WARNING: LINK POST—LINK POST—LINK POST!
In my former blog-life as one of five “Codgers” I would with some frequency write from “my corner of cyberspace,” mixing real people with totally fictional people in the cyber-city of “Codger’s Corner.” “Codger’s Corner” occupied the same space along the “Cyber-Mississippi” River as my home town of Saint Paul does along the Mississippi River. When we needed a break from the city, we’d all head to the North Shore of “CyberLake Superior,” which occupied the same space as...well, that much is obvious.
With the passing of one of our number, the blog-entity “The Codgers” passed on as well, including our corner of cyberspace. Sometime later, after talking my reluctant friend Jack “Boomer Jack” Boardman into joining me, the blog “Our Saint Paul” was launched. I quickly discovered that I missed our forays into fiction—and felt my blog voice had been lost, or at least modified, by not having an outlet for my imagination, so…
Welcome to “Danger Bay,” a bypassed village of some 127 persons along the North Shore of the “Big Lake.” The name is taken in part from a map-spot along the North Shore of Lake Superior: “Castle Danger.” What a great name! Although I’ve searched for it, I’ve not found the origin of the name.
“Danger Bay” remains under construction—there are many location sets yet to draw—but here is where we are as of today:
First I combined several photos to make the background for the village:
Then I created “Medlar’s Station,” “Silverthorn’s Café” and the little white church:
Jay
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