[These are notes that I wrote on a kleenex. They may not be complete sentences or express themselves very clearly, but they're a jumping off place and, I think, a great start to our blog]
A book about the place where every fictitious character goes when they die.
CSI and NCIS (tv shows) solve murders all the time, so they're responsible for a great number of dead characters.
"Why this fascination for murders? There used to be a number of respectable who-done-its in my day. Isn't it as interesting to puzzle over stolen goods? The fascination is in the process. There's something wrong if there's a fascination with murder."
They have visitors; people in comas or who have near-death experiences stop by for a bit (or a while, depending on the coma.) Some characters have so many near-death experiences they stop by a lot. Some characters are written as dead already so they can show up in a brush-with-death scene.
Can have all sorts of famous book (movie, tv) characters who have died throughout the history of literature and the spoken tale. And what about the gods of the dead realms? would they be in charge? I think it'd be cool if Death from Pratchett's Disc World was in charge.
And what about characters based on real people? Beth March (from Little Women) was based on a person from real life. Do those people show up as ghosts? or do they have a separate catagory?
Different areas [in this realm of dead characters] for vanquished villains, fallen heros, victims of murder (they have to be sorted out, decent vs. dispicable) etc.
Good people are set up like a London society. The bad guys mostly play cards, drink & remember their glory days. But one day, one of them stirs them all to action. Can they be stopped?
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