That Place 1: Intro
#1 of That Place
Do note, this is marked "extreme" due to the nature of parts of this story in line with the terms of service of SoFurry. Yes, this is extreme... and even writing this burdens my own soul terribly. Beware... quite literally. This will likely color your mood for days if not weeks to come, should you read on.
As the sign to a forest once read: "Turn back now, abandon hope all ye pass, for terrible tribulation and torment may befall you"
I hadn't planned on writing this story. In fact, I wish it would never have to be written, not as fact but as pure fantasy fiction, fear of the booger man, fear of the monster under the bed. Things that are purely figments of our imaginations so loosely based upon hard-and-fast reality that they can be easily and readily dismissed as nothing.
But, in this case, they're not.
This is a departure - a vast, dark departure - from my other writings but it was something my soul told me needed to be put into words. To brought before us as a testament to what we are, and that we should be able to do better, even though many of us overlook it as best we can, if not wholly avoiding the issues altogether.
That being said... if you're at all inclined to depression, deep sadness, have lost a pet recently (be it proverbially or literally), this is probably not the story series for you.
For the rest of you all... if you think you can stand the slap in the face by cold, hard reality. If you can stand your soul crying out for the mercy of the ages at the anguish of other souls....
read at your own peril.