Story 213: "Undying" by Elanor G

[wendelah1]

This story is told from Tooms's POV and it's just as creepy as that suggests. Elanor G is better known for her well-plotted casefiles, and they are excellent too, but this story is darkly original. The author rates it R but I would give it no more than a PG-13 for violence.

Please send the author some feedback and then let us know what you think.

Read "Undying".

Comments

[badforthefish.livejournal.com]

Are you telling me that no Catholic has ever committed suicide? If this were the case there wouldn't all those issue of being buried in unconsecrated ground.

I know Scully's attempt to kill herself is one of the most controversial point of this story.

I myself find it plausible that Scully would not want to live forever, that the burden of eternal life would be too much for her to bear.

However, I have a hard time buying that she would try to off herself while young. But at the same time it looks like she's experimenting - what a bullet through the head will do to her. She hopes she's going to die but deep down she *knows* she's not going to.

[mogster495.livejournal.com]

You're right, I'm sure lots of Catholics off themselves. I just didn't buy that from Scully. She is not the type to let her emotions overwhelm her.
Lol, Penumbra is so awesome we talk about her work in other writer's threads.

[badforthefish.livejournal.com]

I know right? *laugh*

Yes, I agree, Scully would bite the bullet (AH!) and not let her emotions get the better of her. But that scene was so wonderfully written that I can suspend my disbelief just for the amazing experience it was to read it.