
(from "The Sows Will Rise Again")
by Walter D. Reimer
(Illustrated by L. Frank)
Act 1: Upload 28 July 2010
Act 2: Upload 7 August 2010
>>> Act 3: Upload 28 August 2010 <<<
(Ending this story sequence)
Willow Fawnsworthy has a team and a mission from Minkerton's Detective Agency in 1935
Willow Fawnsworthy's team: "The Sows Will Rise Again" by Walt Reimer
(serial story on 'The Willow Pages') (Larger file here - 322 KBytes)
Art by L. Frank - http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wom-bat/
"...the Minkerton's [Detective Agency] team for the operation [in the Spring of 1935].
Top row, left to right - Villy Armstrong (Brahma bull),
Willow Fawnsworthy (whitetail doe, team leader);
bottom row, left to right - Barney Colley (Welsh collie), Cardamom Cartwright (peccary),
and Rollin Pawe (Afghan hound)."
***
Odyssey ***
Ni Hao in China - Fall 1937
by Walter D. Reimer
*** Odyssey:
The Journey There (Part One) ***
Upload: 29 August 2010
"Fang and Shin facing each other
down" - (larger file here - 411
Kbytes)
Art by Aaron Renk - http://www.furaffinity.net/user/theburningdonut/
Characters Wo Fang & Wo Shin from "Luck
of
the
Dragon" by Walter D. Reimer
Luck
of
the
Dragon:
*
Dealing
a
Cold
Deck *
by Walter D. Reimer
(May include the
occasional mature
situation.)
September 1937
Chapters 156 & 157:
Update 18 May 2010
Chapter 158: Update 29 May 2010
Chapter 159: Update 2
June 2010
Chapter 160: Update 15 June 2010
Chapter 161: Update 25 June 2010
Chapter 162: Update 23 July 2010
Chapter 163: Update 29 July 2010
Chapter 164: Update 8
August 2010
* Chapter 165: Update 14 August 2010
*
ending this section
to be continued
**** ** <> Let's Doe It [Let's Fall In Love] <> ** ****
The Romantic
Misadventures of
Reggie &
Willow!
characters & stories by M
Mitchell Marmel & EOCostello
Beginning with their meeting in
September
1936; told from both points of view.
"The
I Do's of March"
by M. Mitchell Marmel & E.O.
Costello
Wedding plans. Too many wedding plans?
(February & March, 1937)
Part Sixteen: Upload 8 February 2010
(ending this story episode)
Inocenta
de Ciervos coming down the aisle at her wedding,
escorted by her father, Don Carlos de Ciervos.
Art by Podamy - http://www.furaffinity.net/user/podamy
Characters by E.O. Costello - Commission by Walt Reimer
****
Batchelor(ette) Party(ing)
****
by E.O. Costello & M.
Mitchell Marmel
Illustrated by Seth C. Triggs
May 1937, the week before the wedding of
Reggie & Willow (& Grace).
How could anything go strange?
Reggie in Full
Boundless, or, A Non-Alcoholic Stir-up Cup
Art by Seth C. Triggs - http://www.bibp.com/
Observant Young Lady & Reggie Buckhorn
Chapter One: Upload 11 April
2010
Chapter Two: Upload 30 April
2010
(mature
for adult situations)
"Did you hear the story about that stuck-up Andre d'Arbres?!"
Chapter Three: Upload 15 June
2010
(Party
planning
-
"Venue
you
would
choose
well...")
Chapter Four: Upload 25 June
2010
(Last
minute
invitations
-
&
the
batchelorette
yacht
party
begins.)
Chapter Five: Upload 29 July
2010
(A
party
in
a
jail
cell
-
&
an
awkwardly appropriate request)
<>
Chapter Six: Upload 8 August
2010 <>
(mature
for adult situations)
(An
awkwardly
supplied
guest
-
&
a
party
in
a
yacht)
**
Chapter Seven: Upload 27 August
2010 **
(mature
for adult situations)
(An
unexpected
war
buddy
-
&
a
party
adrift)
****
Chapter Eight: Upload 2 September
2010 ****
(mature
for adult situations)
(Defending
the gangplank -- Prepare to attract boarders!)
