A compilation of the chapters of the epic Visionary saga, featuring a complete cast of troubled teens, holograms, ghouls, drunken Irishmen, cultists, unexplained fires, alien slave girls, manipulative lawyers, internet spammers, loudmouthed newspaper publishers, fairies, socialite twins, loathesome elder gods, IRS audits, possibly fake men, and much, much more.

The Story So Far:

Visionary, hapless possibly fake hero of many Tales of the Parodyverse, guardian of teenaged Kerry Shepherdson (the Probability Arsonist), recently suffered a heart attack due to necromantic magics from the Book of Rude Names (see Hallie and the Sepulchre of Destiny on The Hallie Homepage) But this is nothing compared to the problems he faces in the days to come....

Who's Who in the Parodyverse contains a listing of most (but not yet all) of our extensive and ecentric cast.

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness #1: I'm Sure It Would Have Had a Title If People Had Known How Long It Was Going to Carry On by Visionary

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness #2: "Because Everyone Loves Parachuting Mice" by Dancer

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness #3: Deviants by Visionary

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness #4: "Now Can I Hit Him, Ma?" by Dancer

Heart of Darkness #5: Extended Family by Visionary

Heart of Darkness #6: "He Apparently Has an Unexploded Hand Grenade Lodged in His Bowels" by Dancer

Heart of Darkness #7: Getting into Women's Genes by Visionary and The Hooded Hood

Heart of Darkness #8: The Cure For What Ails You by Visionary and The Hooded Hood

Kerry and the Heart of Darkness #9: "I’m guessing this guy has really tiny thuribles though." by Dancer

Heart of Darkness #10: Kerry Shepherdson and the Cowled Crime Czar: by the Hooded Hood

Heart of Darkness #10 as well: Identity by Visionary

Heart of Darkness #11: Dead Man's Party by Visionary

Heart of Darkness #12: Regrouping by Visionary

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness #13: “Cast away those illusionary pants and start taking some responsibility.” by Dancer

There is no #14. Really.

Kerry Shepherdson and the Heart of Darkness #15: “Now go, while I remember that’s a new rug you’re standing on that I don’t want stained.” by Dancer

Kerry Shepherdson & the Heart of Darkness #16: “I should mention that while I’m pretty good these days at controlling the damage effects when things improbably blow up, my concentration tends to slip after about ten minutes” by Dancer

Kerry Shepherdson and the Heart of Darkness #17: “It’s my job to say bad things about Fake-o, not anybody else’s.” by Dancer

Everybody Else and the Heart of Darkness #18: “If there were many more cast members we would be a chapter of Untold Tales.” by Dancer

Kerry Shepherdson and the Heart of Darkness #19: “Flogging’s too good for your kind. You’d need to do fifteen years hard labour to be worthy of flogging.” by Dancer

Lisa L Waltz and the Heart of Darkness #20 by Dancer

Heart of Darkness #21: Going For the Heart by the Hooded Hood and Visionary

Heart of Darkness #22: The Conclusion! by Visionary

Heart of Darkness, Epilogue #1: Matters of the heart (and other organs) by Visionary

Heart of Darkness Epilogue #2: “It smells more of new paint than he’d imagined the charnel pit gateway to dark dimensions would do.” by Dancer

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness: Epilogue #3 “Chemical Heart” Part 1 by Al B. Harper

Visionary and the Heart of Darkness: Epilogue #3 “Chemical Heart” Part 2 by Al B. Harper

Heart of Darkness Epilogue #4: Bad News About the Doom Hamster by the Hooded Hood

More art and stories from Visionary at Visionary's Condo, Adam Diller Designs and Illustration, and Visionary's Parodyverse Galleries

And more from Dancer at Dancer's Diner

And from the Hooded Hood at The Hooded Hood's Homepage of Doom

Contact the Hooded Hood at HH@chillwater.freeserve.co.uk

Original concepts, characters, and situations copyright © 2003 reserved by Ian Watson. Other Parodyverse characters copyright © 2003 to their creators. The use of characters and situations reminiscent of other popular works do not constitute a challenge to the copyrights or trademarks of those works. The right of Ian Watson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved.