An Introduction to Corbin Cove

A while ago, I mentioned a small, strange mountain town known as Silver Ridge that started out as a poem I needed to write for a college course. Silver Ridge took on a life of its own and, while it was slightly strange, it was mostly normal especially when one compares it to something like Welcome to Night Vale or Twin Peaks.

When I first began listening to Welcome to Night Vale, I fell in love with the setting, the strangeness, and Cecil Baldwin's voice. I enjoyed hearing the casual way the strange events of the friendly desert community of Night Vale were narrated and treated as normal. I discovered Twin Peaks while I was still watching the cartoon series Gravity Falls, both of which are also about small strange towns in the Pacific Northwest. I enjoyed the strangeness of these two towns and the plot that was being revealed in breadcrumbs through each episode. 

Throughout watching and listening to these shows, I felt inspired to write about a strange small town of my own. This led to the creation of the town of Corbin Cove, a much weirder cousin to Silver Ridge. Corbin Cove, unlike Silver Ridge which was set in the mountains of the southeastern United States, was a coastal town in the northeast and was far stranger than Silver Ridge. Silver Ridge, despite the small traces of strangeness here and there, was at its heart a normal little town. I suppose you could say it was more Twin Peaks while Corbin Cove is more Welcome to Night Vale in regards to how strange everything is. 

Since I shared some information about Silver Ridge, I decided it would only be fair to share a little about Corbin Cove. Corbin Cove is going to be another of the projects I'll share information about in between stories from The Agency. The Corbin Cove posts will feature a little about the strangeness of a specific location, some of the organizations found there like HOAs, and, perhaps, a story. 

Corbin Cove is a friendly coastal community where the sand is warm, the water is shimmering, and the eyes of thousands of ravens watch the residents as they pretend not to notice. With portals to Hell that open randomly in the town hall and one restaurant, a gas station with mischievous pumps that enjoy tripping people, water that boils at high tide and brings strangers at low tide, and a whole host of demons (both normal and elder) calling the town home, Corbin Cove is certainly an interesting place to live. That's not even touching on the weirdness that gets treated as normal such as pterosaurs more prevalent than seagulls, a Ferris Wheel where people disappear at the top only five percent of the time, and sprites being a nuisance in the summer months, and more generally weird things such as the cult that lives just outside of town.

Until next time, check out Welcome to Night Vale and stay weird.