A Convention ~ and Other Things
by Mr. David R. Dorrycott
A story of 1930s Hollywood film studio deals, and actresses under pressure,
Songmark Academy, and a sci-fi fan convention on Spontoon Island.
(For Mature readers, due to some adult situations.)
Part 1: Update 19 May 2010
Part 2: Update 2 June 2010
Part 3: Update 15 June 2010
Part 4: Update 25 June 2010
mature content
(concluding this story segment)
More stories with Charlene Van Pugpug working in serial movies
are now appearing at David R. Dorrycott's archive:
http://www.naorhy.com/
(a Mature rated website)
Check his "Stories" page under the archive: "Tales of Spontoon".
"Serfing Safari"
By Simon Barber
(Easter 1937)
The Crusader Dorm (Alpha & Nancy Rote
& their crime-crusading school chums)
goes on a visit to Vostok during the Songmark Easter holidays.
Part 1 Upload: 19 April 2010
(For
Armistice Day and for Memorial Day)
Remembrance
by Walter D. Reimer
Uploaded 29 May 2010
Movie
(screenplay)
Transcripts
A
Rain
Island
movie
serial:
The Adventures of Rocket Rat
Screenplay
by Walter D. Reimer
Series
1:
“THE
MINES
OF
THE
MOON”
Chapter
1:
“A
CRY
FOR
HELP”
Uploaded 6
June 2009
Chapter 2: "MOON OF MYSTERY"
Uploaded 22 July 2009
Chapter 5: "CAVERN OF DOOM"
Uploaded
30 April 2010
Lt. Jack Carr, Capt. Rod Stone (Rocket Rat), & Dr. Jane Red Deer
(click here for larger image) - Art by Rusty Haller - http://www.aceandqueenie.com/
"The Trojan Horse"
A short anti-Rain Island film, produced in the USA in 1935.
Screenplay transcribed by Walter D. Reimer
Uploaded 29 May 2009
The Dr. Meffit Investigates
by E.O.
Costello
"Bright
Lights"
A casino stage-show murder investigation (with Inspector Stagg)
Upload 13 June 2007
"Ius
Primae
Noctis"
A new morning for Dr. James Meffit
Upload 17 November 2008
"Felis Ex
Machina"
A mechanical marvel on a show boat stage
Upload 19 March 2010
The
1,001 MORNINGS
of
Reggie Buckhorn
Character
by EO Costello in
collaboration
with Simon Barber,
and stories by a herd of fellow contributors.
8 March 2010 Update:
"Where Is The Song of Songs For Me?"
by E. O. Costello
Radio Show Transcripts
From a 20 May, 1937 Rain Island radio broadcast:
>>>> The Four Fools <<<<
in
"A Drain-ium on the Cranium"
Posted 31 January 2010
Mature burlesque humor
(Produced by W.D.Reimer, with material by E.O.Costello, M.M.Marmel, & J.T.Urie)
A TALE OF RAIN ISLAND:
Red Lightning
BY WALTER D. REIMER
Not there for just the pastrami
Chapter Two
Upload: 11 April 2010
"Play Ball!"
Amelia Bourne-Phipps and her Diary
Art by Fredrik Andersson
character by Simon Barber
Extracts
from a Diary:
Storm Birds
Amelia
after
her
Songmark
training
"Being the twenty-seventh part of the adventures of Lady Amelia
Allworthy
(neé Bourne-Phipps) having completed her Songmark training.
She’s off to see the world now – hopefully
it won’t see her first…"
edited by Simon Barber
(May include the
occasional mature
situation.)
20 July 1937 - 21 July 1937
> Additional text added 6
January
2010
<
22 July 1937
Examined by the
Sealth City Synod Shamans!
Extracts
from a Diary:
The Songmark Diary
edited by Simon Barber
(from the diaries of Amelia Bourne-Phipps,
while she attended
the Songmark Aeronautical Boarding
School
for Young Ladies,
located on Spontoon Eastern Island)
(May include the occassional mature
situation)
(May include the occassional mature situation)
Diary Update: 29 June 2009
The return from Kuo Han - after 6 weeks - is the rescue a success?
Diary Update: 8 July 2009 (& 8 July 1937)
Additional recoveries in hospital. Another consultation with Judge Poynter.
Helen gets her marriage liscense.
Diary Update: 10 July 2009
Preparing for Helen's wedding. Saimmi compares Molly Procyk & Miss Cabot.
