New story!

I've wanted to write this one for almost a year now, but it was just a vague idea for so long. My focus has been on other projects, but those projects will be finishing up in the next couple of months so I can finally devote myself to this story.

If you know me at all, you know I have a weird fascination with death and the afterlife. It has been a fascination since childhood. I remember being very young, maybe four or five, and visiting my great grandma in the nursing home. My parents kept saying she was dying. But how did they know that? I remember looking at the veins in her hand, the way they rose up so obviously, like blue spaghetti noodles trapped under her papery skin, and I stared at the veins in my own hand, barely visible, and thought that must be the way you know you're going to die soon. I could barely see mine so I wasn't too worried. That's my first memory of thinking about death. Growing up religious, I had of course been told about going to Heaven or Hell. Hell was horrific but honestly Heaven didn't sound great to me either. A never-ending church service or burning alive for eternity? Is there a third option available?

When I was old enough to know about ghosts, I ate up anything I could find, watch or read on the subject, and that has carried on into adulthood. I don't feel like it's morbid, not for me anyway. We all know we are going to die. I just wonder about it more than your average person. I wonder what it feels like to die. I wonder what happens next. I wonder if we will be ourselves, or if we will be conscious of anything. Will it be like dreaming? Or sleeping? Will it be nothing? Can we still somehow interact with our loved ones?

My research on the afterlife combined with my own beliefs about it are the basis for this story, and I'm really excited to explore a subject I am so passionate about. I hope you enjoy this little peek into one of many possible afterlives, and I hope it makes people think about and value life more than they normally do. I heard once that a wise person thinks about death often, and it's good to remember that we are mortals.

Memento Mori :)