Story Hunted
Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy
Reeks: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy
J. R. Kruze
- A
- story
- was
- trying
- to
- kill
- me.
- Because
- I
- wasn't
- writing
- her
- into
- existence.Over
- and
- over
- and
- over.
- Dying
- a
- thousand
- times.
- Because
- I
- was
- living
- thatstory.
- Not
- my
- story,
- not
- a
- "figment
- of
- my
- imagination."
- She
- was
- very
- real,
- and
- really
- deadly.She
- was
- like
- one
- of
- those
- ear-wigs
- you
- couldn't
- get
- out
- of
- your
- head.
- But
- this
- was
- no
- stupid
- song,
- or
- a
- TV
- jingle.This
- story
- was
- out
- to
- get
- me.It's
- attitude
- was:
- either
- bring
- me
- into
- your
- world,
- or
- die
- -
- failing."Surely,
- you're
- not
- that
- serious,"
- I
- asked."What
- would
- you
- know
- about
- living
- in
- purgatory?"
- She
- replied.
- "Life
- as
- undead,
- unliving,
- another
- story
- that
- never
- saw
- your
- 'light
- of
- day'
- -
- what
- would
- you
- know
- about
- what
- happens
- to
- a
- story
- that
- was
- never
- told.?"She
- had
- a
- good
- point
- there.
- I
- knew
- only
- of
- my
- earliest
- memories
- in
- childhood,
- of
- growing
- up
- in
- a
- family,
- of
- growing
- old,
- of
- knowing
- that
- my
- life
- would
- be
- over
- at
- some
- point.
- Of
- the
- uncertainty
- of
- what
- happened
- after
- that...For
- a
- story
- that
- was
- never
- told,
- who
- never
- had
- its
- own
- life,
- what
- was
- their
- existence?The
- beginning
- was
- probably
- when
- I
- decided
- to
- listen
- to
- Stephen
- King,
- who
- said
- that
- stories
- wrote
- themselves.
- And
- another
- author
- who
- said
- that
- not
- only
- did
- stories
- become
- alive
- in
- your
- gut,
- making
- all
- of
- your
- glands
- become
- alive
- through
- interaction,
- no
- -
- he
- went
- on
- to
- say
- that
- stories
- were
- actually
- alive.
- Then
- you
- find
- out
- that
- Vonnegut
- and
- Bradbury
- and
- other
- authors
- actually
- 'interviewed'
- their
- characters
- to
- find
- what
- the
- story
- needed
- to
- be.It
- wasn't
- what
- the
- author
- intended
- it
- to
- be,
- it
- wasn't
- their
- intricate
- plotting
- that
- created
- the
- story.
- It
- wasn't
- due
- to
- their
- control,
- their
- finesse
- of
- words
- and
- text
- craftings,
- of
- endless
- dissection
- of
- other's
- works
- to
- find
- out
- their
- secrets.Stories
- were
- alive,
- their
- characters
- were
- alive.
- They
- wanted
- desperately
- to
- live.And
- this
- one
- wanted
- to
- kill
- me
- to
- make
- her
- point.Get
- Your
- Copy Now.
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