The Island Of Exiles

From Atlantis to Gilligan’s Island, history offers us many stories of undiscovered islands, often with mystical or unearthly powers. In the following pages, I’ve got a story for you about an island of fear, mystery, courage, illusion and truth.

Isolated by stormy northern seas, a group of islands stretch across a distant horizon. At the far end is the outlier of outliers, a remote island, inaccessible because of powerful frigid winds, massive swells and vicious currents. The indigenous people gave it a name unpronounceable in English and the few modern sailors who know of the place simply call it “wreck island.”

Crammed between the swirling currents, intimidating rocks and exploding waves, there is a hidden passage to the island’s center. Behind one of the massive, jagged boulders on the beach is a fissure in the chisled cliffs, not quite a cave, more like a narrow seam between two towering rock falls. Though narrow, it’s passable to the hardy or foolhardy, depending on your point of view.

Eventually, a dim light shows an opening ahead. The rock pathway turns to smooth dirt and the opening up ahead reveals a scene lush with plant life. At the end of the passage, standing in the open light. Ahead is a nearly impenetrable wall of growth, grasses, bushes and trees that tower overhead. The sudden beauty and lushness is a shock and makes no sense until one knows the secrets of this place, this place I've come to call, The Island Of Exiles. Continued….

Island Of Exiles Scenes

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Island Of Exiles Characters

The images below are characters that our narrator encounters on the journey on the Island Of Exiles. Each image can also be purchased through the page listed in the main menu.