Keith Murphy: The Original Pitch from 2010
Tomorrow the second Keith Murphy book, Frost, goes live over on Amazon. As always, I recommend pre-ordering a copy to have it delivered fresh. To celebrate the moment, I went and dug out my first pitch for a Keith Murphy serial that I sent through to the Edge of Propinquity ‘zine back in 2010, laying out the twelve stories I intended to write if they accepted. The final stories ended up very different to this pitch, especially the proposed version of Frost versus the final product. That said, there’s elements that have stayed consistent: ghostly magicians, demonic crime lords, and cults are at the heart of Exile. Frost is all about what happens when Valkyries show up, and the old bloke mentioned in Skull Monkey becomes a major part of Crusade (albeit without a skull monkey) Even the basic concept of Piledriver filtered through, as part of the novelette in These Strange & Magic Things. SERIES PITCH: FLOTSAM The Gold