Miss Devinski at the Gates to Songmark Academy. A dinner of three-finger poi.
Diary Update: 22 July 2009
Not everyone (in their respective conditions) will get official graduation certificates. Yet.
Amelia's Sand Flea light aeroplane gets a new home.
Diary Update: 27 August 2009
An expected Spontoonie wedding. Maria plans an impromtu fling.
Major Hawkins comes to call and talks of British matters, with some Intelligence.
Diary Update: 2 September 2009
A seaplane secret reavealed? An invitation to visit the eldritch realms of the Reich.
A last look & farewell to the dorms of Songmark Academy. With clues.
Diary Update: 11 September 2009 (14 July, 1937)
Maria goes to her expected Private Consultation at the Italian Embassy.
Miss Molly 'Cabot' re-meets her newly adoptive cousin at Song Sodas.
>>> -- <<<
and about this time, Amelia receives a desperate request for assistance:
"Matching Set"
A story by Simon Barber - Mid-July, 1937
rated mature for adult situations
Amelia helps the surviving two Pennington sisters, as they attempt their own version of grief therapy.
A story where you may observe Amelia (Lady Allworthy) outside of her Diary - perhaps to your surprise.
>>> -- <<<
Diary Update: 6 October 2009 (16 & 17 July, 1937)
A not-unexpected rescue at the Italian Embassy.
A surpising gift arrives from the past. Preparations and pre-flights for departure.
Diary Update: 13 October 2009 (18 & 19 July, 1937)
Priestess Oharu assesses Miss Cabot's condition.
Amelia goes to Sacred Island for a different kind of final exam.
The warrior priestessess contemplate some loose ends, and then prepare for their World Tour.
This ends the Diary Extracts section "Back Into Daylight"
> Amelia’s adventures will continue <
as she heads across the globe, in “Storm Birds”.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
While Amelia's illustrated diaries will continue
to be uploaded in sequence on this website,
you may be able to read farther ahead at Simon Barber's
'Spontoon Tales' VCL archive
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Better Than the Rest
by Simon Barber
Beryl Parkesson tells a tale of her
school days at her English public school
Uploaded 7 July 2008
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
A
new
student for Songmark arrives in September of 1936:
"The
Coral
Curtain
Mystery"
by Simon
Barber (and
Anonymouse)
(May include the occasional mature
situation.)
The
Misses
Rote
continue
their
education
in:
Tales of Crusader
Dorm
"Case of the Missing
Misdemeanour"
Part 1: Uploaded 1 October 2007
Part 2: Uploaded 16 November 2007
(completing this case)
"The Case of the
Compromising Carbon"
(December 1936) Nancy & Alpha Rote encounter a
mystery of love
Uploaded 28 July 2008
"Serfing Safari"
(Easter 1937)
The Crusader Dorm go on a visit to Vostok
Part 1 Upload: 19 April 2010
are posted at Reese Dorrycott's story archive:
http://www.naorhy.com
Open his "Story" archive page and search
"Tales of Spontoon" for the section "It's a Rote World"
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The
RED
DORM
A Story Archive by Simon
Barber
of
that
dormroom
of
Anti-Socials
&
Socialists
at
Songmark
Academy
25 November 2007 Update: "Shell Game"
Songmark Art References
and
Archive
Update 6 October 2009
(May include the occassional mature
situation)
Archive illustrations by Simon Barber, Kjartan, Tom Foster,
Ken Fletcher, Steve Gallacci, & O.T. Grey
20 August 2006 Art Update
Dorm members: Class of September 1934
Wo
Fang, husband of Wo Shin (Ni Shin)
in the serial story, Luck of the Dragon,
by Walt Reimer
Art by Jim Groat - http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rabbi-tom/
* Luck
of the Dragon *
by Walter
D. Reimer
A serial of a family of entrepreneurs thriving on the infamous Krupmark
Island.
(May include the occasional mature
situation.)
Luck of
the Dragon:
Pilgrimage
Summer of 1937 - An obligation for Liberty - with the "Red Dorm"
assisting
> A five-part episode <
"Arrangements"
August of 1937, during
Speed Week -
a story featuring members of the Ni family:
Part Ten: Update 2 April 2009
Part Eleven: Update 24 April 2009
(ending this section)
Luck of the Dragon:
* <> Dealing
a
Cold Deck
<> *
(May include the
occasional mature
situation.)
