SG’s Short Story Progression
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Story Idea
It came to me in many dreams, literally. Not the kind where you fall asleep, dream the same thing over and over again. No, this one let me wake up, think about what I just saw, and go back to bed, then continued. I woke up and went back to sleep 4 times that night and after the 5th time, I figured it was a story that wanted out. Surprised me since I haven’t had a new story idea since 2011. (Been to busy trying to recover over 10 lost works that burned with my computer.) But enough about that.
The premise – The story idea is based on the seven deadly sins, interdimensional travel, with a twilight zone ending.
It starts in a world where the MC is on one level and ends up in another. The individuals that he interacts with will represent their vices. How the world works will also play a part in the story because it”s allowing vices to interact and it’s part of the twist to the end. The MC world is futuristic where the ending is in the land of the dead.
How the worlds work- Each sin/vice has its own environment and level. They are stacked Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. They are being pushed together and so the barriers between them are cracking creating gateways that allow some to travel to what they think are different dimensions.
Basic Story- MC is mad at the government for accusing his father of making a deadly gas, was seeking revenge for the death of his father and the destruction of his family. He is doing research on tremors, ends up in a new world, where the people need his guidance and protection. More tremors, Ghosts haunt the town. People start to recognize ghosts. His dad appears. Major Tremor and two worlds collide. Fight breaks out. Old ghosts materialize (have physical form) Dad sets off a chemical bomb. Truth comes out that his dad did create a gas, MC kills dad out of anger but it too late. Everyone dies.
Now in Hades a the ferryman is playing with a trinket. A gift that was given to him for good services now that there is no more souls to ferry. The toy holds a million and one souls. After all the layers merge and all the souls die the demon resets the toy and shakes it letting the souls settle in new vices to start over again.
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