The Last of Logan

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The Last of Logan is an experimental piece of fiction written for my MA. It’s the story of Jefferson Lane, a 12-year-old boy coming to terms with the death of his older brother, Logan, and is told through 24 Pokemon-style cards, which I designed in Affinity Designer from a Pokemon template.

Jefferson’s world is viewed through the prism of video games and Pokemon, so it felt a good way toย tell his story. Since I got a first for it, I thought it might be nice to put 12 cards up for you to read. The MA module required a 3,500-word limit, so the story was limited to 24 cards. I’m now putting together the fullย 52-card deck ahead of submission to agents and publishers.

(Annoyingly, WordPress won’t let me put PDFs up so they’re jpegs and as such, not as good quality)

1-jefferson-lane-basic

2-logan-notdead

3 Logan Dark Souls.jpg

4-alan-and-eleanor-lane

5-the-quincunx

6-jacob-lane

7-laura-chaplin-boss

8-death

9-elliot-cape

10-logan-lane-mega

11-granma-lane

12-logan-lane-lost

17 responses to “The Last of Logan”

  1. Amazing, text and design. Chapeau, my friend.

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    1. Thank you!

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  3. johnlmalone

    I likde your experimental way of telling a story

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  4. Just beautiful – text and pictures – and what a great way to tell the story. Love Jefferson using the phrase nominative determinism on bullimore, though that would definitely get you beaten up – if the kid knew what it meant! Made me chuckle. Smart, witty and moving. Hardly surprising you got a first – well done!
    Thanks for the follow and for introducing me to your fantastic blog

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    1. Wow, thank you for those kind words! They’ve made my day. I’m so tempted to put the next six up ๐Ÿ™‚

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      1. They’re beautiful and so is the rest of the artwork on your site – is it all by the same artist? Love your writing ๐Ÿ™‚

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      2. I do the artwork on my phone using a couple of different apps. I love playing about with that sort of stuff. Teaching myself Photoshop and Lightworks too

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      3. It’s very affective, gives the blog a really distinctive look.

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  6. Not surprised you got a first for this – it’s excellent. Are you submitting to publishers?

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    1. Thank you very much. I want to, I just need to work out who I should send it to. Got to mine the Writers’ Handbook. If anyone has any ideas or pointers… ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. Simply brilliant, never seen a story told this way before. It gives it so much more depth and feeling. So glad to have stumbled upon your site ;D I look forward to reading much more of your works.

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    1. Thank you so much! And welcome to the site ๐Ÿ™‚

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  8. That was Awesome!

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    1. Thank you! I’m working full tilt on the 52-card deck now. Hopefully done by the end of May ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. […] The Last of Logan is coming along okay and I hope to have it all done by the end of May. Most of the story is […]

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