I felt it was time to
move my interviews to another level and so I endeavored to meet with one of the
more reclusive members of the Baker Street Universe friends and champions, the
esteemed and honorable Lord Graystone. When he is not engaged in the sometimes
occult, or paranormal adventures the Baker Street members seem to be involved
with more and more, then he is sojourning deep into the land of Fairie, where
he has a kingdom all to himself that he rules over, and also where he relaxes,
finding that place of savage harmony, more peaceful than the industry of man
and the often times complex and powerful strivings for power that go on there.
So I felt especially
lucky when I got off my usual teaching tenure for summer to travel to Paris, of
all places, to meet with him. I understand now, but not at the time, that he
was brought there, along with his wonderful companion, Lady Shareen, by the
very good friends of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
I managed to snag an
apartment near the Eiffel Tower, though it cost me most of my travel expenses,
leaving little for me to travel elsewhere. But it was worth it. Who wouldn't
give up most of their money to spend time with the heroes of their world,
although in this case it was the hero of my own created world...The BakerStreet Universe?
As you all know by now,
who have been following these interviews, the Baker Street Universe is a
literary creation I came up with to encompass all the written heroes from time
immemorial. A place where they and their authors could live together and strive
together to create a more perfect world than our own.
Unfortunately, what I
did not foresee, was that I was in fact also creating a world where the worst
of the author's creations also existed, and hence the obvious and powerful need
for a team of heroes to protect the Baker Street Universe.
I had agreed, through
an intermediary, John Watson, who had been visiting my home in Vegas en-route
to Israel, where a new medical technique he had heard of was being unveiled,
and which he hoped to duplicate in his own world.
He was kind enough to
arrange this meeting, being very good friends with Lord Graystone and Lady
Shareen. I have also taken the liberty
of posting with this series of interviews the cover from one of the stories
I've written about the Jungle Lord, for those of you who might have missed both
the cover and the story.
Continued at The Baker Street Universe, where you can read the complete Part One of the Interview with the Jungle Lord.