September 1937
<> Chapter 164: Update 8
August 2010 <>
* Chapter 165: Update 14 August 2010
*
ending this section
to be continued
(Two story interludes from 1936 - related to Luck of the Dragon)
Snowfall
in New Haven
December 1936:
An Unlikely
Love Story
by Walter
D. Reimer
January 1937: A Case for Sgt. Brush
by Walter D. Reimer
A
Few Footnotes on Eastern Island of
Spontoon
& Certain Other Subjects of
Local Interest
by Taral Wayne
Uploaded 7 December 2009
(cross-posted from Map page & Settings page)
Pursuit!
-by
John Urie-
A
Spontoon Island serial story from the life of Katie MacArran.
(May
include occassional mature
situations)
Chapter
55:
Update
30
October
2009
The Devil Came Down to Spontoon
by Walter Reimer & Mitch Marmel
A
Spontoon
Story
of
a
Visitor
(who
is
not
a Tourist)
A story with a touch of Halloween
flavor.
Posted 19 October 2009
*** New uploads 18
May
2010 ***
May
Day Celebrations on Spontoon
Island!
Come contribute to the
celebration!
May Day
Celebrations on Spontoon Island!
A page of Stories, Art, and Articles via the History page.
A good celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Spontoon Island
setting!
Stranded
Angel: Chapter 16C
Uploaded 1 August, 2008: A sample chapter
Stranded Angel: Chapter 16D
Uploaded 4 March 2009: A second sample chapter
featuring Angelica
Silfverlindh
from Freddy
Andersson's SilverAngel
comic strip,
by Simon Barber - with art by Fredrick K.T. Andersson.
(Based on the comic strip by Fredrick K.T. Andersson,
with characters by Freddy Andersson,
Simon Barber, & David Reese Dorrycott.
With links to further chapters at http://www.naorhy.com/
“Sinnessteuersymphonie”
A tale of mad science in six movements, with coda
by E.O. Costello
Overture: Introduction & Dedication: Upload 13 October 2009
Movement 1: Upload 7 December 2008
Rusty Haller illustration added 19 January 2009
Rusty Haller illustrations added 3 February 2009
Movement 2: Upload 12 December 2008
Rusty Haller illustration added 16 February 2009
Rusty Haller illustration added 11 March 2009
Movement 3: Upload 15 December 2008
Movement 4: Upload 24 December 2008
Movement 5: Upload 29 December 2008
Movement 6: Upload 31 December 2008
Coda: Upload 31 December 2008
concluding this performance
“Sinnessteuersymphonie” (.rtf)
Download (complete story) as an .rtf (Rich text file - 321 Kbytes)
© E.O. Costello, 2008
Upload 7 December 2008
"Echoes Loudly Waking"
A Gunboat Wars Tale
of Magistrate Harold Poynter
by Walter D. Reimer
Upload 22 January 2009
"Dies
Irae"
A Gunboat Wars Tale
of Fr. Augustus Merino, SJ
by Walter D. Reimer
Upload 7 December 2008
"The
Black
Ship"
A Gunboat Wars Tale
of a villager of Main Island
by Walter D. Reimer
Upload 3 December 2008
by Eric O. Costello
(A full-length trial transcript of a Spontoon Island court case in 1937
regarding capital crimes committed in a pirate raid of 1912.)
(With a Coda in the form of notes by an attorney present at the trial.)
(This is indeed full-length, and the equivalent of an 87-page transcript.)
Upload 3 December 2008
"Invoking Cloture"
a sequel to "Shriek, Memory"
by Walt Reimer & Eric Costello
Upload 4 March 2009
Kypriakos-Volstead Aircraft
a brief history by Walter D. Reimer
Illustrated by Fredrik K T Andersson
Upload 24 December 2008
A convention visit to the KHAN-TIKI resort
(via Wm. Van Ness)
The Dr. Meffit Narrations
by E.O.
