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Riverbender
A title given to those who have successfully changed history—an accomplishment most of them come to regret.
Queen of Hearts
The official title of the reigning monarch of Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts is in charge of beheadings—and not much more.
Gillikin
Gillikins are an ethnic group of halflings known for their love of money and their stewardship of Edenian secrets.
Munchkin
Munchkins are an ethnic group of halflings known for their love of country—and how hard they’ll fight to protect what’s theirs.
Ésreké
The Reek is the easternmost region in Eden, and home to the most advanced civilizations left in creation.
Halfling
Halflings are the caretakers of Eden in the Clarkwoods Literary Universe.
United Countries of Ostké
The first governing body of Ostké, a thriving democracy toppled by the lies of a 'wizard' named Oscar Diggs.
The Line of Disgusting
To cross this line is to declare that you have no lines left that you are not willing to cross.
James Fitzroy
The man born James Fitzroy was the scourge of Neverland during the Second Interregnum.
Chronetic Neural Crossover
A condition resulting from an encounter between a sapient being’s past and future selves.
War of Western Aggression
The conflict between The Wizard of Oz and the Queen of Hearts which led to the creation of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.
Opposition to Cultural Tampering Injunction
A decree on interactions with 'lesser' civilizations in Eden, set down people who watched too much Star Trek before the apocalypse.
The Four Imperial Hats
The story of four hats stolen from dwarves and forced upon the heads of four witches by the evil Wizard of Oz.
River Ice
Chunks of frozen space-time power everything from the staffs of elven monks to the starships of intergalactic empires.
Wonderlandian Suit
The smallest unit of the Wonderlandian army is based on, you guessed it, a suit from a deck of cards.
Ferryman
The job desription for an army of psychopomps responsible for ferrying the recently dead to whatever comes next.
The Plan
The blueprint for all events in a given iteration of the Clarkwoods Literary Univese, which can only be disrupted by a very determined few.
1D4 Wolves
The most popular band in all of Eden has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years.
International Spoiler Line
An informal agreement in most iterations of reality, and very formal peace treaty in one.
Neverland
The once untamed nation state is now part of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.
The Old Faith
The ancient religion of the dwarves, centered around two women who might be goddesses… or might be programmers.
Veil Pulling
The rare preternatural ability to draw back the Veil of the World and unstick yourself in time.
Everything Ever Produced
A media library purported to include every song, film, TV show, and book ever created—from every iteration of reality.
Bateau de la Mort
The legendary watercraft of conniving Charon—and all the Ferrymen who came after him.
Nightmare: The Plot
44-year-old E. Christopher Clark collaborates with his 16-year-old self to finish the story of NIGHTMARE.
Lüota
The language of the halflings of Eden, brought to paradise from Earth after the First Calamity.
Wolaríxkín
A species of anthropomorphic ducks who were genetically engineered in Eden before migrating to the rest of the universe.
Blue Army
Faegred
Four Witches
Gillikin Country
Peter Pan
Red Army
Kiki Pipt
Munchkinland
Munchkinland is the easternmost territory held by the Ninth Empire of Oz, and therefore the gateway to the rest of the country.
The Wizard
Winkie Country
Winkie Country is the westernmost territory held by the Ninth Empire of Oz and is known for its vast forest and its carefully placed cities.
The Mad Hatter
Earth-666
An iteration of reality in the Clarkwoods Literary Universe where there were no fairy stories but lots of steampunky goodness.
Earth-669
Green House
Butterflies
Jakob the Wanderer
The Witch of the North
The Witch of the South
The Witch of the West
WorldEmber 2021
E. Christopher Clark commits to writing 10,000 words in December 2021 for World Anvil’s annual WorldEmber challenge.
E. Christopher Clark has been an indie publisher since age 14—first with the help of his father’s office photocopier and later with the aid of print-on-demand technology. His current project is a comic book series, The Blood of Seven Queens, a fairy tale mash-up which asks the question “what if Little Red Riding Hood grew up to be the Queen of Hearts?”
The author of The Stains of Time suburban fantasy series and of numerous short story collections, Clark is a graduate of Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters.
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