'We all dream at night...... Sometimes we dream during the day - they're called 'day dreams'. And sometimes, particularly when we are young, we have nightmares. And each morning, we all wake up (hopefully) - at least we think we do. But what if we found ourselves in some strange dream - that just went on and on... A dream that never ended. Would we know it was a dream ? And is that what your life is now ? And is this the secret of the story of 'Club Jaguar' ?' Are the characters in this story .... all just part of one seemingly endless, on-going 'dream' - from which they can't awaken ?
and the Sibyl said:
'- Marcus was destined by Fate again to leave Athens for Rome,
Gracchus would once more die a bloody death, Petronius would ever smile,
and a little owl and a faun shall watch over the golden boy from the sea....
and all shall be retold - time without end,
as the Sybil weaves her endless, magical spell....'
Virgil - 'the Eclogues'
see: The Story of Gracchus
But Fate can sometimes change !
This is a story that begins in a fairly ordinary way - but as the plot develops some of the characters are revealed to be more than they seem, and as time passes, the plot, as they say, 'thickens', and various strange, and some would consider unsavoury elements and themes emerge.
So what is this ?
Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, a Fantasy, Erotic Fiction, an Adult Fairy Tale....
Or something truly unique ?
THIS IS
no more - and no less
Regardless - be warned, this tale turns out, eventually, to be a decidedly 'adult' story
And so - to the beginning
'Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things -
Life, and all that lives, is conceived in the mist, and not in the crystal !'
'A boy appears - seemingly out of nowhere - on a rainy night in an unnamed resort town - possibly somewhere in the US.
Life, and all that lives, is conceived in the mist, and not in the crystal !'
'Clipped' by a passing car ? - he is seemingly temporarily stunned, and manages to crawl into the shelter of an alleyway running to one side of an opulent resort hotel/casino - the oddly named 'Jaguar Club'.
The boy is found by a patrolling security employee, who reports him to one of the managers.
Surprisingly the manager allows the boy to be taken into the hotel, where he is examined by the hotel Doctor.
The boy, it seems is not hurt - but he appears to be suffering from amnesia - which may be caused by concussion - but can also be the result of intense stress - or is the boy dissembling ?
And who is he, and where does he come from - and what was he doing in the middle of a busy thoroughfare in the early hours - in the rain - wearing next to nothing ?'
To begin to answer some these questions, and to pursue the convoluted and disturbing plot, why not start at the beginning (if it is 'a beginning') and go to:
All text - © Copyright Peter Crawford 2019
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