Something about this story feels like I lived it. The out of body experiences in high school. The magic power that was calling me. And I don’t mean that in a vague metaphorical way. But it was different too.
The weirdest part, about 10 years ago I wrote a story that was so similar, down to the ending. I tried to make a novel out of it but a short story would have sufficed. I’m just rambling here but this is a good one and it speaks to me personally on multiple eery levels.
wow, really? will you publish it? would be interesting to see what's similar and what's different. anyway, thank you for reading it, and i'm glad it resonated in some way.
Wow, that story was so cool. The boy's ability to float from his body is an odd skill. It was impressive how the boy managed to control his supernatural power as he became older. I wonder why he suddenly was able to do so?
Also, the other spirit-boy was interesting, as he was so similar to the main character. I suspect they might've been the same person.
The creepy ending was a surprise, although I knew that the kid's use of his power might end badly, especially because he was using it for a slightly perverted reason. I was actually a little unsettled when the kid's body came alive and walked over to him, and I wonder if he was eaten by his own body? That's very spooky...
thank you Anders. this is partly based on my own out of body experiences, though they stopped when I reached puberty - and here it's the opposite, they became stronger. though I remember that I had gotten better at it with time, better at inducing them and better at controlling them, before I lost the ability completely.
since the character was using it for bad reasons, and much like in all horror fiction, it was going to end badly. I didn't want to over interpret the story and so left it ambiguous. I offer my own interpretation here, but yours is just as valid: to me, the boy who looked like him was a demon. it is said by many that we all have a guardian angel and an accusing demon accompanying us all our lives, one protecting and one tempting. since he was using the power for bad reasons, he actually summoned the demon, who then stole his body.
Something about this story feels like I lived it. The out of body experiences in high school. The magic power that was calling me. And I don’t mean that in a vague metaphorical way. But it was different too.
The weirdest part, about 10 years ago I wrote a story that was so similar, down to the ending. I tried to make a novel out of it but a short story would have sufficed. I’m just rambling here but this is a good one and it speaks to me personally on multiple eery levels.
wow, really? will you publish it? would be interesting to see what's similar and what's different. anyway, thank you for reading it, and i'm glad it resonated in some way.
It was bloated so I never shared it. I wrote 35k words in about 4 weeks. I may try to rewrite it as a short story and post it.
i hope you do.
Wow, that story was so cool. The boy's ability to float from his body is an odd skill. It was impressive how the boy managed to control his supernatural power as he became older. I wonder why he suddenly was able to do so?
Also, the other spirit-boy was interesting, as he was so similar to the main character. I suspect they might've been the same person.
The creepy ending was a surprise, although I knew that the kid's use of his power might end badly, especially because he was using it for a slightly perverted reason. I was actually a little unsettled when the kid's body came alive and walked over to him, and I wonder if he was eaten by his own body? That's very spooky...
thank you Anders. this is partly based on my own out of body experiences, though they stopped when I reached puberty - and here it's the opposite, they became stronger. though I remember that I had gotten better at it with time, better at inducing them and better at controlling them, before I lost the ability completely.
since the character was using it for bad reasons, and much like in all horror fiction, it was going to end badly. I didn't want to over interpret the story and so left it ambiguous. I offer my own interpretation here, but yours is just as valid: to me, the boy who looked like him was a demon. it is said by many that we all have a guardian angel and an accusing demon accompanying us all our lives, one protecting and one tempting. since he was using the power for bad reasons, he actually summoned the demon, who then stole his body.