Wonderland

Let’s imagine a world where Alice in Wonderland was more than a story. What if it was little Alice who told her father stories of her time in a miraculous world? He writes the books, none the wiser to the fact that his daughter had stumbled into another place, impacting it forever.

Now, over a century later, the world of Wonderland is in peril. A mysterious cataclysm threatens to tear the world apart, forcing the largest mass migration in history. The denizens of Wonderland are fleeing to the next place in line – Earth. But along with them come the Unfit Kingdoms, monstrous tyrants based around the four suits of a deck of cards, who want to take Earth as their own.

And all of this chaos comes crashing into the sleepy town of Fiddrington, in the English countryside. Because whilst the rest of Wonderland is just looking for a place to stay, a small group have banded together, looking for a savoir.

Namely, Alison Lewis, who has been chosen, apparently at random, and because her name sounds vaguely like the original Alice. Naturally, being a normal, rational-minded person, Alison spends a large majority of the first book completely denying the situation, deciding it’s all either a dream or a hallucination.

But in spite of herself, Alison soon becomes friends with Wonderland’s people and agrees to help restore their world and save her own from the Unfit Kingdoms – if only because she thinks it will end her dream.

Though she and everyone else must also be wary of the dreaded Skinster, a gruesome entity who seems to influence all of the Unfit Kingdoms and always has his own agenda in helping them.

I first wanted to write a book within the Wonderland mythos after watching the anime Ouran High Host Club do a parody episode of it. It was interesting to see a unique take on the famous characters. I would like to say that my interest was furthered by Tim Burton’s film version, but I found it mildly disappointing.

The Walt Disney film, I found to be so-so, but the original book provided most inspiration. It was then that I decided to do my own thing with them.

I reimagined all of the characters, attempting to make them mad in my own way, as well as adding several new characters of my own design, namely the Unfit Kingdoms and the Skinster.  

As of this moment the books in the series are intended to go:

- Wonderland: Blazing Hearts
- Wonderland: Frozen Diamonds
- Wonderland: Deadly Clubs
- Wonderland: Earthy Spades
- Wonderland: Grim Jokers