Molly Cutpurse

Novels

Art, not imitation

The adventures of Fizz and Fan is a comic fantasy telling the story of an ordinary modern London couple who come in contact with two aliens who arrived on earth over a millennia ago. The story grows from comedic time travelling exploits to encompass complicated and difficult emotional issues. Revenge, hate, betrayal and loyalty are in abundance as one of the female aliens becomes a companion to the couple.

Over sixteen years, it becomes increasingly difficult for the couple, with the help of Queen Anne Boleyn, and Miss Molly Thompson, a once illiterate, ‘woman of the night’ from the early nineteen century and who becomes their unreliable wordsmith and friend, to codify and chart the transformation of their (very) complex activities and personalities.

As they explore and solve problems in over seventy time periods, it means that their friendships and time travelling abilities are no insurance for a contented life as they work together to save everybody’s futures.

Fizz and Fan critics have interpreted, The adventures of Fizz and Fan variously as ‘a tale of male aggression and visual control: as a map of female oedipal trajectory: as a deconstruction of the male construction of femininity and of masculinity itself: as a stripping bare of the mechanisms of directorial’

Nar, I think it’s just  a whole lot of whimsical fun! 496,235 words. Enjoy!