🌀 Welcome to Surrey Main, ME

🌀 Welcome to 

Surrey Main, ME

A Twisted, Fog-Soaked Adventure — and How It Came to Life

✍️ About the Author: Andy Coulter

Hi there! I’m Andy — a writer, dreamer, community organizer, and a firm believer that storytelling should be dramatic, funny, emotional, and maybe just a little weird. I’ve lived in small towns and big cities. I’ve worked in banking, festivals, and the arts. I’ve worn ball gowns while holding shovels (long story), and I’ve spent years bringing people together through events, connection, and creativity.

But deep down, I’ve always wanted to write a book.

Not just any book. A wild book. One with fog that might have feelings. A psychic stripper. A town that insists on speaking in fake British accents. And a tired detective who ends up in the middle of it all.

That dream turned into Surrey Main, ME — a novel I’m writing here, in real time, with a very unexpected co-author.

🤖 About My Co-Author: ChatGPT

Yep. You read that right.

This story is being written in collaboration with ChatGPT, the AI assistant developed by OpenAI. Think of it as a digital ghostwriter, editor, brainstorming buddy, and British accent consultant all rolled into one.

Every chapter is the result of our creative back-and-forth. I bring the heart, the ideas, and the chaos — and ChatGPT helps me shape it into something that (hopefully) makes sense. Together, we’re building a world that’s both strange and familiar, charming and unsettling. A story that’s never quite what you expect.

📖 What Is 

Surrey Main, ME

 All About?

Surrey Main, ME is part mystery, part satire, part fever dream.

The story follows Robert Duluth, a burnt-out detective who leaves the city behind and moves to a quiet coastal town in Maine — a town that seems peaceful, but quickly reveals itself to be… deeply weird.

The locals all speak in terrible British accents (by choice). The fog rolls in with a mind of its own. There’s a cryptic town Council, a lizard-like innkeeper named Mr. Greaves, and a former ballerina-turned-stripper-turned-choir-soloist named Tracey (stage name: Wendy).

Robert just wants peace and quiet. What he gets is a ceremonial welcome involving bagpipes, a cult-like town meeting, a public family meltdown, and a whole lot of secrets.

It’s Twin Peaks meets Clue, with a splash of BBC melodrama and a wink of musical theater.

💻 Why This Blog?

Because Surrey Main isn’t just a book — it’s an ongoing adventure. I’ll be sharing chapters as they’re written, behind-the-scenes notes, character sketches, and maybe even original songs and stage directions. This is storytelling as a living, evolving process. You’re invited to read along, react, laugh, gasp, and maybe scream “WHAT IS HAPPENING?!” (That’s the correct response.)

You’re not just a reader. You’re part of the journey.

🛎️ Ready to Begin?

If you love:

• Unpredictable plots
• Eccentric characters
• Strange small towns
• And a little mystery with your mayhem…

Then welcome to Surrey Main, ME.

The train has just arrived. The fog is thick.

And no one gets out the same way they came in.

Let’s begin. 🔍

Chapter 1 releases on 6/27/25