This is awesome! The snakey hiss of "ease their suffering" somehow reminds me of Poe's "surcease of sorrow" and similar turns of a phrase.
I've found myself increasingly wandering out of crowded Culture City and off the beaten Path of Politics and into the foreboding-yet-fascinating Fiction Forest that borders the misty map of Substack, and I must say I am delighted with strange and wondrous things I'm finding there!
(Yes, I know the case could be made that most cultural and political discussions nowadays are complete fiction too, but you know what I mean haha)
This is awesome! The snakey hiss of "ease their suffering" somehow reminds me of Poe's "surcease of sorrow" and similar turns of a phrase.
I've found myself increasingly wandering out of crowded Culture City and off the beaten Path of Politics and into the foreboding-yet-fascinating Fiction Forest that borders the misty map of Substack, and I must say I am delighted with strange and wondrous things I'm finding there!
(Yes, I know the case could be made that most cultural and political discussions nowadays are complete fiction too, but you know what I mean haha)
Oh, quite interesting. A good desire (the ceasing of suffering) taken to a horrific extreme ...
Nice! Well told!
Ooohhh. And now we know
Do we, though?
Ooo. Oooo!! Well, that gave me the shivers in the best possible way! 💀
OH SHIT D:
Such a great add to the urban legend!
Thank you!
...it's damn chilly in here
such a satisfying snippet
This is so good. Another piece of the puzzle that is The Suff falls into place.
WOAH! This is amazing!
Thank you!
It makes the Suff seem less like a dumb monster and more of an entity with goals we don’t understand
Was not expecting the Suff to speak.
I don't usually like when monsters speak, but in this case I thought it made the situation much creepier.
Holy SHIT. IT SPEAKS! I must say, I was not expecting this whatsoever! Knocked it out of the park, Leigh.