Costello
"Bright Lights"
A casino stage-show murder investigation (with Inspector Stagg)
Upload 13 June 2007
"Ius
Primae
Noctis"
A new morning for Dr. James Meffit
Upload 17 November 2008
"Felis Ex Machina"
A mechanical marvel on a show boat stage
Upload 19 March 2010
"Stranded
Angel: Autumn 1936"
a serial Story (&
art) by Simon Barber &
Reese Dorrycott
featuring Angelica Silfverlindh from Freddy
Andersson's SilverAngel
comic strip,
and other
Spontoon characters
Part 10
Uploaded 16 May 2006
(additional chapters at other linked
websites September 2006)
Freddy Andersson 'SilverAngel' Art Upload 23 July 2006
(May
include
the
occassional mature
situation)
Freddy Andersson 'SilverAngel' Art Upload: 7
July 2008
Stranded
Angel: Chapter 16C
Uploaded 1 August, 2008: A sample chapter
Stranded Angel: Chapter 16D
Uploaded 4 March 2009: A second sample chapter
by Simon Barber - with art by Fredrick K.T. Andersson.
(Based on the comic strip by Fredrick K.T. Andersson,
with characters by Freddy Andersson,
Simon Barber, & David Reese Dorrycott.
Further chapters at http://www.naorhy.com/
Tales
from
Rain
Island
stories by
Walter D. Reimer
Red Lightning
BY
WALTER D. REIMER
Not there for just the pastrami
Chapter Two
Upload: 11 April 2010
"Play Ball!"
"This is Captain Brightwater Smith, bighorn ewe, and commander of
the Rain Island Naval Syndicate's Landing Forces. She is
test-firing
their newest weapon, the Mastny MT-1 submachine gun."
Character & weapon design by Walter D. Reimer.
Art by Seth C. Triggs - http://www.bibp.com/
EQUALIZER
By Walter D. Reimer, Mitch Marmel, & Eric
Costello
Chapter Nine: Upload 5 June 2009
Chapter Ten: Upload 12 June 2009
(ending this serial story)
Illustrations added: by freelancer89 & Seth Triggs
Upload 17 June 2009
MT-1 submachinegun - image by freelancer89 http://www.furaffinity.net/user/freelancer89/
From Walt Reimer - "The weapon's chambered for 9mm (pistol round, but
slightly more powder),
30 round magazine. At 2 feet 4 inches long and a loaded weight of
9 pounds, it's good for most
anthros. The ejector port is on the top of the gun, with an adjustable
deflector to keep the
spent cartridges from flying in your face. The muzzle compensator comes
off to fit a suppressor
for covert Rain Island Army Union missions or Naval Syndicate
boarding actions."
from the story "The Equalizer" by Reimer,
Marmel, & Costello
Larger image file is linked here.
A Busy
Half-Century
BY
WALTER
D.
REIMER
A history of
the Rain Coast told in story
Part
One:
Proclamation: Upload 8 June 2008
Part Two: Recognition: Upload 20 June 2008
Part Three: Constitution: Upload 27 June 2008
Part Four: War (and Peace): Upload 7 July 2008
Part Five: Gunboats: Upload 22 July 2008
Part Six: Contracts: Upload 24 August 2008
Part Seven: Changes: Upload 11 October 2008
Part Eight: Proclamation Day: Upload 29 December
2008
(completing these stories)
A Leaf
in the Wind
How Jian came from Kuo Han
to Rain Island.
(May include some Mature situations
and language.)
Chapter
3:
Update
10
March
2008
Chapter 4: Update 14 May 2008
Chapter 5: Update 28 July 2008
Epilog: Update 1 February 2008
(ending this episode)
Events in the military intellegence and cryptography career of Ranua Milikonu;
serving the Spontoon Island Independencies, via the Rain Island Naval Syndicate.
(Continuing from "The Woodcarver's Son".)
The Woodcarver's Son
A young Spontoon Guide trains at the Rain Island Naval Syndicate
(Ranua Milikonu, previous to"Sub Rosa")
SEAHAWK
The adventures of Ensign Halli Amura, RINS, seaplane aviator.
