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| - Not to be confused with The Otherworld Series, this is a fanfic anthology written by Gareth Barsby, mostly dealing with Darker and Edgier versions of cartoons. This Otherworld is a realm of the mind, where everything anyone imagined or thought of is real, and is ruled by an evil faceless version of the Mad Hatter. It is also an afterlife for the insane but the living can go there, to their specific 'house' to create their own world to escape from reality, usually driving them insane in the progress. Noteable stories in the collection include:
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| - Not to be confused with The Otherworld Series, this is a fanfic anthology written by Gareth Barsby, mostly dealing with Darker and Edgier versions of cartoons. This Otherworld is a realm of the mind, where everything anyone imagined or thought of is real, and is ruled by an evil faceless version of the Mad Hatter. It is also an afterlife for the insane but the living can go there, to their specific 'house' to create their own world to escape from reality, usually driving them insane in the progress. Noteable stories in the collection include:
* Foster's House - A creepier version of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, transforming the characters of the show into evil monsters, which Mac has to fight to reclaim Bloo. There was also a sequel, An Imaginary War. revolving around the friends fighting the Hatter.
* Brandy - Based on Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, this involves Brandy, now a depressed teenage human, entering Whiskers' world and dealing with the madness that follows.
* The Adventures of Claudia - A selection of short stories, about Claudia from The Caribou Kitchen, as well as characters from shows like Avenger Penguins, The Dreamstone and Dora the Explorer.
* The Little Shark - A modern day retelling of The Little Mermaid, only with a shark named Derek, who hates being a shark due to being unloved and his dark side (who ends up being named Dark Side). He then ends up becoming human thanks to a Mad Scientist sea witch called Gwen.
* American Mc Gee's Alyss series - A crossover between American McGee's Alice and The Looking Glass Wars novels, with the Jabberwock from the former franchise as the main character, the world's meeting through, of all things, a parody of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
* Gruff - A short tale about the Three Billy Goats Gruff meeting a tribe of goats who worship Shub-Niggurath facing the Queen of Trolls and her malevolent magic. You can read these stories and find out more about the world here. This also lead to 'Courage in Otherworld', a project being co-authored by Chris Gammon and CrazyCtCDFan, including their characters as well as putting Courage the Cowardly Dog through the world. Find out more at this website.
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