In the Garden of Rot
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When someone starts to babble on about the universe, it feels as if your chain is being yanked. But when you track down that video clip and watch it again, watch it with those thoughts in the back of your mind. Suddenly, I’m not watching a special effects clip.
There is narrative.
There is structure.
There is weight.
But there’s no truth.
So the interview is turned on me.
Do I believe the video is proof?
I knew when I started pursuing the story behind this that I would probably come out not knowing or perhaps being disappointed from what I learned. But my answer is in the note I gave at the start of this book. The second we try to capture something, the second we go looking for something very specific, it can no longer be what it is, it can only be what we want it to be or not what we want it to be. The truth is lost somewhere in our perception. The more we try to find it the more it rots.
So, yes, this is a work of fiction as are all things.
THE END.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Green is an owner of cats and dogs that do not get along. She often reads them stories. Her dogs tend to be on the edge of the couch, but it may be because she rewards them with treats after every story. Sometimes, she feels like the ‘John Smith’ of the writing world, as it seems everyone already has her name, but a pseudonym just won’t do. Her cats tell her that.
Sara prefers to write horror, but has dabbled in many other genres that produce results that she feels even more uncomfortable sharing with her parents than the gruesome and violent scary stories she enjoys.
Her work appears in various 9Tales publications, and she has also been a longtime contributor to the Horrors of Church Hill, based on the neighborhood where she currently resides with her army of pets.
Her Collection of Horror Short Stories, JUST LIKE SCREAMING was released October 1st, 2015.
©2015 Bride of Chaos
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