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Everything is Falling Apart
By Nick
19 May 2008
Just a strange thought I had.

As always comments much appreciated.

    I'm sorry, please forgive me, everything is falling apart.  I've lost control and I don't know how to get it back.  My life is to meaningless and my goals are worse than pointless.  I've tried to live a good life, a useful life but in the end it has been a waste of a life.  

    If people were being kind, they would call me “dull” or maybe “bland”.  I am bread and water when they were promised the finest French cooking.  I'm so boring I think my skin is turning grey.
    
    I have intentionally made my life like this.  It's my mask.  My protection for the rest of the world.  I am not stable, my mind takes me places that only Dante would dream of.  My thoughts of blood and violence are spilling over into reality.  I didn't mean to hurt him.  He pushed me too far and my mask just came clean away.  

    When I had finished only his dental records could identify him.  Maybe it was his fault.  I like to think it was his actions that led to his death but I would only be lying to myself.  He was just the sacrificial lamb to my own personal slaughter.

    Everything had been going wrong for a while and I could feel the anger and hate surfacing from time to time but I hoped I could control it.  Even then, I knew something bad was going to happen but I guess we all live in some form of denial.  

    It did feel good to rip him apart.  All the blood and bits of brain left on the concrete was as beautiful to me as any Angel or sunrise.  The release I felt afterwards was the best high I've ever experienced.  Better than sex, better than life itself.  Like any high, it soon led to my come down and the urge to reach that high again.

    I have tried various narcotics to control my nature but in the end it was to strong to be denied.  I really want to stop this before it consumes me but it has reached a critical point, there is no turning back.  I know what I really am and worse, I actually like it.  I have only one chance left before I succumb to the devil inside.

    This is essentially my confession.  I know I must never be allowed to walk the streets again.  These terrible urges will take hold and I will not be able to maintain control.  Someone else will die and it will just make me want it more and more.

    The poison flowing through my veins will stop my heart in only a few minutes.  It is the cowards way out and I know that the people deserve justice but I don't care.  Self sacrifice is the best option for all concerned.  My mask is broken and my head is full of hate, so it's time to say goodbye.  I hope no-one remembers me.

Reviews

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3136 comments posted) 19th May 2008
Yes. an arresting tale.I wasn't too sure until I got to 
"I have intentionally made my life like this." 
Then I knew this was no Mr Pooter and he had something awful to tell. 
I thought you built up the tension and drama well as you gradually revealed his character and deeds.  
There was a bit of Jeckyll and Hyde about it as you had given the psychopath enough humanity to realise that he could not go on. I think that gave it an extra twist and added a bit of pathos, a nice touch 
cheers 
jane 
 

Written by lovelysarah1984 (79 comments posted) 19th May 2008
so short and yet by the end i was gripped! 
I started off feeling quite sorry for him beleiveing that something terible had happened but by the end I was disgusted by him and yet I still wanted to read more! 
 
Excellent piece. 
 
thanks, Sarah

Written by Emmuttmax (112 comments posted) 19th May 2008
Interesting piece Nick. I would have liked to know more about what sent him over the edge. Who was the person he killed and what did that person do to annoy him?

Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 19th May 2008
I found this interesting, and wanted to know more. I'd like to know more about the psyche of your MC. People like him are obviously sick, but is evil sickness? I read a psychiatrist (Scott Peck) who believes there people who must be diagnosed as 'evil'. Give them power, they can easily turn into another Hitler etc. With less power, they destroy people accessible to them. Peck believes 'evil' people refuse to feel remorse or guilt, but put the blame on another at any cost. (At least that's why I think he said.)  
 
It would be interesting if someone could explore this in a fiction. 
 
Mia 8)

Written by TwistedTales (454 comments posted) 19th May 2008
I found myself getting drawn towards the tale too. As Jane said it is quite arresting. The drama and tension is built quite well. And I would agree with Sarah's point about the change in the reader's mind regarding the protagonist. Good work! 
 
Regards, 
TT

Written by Lizzy (781 comments posted) 20th May 2008
A well written story that somehow seems like the epilogue. I think you have a good idea that could easily be developed into what came before. 
Lizzy

Written by Livinginanattic (454 comments posted) 20th May 2008
A gripping read. The details that have been left out make this all the more intriguing.  
 
Ben
Thanks!!
Written by Nick (83 comments posted) 20th May 2008
Thanks everyone for the comments.  
 
As for wanting to read more, I have no idea what to do with a character like this - the possibilities are many but I need to think of an original way to do it. 
 
Anyway thanks again. 
 
Nick

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