Dooce

The Enchanted Rock

A Mystery

The deprived, country town of Sludgeside holds a secret.

Phillip Torrance has the perfect life working as a homemaker in the city and eating with his intuitive girlfriend, Wenna Chen.

However, when he finds an enchanted rock in his cellar, he begins to realise that things are not quite as they seem in the Torrance family.

A snow storm leaves Phillip with some startling questions about his past, and he sets off to beautiful Sludgeside to find some answers.

At first the people of Sludgeside are charming and sweet. He is intrigued by the curiously grateful navigator, James Parker. However, after he introduces him to hard caffeine, Phillip slowly finds himself drawn into a web of decadence, vandalism and perhaps, even assassination.

Can Phillip resist the charms of James Parker and uncover the secret of the enchanted rock before it's too late, or will his demise become yet another Sludgeside legend?

Some Very Evil Sounding Names

Not sure how I can use these in this story idea, but they definitely sound a bit evil.

• Aegrind
• Catugu
• Cavaul
• Chiringiriau
• Duron
• Engongliago
• Farthe
• Faunglonaur
• Gorirgond
• Gorobaka
• Groluau
• Hetuint
• Hinin
• Kallkoro
• Mabaturm
• Menae
• Rmatu
• Sauthilrg
• Savar
• Thminde
• Uiaturdur
• Urgoror
• Urth
• Vangbel
• Wegobautuilra