Faire Folk of Gideon: Pin the Tail on the Donkey

They took his life. They took his memory. They took his name, leaving him nothing, leaving him a slave to Alicia Firelight Del Morgan, leaving him a world that was both irrational and unnaturally strange.

Walking one pace, it was the world and city he had known. Walking two paces, it was a world where giant spiders spun webs between the office buildings and skyscrapers. Old men like dragons lived in houses and gardens beneath the city's streets. Walking even farther, it was a world where people hunted poetry as if it was a thing alive.

The fair and kindly folk had taken his heart and his mind. He would have his heart. He would find his life and his name. Find the normal world that had been taken from him. Be a slave nevermore.

Genre . . .
Contemporary Fantasy
Surrealist Urban Fantasy
New Weird

Setting . . .
The narrative unfolds across several interconnected, surreal settings. It begins in a seemingly mundane modern city, which is quickly revealed to be a facade, city in a box, situated on a magical, isolated island.

Summary . . .
After a surreal encounter shatters his reality, a man loses his name, his job, and even his heart to the whims of the powerful and cruel Faire Folk. Stripped of his identity and enslaved, he must navigate a world of bizarre magic, treacherous politics, and forgotten dreams, all while fighting to reclaim the very essence of himself. This is a journey into the chaotic heart of what it means to be human.

Tease . . .
I mean, who comes up with this stuff? Cannibal frogs? How do you come up with an idea like that? Cannibal frogs. What? You're just sitting around bored one day. And think. I know. Cannibal frogs. Yeah, that's just what this story needs. Some good old-fashioned cannibal frogs. Or giant spiders living between buildings in old downtown. No, wait, those are real. Why not throw in a moose and squirrel while you're at it? Get a life, you sadistic freak! And give me back mine!