Welcome to Emerald Harbour!

Welcome!

On behalf of all the writers, I would like to welcome you to our world.  Emerald Harbour is a collaborative story.  The writers have worked together to create what we hope to be a unique experience for you, our readers.

Our first posts will be a prologue, which is the backstory we used to build the town and its inhabitants.  The prologue will be three posts in length, and the second one will be mostly pictorial.  After that, the writing will begin to pass among the writers, beginning with me.

We are still developing this format, but our intent is to have posts written every four to five days.  This allows each new writer two days to play the game, and then two or three days to write before passing on to the next writer.  Much like a soap opera, the action will focus on various inhabitants of Emerald Harbour, and heroes and villians will likely emerge over time.

If you’re reading for the first time, why not start at the beginning?

For returning readers, the most recent posts are below.

Haunted House

A Sour End to a Strange Day

“Whoa,” Mick blinked. He hadn’t seen this many strangers at one time in all his life – except on TV,

Day at the Park

Anisia looked around the park impatiently, waiting for an idea of what to do first. It had been so long since she’d been outside, she wasn’t sure exactly what to do once she got there.

The McGruber’s Visitor

A mysterious woman had come to the McGrubers’ home today.

The children in the cellar

Sanya was about to bake herself waffles for breakfast, when she noticed that someone just recently had made waffles! She decided to grab a plate of those instead, ’cause she was already getting in a hurry to go to school.

A perfect hideout

Sanya Lime tells:

My childhood was… well, not the best possible.

Looking For Family

It was in the early evening when Sindee arrived to Emerald Harbour. Her knowledge of the town and what it meant to her was like a puzzle with too many missing pieces, and she was here to find them.

A Day At The Pool

When Melanie returned home later that evening she saw Ruby, Saphire, and Onyx all eating dinner together. It warmed her heart to see her children enjoying eachothers company. They were her joy and her life. The warnth they brought her dried up her remaining tears.

The McGormicks

Twenty years ago Melanie lost everything. When the disaster happened Melanie fell apart, she lost the love of her life that day. Ron McGormick was one of the miners that fateful day and he was a hard worker. He took good care of his family and the feelings of a young romance never seemed to fade from their relationship. That day was suppose to be his day off and they planned to take the children to the park for some fresh air but that never happened. As the phone rang Melanie watched her husband walk over to it. She knew it was his work, it always was and he always did whatever extra that was asked of him. She looked over at him, her eyes the size of walnuts, silently pleading him to not accept it just this once. He turned away from the eyes he could not deny and did what he knew she did not want him to.

EH: Behind the Scenes, Vol. 1

Let me start by apologizing.  There was some confusion amongst the writers about who was supposed to go next.  Samantha  is going to go out of order this week, and should be posting something up in the next few days.  To keep you entertained until then, we’ll do a special post.

Welcome to the first installment of a look behind the scenes of Return to Emerald Harbour (EH).  Behind the scenes posts will show some of the things that didn’t make it into the story.  This would include bloopers, glitches, outtakes, and some pictures that would show how we created some of the effects in the chapters.

First, how do you create a mine?

 

This is a bird’s eye view of the mine, as created by Kansine.