Collaborations: Suggestions: A summary
Incarnations of Immortality, as Ania suggested, was a damn fine concept done by an author with no real talent. Piers Anthony has considerable skill as a writer, and I'll be the first to defend that. But his style is better suited to children's books. With tits. We could tackle something like that...but the trouble is the same as in an Amber game: what kind of challenges abound for Gods?

Neverwhere, a Niel Gaiman setting mentioned by G.A., kicked much ass. Not as much as American Gods, but still, there were some seriously dented buttocks there. Beautiful symbolism, with all the charm and poignancy of someone finding a bent, rusted Excalibur in a dumpster behind Hooter's.

Marci's suggestion is a World of Darknesss setting without the White Wolf systems to limit us. God knows we're experts on that kind of setting. She suggests something less grim, but perhaps a little more violent and serious.

So. A contemporary setting, with faerie/Gaiman imagery, World of Darkness variety, and epic stuff like Death hanging out at the bar while his Pale Horse is hitched outside next to the Harleys. I like that kind of synergy.

...Now we need a concept.

A way to combine our characters into a cohesive whole.

This is where we need some more ideas. Are the characters graduate students, sharing a co-op? Perhaps the sponsor of their scholarships has something nefarious in mind for our heroes and their unusual potentials?

Are we government operatives, essentially mixing a little X-Files into the cauldron?

Are we survivors of alien abduction, meeting each other in support meetings or at conventions?

Are we relatives? Neighbors? Co-workers?

The Carnival was in itself both setting and concept. For the story to be more than a one-shot, stand alone snippet, we need both. One or the other won't do.