Chapter 22 Upload 7 July 2007
(story complete)
An
Officer
and
a
Shaman
An odd story of
mystery and intrigue set in the Rain Coast
(story complete)
Mission
of the Raven
A
ship
of
the
Rain
Island
Naval
Syndicate
(story complete)
Kocha
Koi
by Walter D. Reimer, Mitch Marmel,
& Eric Costello
Pirate Submarine or Privateer Submarine?l
(ending this story)
Roy D. Pounds II art added to Chapter 8 on 19 March
2010
Samantha & Max Vreeland
Art by Cherushi - http://cheru-cheru.deviantart.com/
- (with Amonomega)
Larger file (588 KBytes) Here -
Characters by Reimer, Marmel, & Costello
The
events
from
Chapter 7 of Kocha Koi,
told
from another
point of view:
Chivalry Isn't Dead
by E. O. Costello
Art by Fio Purrfetti - http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fio/
Uploaded 30 April 2008
Thievery
by Mauricio Tavares
A cautionary tale of tourism and crime
Uploaded 14 May 2008
Capt.
Gary's Log
sailing along with the Sloop, RED WOLF
(transcribed and edited by Wm. Van Ness)
Episodes & yarns from cruising the Spontoon sea islands!
A Log entry Uploaded 19 November 2007
The Casebook of Inspector Stagg
by EO Costello
Collections of short stories, and a serialized mystery, "The Wolf Without Wings."
Featuring Spontoon Island's first professional police detective,
a political refugee. Narrated by his assistant, Sgt. Brush.
Illustrations by Kjartan & Ken Fletcher
"The Wolf Without Wings"
by E.O. Costello
A serialized story complete in 5 parts,
introducing Sgt. Brush and Inspector Stagg.
"What Goes Up..."
by E.O. Costello
How Sgt. Brush became the first Detective in the Spontoon Island Constabulary.
(18 February 2007)
"Duet
for Pride
and Piano"
by M.Mitchell Marmel & E.O. Costello
Inspector Stagg has a part in this holiday celebration:
December 1936
The
Pickering
Papers
by E.O. Costello
An overview of the influences on
Cheif Constable A. Abel Pickering's career through December 1936
(Art update 10 August
2006)
The Pickering Papers:
A Clean Start
as told to Walter D. Reimer
by the prisoner Silas Lashley
of the Prince
Kropotkin Penitentiary, Tillamooka
Uploaded 24 December
2007
The
Catto Comeback
Update 18 May 2010: art by SusanDeer added to Part 11
(Nominated for the 2006
Ursa Major Awards)
by M. Mitchell Marmell & E.O. Costello
Inspector Stagg (& others) go on journeys of discovery: January 1937
Part 15 Update: 29 November 2006
(concluding this story)
Inspector Stagg Radio
Plays!
"A Window Into the
Soul"
"All Is Not Gold That Glitters"
"A Greenhouse Divided"
"The Light That Failed"
Radio-play Transcripts done from the NBC radio network series in 1938:
"The Adventures of Inspector Stagg"
by EO Costello
"Bright
Lights"
by E. O. Costello
Dr. Meffitt, Medical Examiner, narrates an investigation
by Sgt Brush and Inspector Stagg
>>>
The
Willow Pages <<<
by M.Mitchell Marmel &
EOCostello & Walt Reimer
Episodes featuring the resourceful Minkerton's
operative
Willow Fawnsworthy,
revealing some secrets of her past and surprises in her
future.
Including:
"Meet Jane Doe"
"Contrition: It's Not
Just For Breakfast Anymore"
The
Giant Gnat of Sinatra
A tale of mad exploration, in six (possibly unnatural) acts
- by Marmel, Costello, & Reimer -
Conclusion: Upload 7 December 2009
Update 18 May 2010: Art by SusanDeer
added to "Sins and Sensibilities"
by Walter D. Reimer
Act 1: Upload 28 July 2010
Act 2: Upload 7 August 2010
Act 3: Upload 28 August 2010
(ending this story sequence)
Willow Fawnsworthy has a team and a mission from Minkerton's Detective Agency in 1935
The
1,001 MORNINGS
of
Reggie Buckhorn
Character
by EO Costello in
collaboration
with Simon Barber,
and stories by a herd of fellow contributors.
8 March 2010 Update:
"Where Is The Song of Songs for Me?"
by EO Costello
Reggie
Buckhorn
is
firmly
against
all
adventuring
and
Saving
theWorld,
when he's in the Spontoons. Actions like these would
interfere with his ability
to enjoy a quiet glass of refreshment. Or two.
Or three.
Nevertheless, Reggie makes his impact felt on Spontoon
society,
in his own high-spirited fashion. Snooty head-waiters
and impatient rozzers,
you have been warned! Pour yourself a generous G&T
and read about Reggie's
various attempts to combat the boredom of the hours
outside
cocktail hour.
Let's
Doe It [Let's Fall In Love]
The Romantic Misadventures of
Reggie &
Willow!
characters & stories by M
Mitchell Marmel & EOCostello
Beginning with their meeting in
September
1936, told from both points of view.
** <> "Batchelor(ette)
Party(ing)" <>
**
A week before the wedding. How could anything go strange?
Chapter Four Update: 25 June 2010
Chapter Five Update: 29 July 2010
<> Chapter Six Update: 8 August 2010
<>
** Chapter Seven Update: 27 August 2010 **
"The I
Do's of
March"
(8 February 2010: This episode now complete)
"Inocenta Until
Proven Guilty"
by
EO
Costello
&
Mitch
Marmel
Leslie duCleds has his own romantic entanglements!
(episode complete)
Sympathy From The Devil
by
E.O.
Costello,
M.
Mitch
Marmel,
Walter
Reimer,
&
J.T. Urie
A Spontoon Story
set in the People's Republic of New Haven
with a definite Halloween horror story atmosphere.
Posted 19 November, 2007
"Valentines
Dazed"
by EO Costello, Mitch Marmel, & Walt Reimer
January
&
February
of
1937,
as
experienced
by
Willow
& Reggie, &
friends.
Chapter
23:
Update
2
December
2007
ending this episode
"Opening Day"
by E. O. Costello
Gwladys Buckhorn and
her Family at Home
Posted 21 June 2007
Reggie & Willow's Art Archive
(with additional characters and illustrations)
Radio Show
Transcripts!
Written by E.O.
Costello, M. Mitchell Marmel, W.D.Reimer &
guest writers
"Who Walked In? The Story of the Four Fools"
A
short
history
by
Walter
D.
Reimer
"The Four Fools"
Mature burlesque humor
(Produced
by
W.D.Reimer,
with
material
by
E.O.Costello,
M.M.Marmel,
&
J.T.Urie)
'Military
Morons'
Posted
21
June
2007
'Trouble
At
Mill'
Posted
8
May
2007
"Syndicated Saps"
Posted 17 December 2007
"Tropical
Troublemakers"
Posted 13 January 2008
"Fools' Gold"
Posted
1
August
2008
"Vostok Follies"
Posted 11 March 2009
"A Drain-ium on the
Cranium"
Posted 31 January 2010
Mature burlesque humor
"The Highwayman!"
Show
2:
'The
Honey
Trap'
Update
2 December 2006
Show
3: 'Tavern of Death'
Update 25 March 2007
"The Headline
Chaser"
Show 1:
'Curiousity Exiled the Cat'
Update
12
October
2006
Show
2:
'If
You
Can't
Stand
the
Heat...'
Update
15
October
2006
Show
3:
'Copra
and
Robbers'
Update 30 November 2006
"Rosie's
Place"
The 1938 Christmas show:
"Gift of the Magpie"
Update 23 December,
2006
The Adventures of Inspector Stagg
Show 4: Update
23
July,
2006
"Bright
Lights"
By E.O. Costello
Dr. Meffitt, Medical Examiner, narrates an investigation
by Sgt Brush and Inspector Stagg (Upload 13 June, 2007)
The Spontoon War
A Special Halloween
Broadcast!
(As performed by The Spapoop Mystical Theater of
the Air)
(and broadcast Halloween, 1936, with surprising results.)
transcribed and edited by W.D.Reimer & M.M. Marmel
Upload: 31 October 2008
"Spring
1936"
a
Story (& art) by Simon Barber
**********************************************
Reese Dorrycott's "OHARU" stories
(incorporating "Nightmares Are Not Always Dreams"):
Starting late May 2006, revised & new chapters
may be found at Reese's archive:
(a Mature rated website)
http://www.naorhy.com/
Check his "Stories" page under the new archive title:
"Tales of Spontoon"
*****************************************
Keeping the Lights Burning
an adventure of the Navigational Aid Service
by Richard B. (Rick) Messer
An serial of the buoytender ship Ida Lewis and her crew.
14 May 2008: Chapter 13
24 August 2008: Epilogue