Creation

Look to the west and you will spot a lonely shack high on the hills of grey. The sun never sets on top of the hill, but it also never rises. The clouds circle around the wood climbing to the Heavens, but create a path to the darkest roots of the Hells. There is only one man that stands inside that house, and for seventy-two years, he has been there, alone, without a family to love or care for him.

This man has never ventured outside of his home. There has never been visitors to go up the hill and say hello. He is not known for a personality, no known appearance to the humans below. The only thing the villagers know about the old, lonely man is the love for his own art. The man up on the lonely shack has painted for all of his life, with paints given by his only mother before she passed on at his young age. He has never been one to refill the paints; he would just continue without the color.

There have been a few mysteries surrounding the man. Some believe he has kidnapped children that have been missing for years, and others believe he murders those in their beds when they mysteriously die. But the door never opens and the lights inside never turn on. The villagers go on with life without the old man, and the old man can continue to paint.

Today there is a girl passing by his window. I am with this little girl and do not dare look inside the home. We can hear his voice talking to the unknowns inside his home. The little girl asks me about his creation today, and it is some sort of sculpture standing before him. It doesn't move, doesn't react to anything the old man says. I tell her to move along; I'm sure the old man needs his privacy. The little girl just stands there looking in the window, staring in awe.

The sculpture now has hair flowing down its body with features of a woman. It is as still as a tree and has no known features from the darkness surrounding the body. The old man is still talking and I look down at the little girl. I ask her what she is so fond of, and she tells me about the girl right before the old man. I think nothing of her imagination and watched the old man marvel at his sculpture.

The little girl then looks up at me and tells me to save the girl in the house. I tell her there is no one there, but I hear screaming come from the house. There, inside the house, is the sculpture moving freely towards the old man, as if she is angry at him! The old man begins to laugh and talks more about religion and faith brought upon the sculpture. The girl screams and shoves him against the wall we look at; there is no sound.

The girl starts to talk about the life she has had in the home and the miserable dreams she's been having the past week. The old man starts to laugh again and tells her to do it, do whatever she can to make her happy once more. He keeps repeating something about her being his "creation" and how she should thank him. She backs away from the old man and grabs the gun on the table. I grab the little girl and turn her away. There is a loud bang and the painting behind the old man is colored red. The painting is complete.

The girl inside screams more. There is mass hysteria from the girl and she tries to claw her way out of the door. She sees the two of us in the window and starts to hallucinate. The little girl is terrified as the door opens and the screaming of Chaos emerges. She gets outside with the gun and I realize the creation the old man was talking about: he had created a murderer.

Comments & reviews · 3
Note: You are not logged in, but you can still leave a comment or review. Before it shows up, a moderator will need to approve your comment (this is only a safeguard against spambots). Leave your email if you would like to be notified when your message is approved.

Mo already covered the grammar issues so all I have to say now is, this was very good. I enjoyed reading this! It kept me on the edge of my computer chair, held my attention, and made me wonder what was going to happen next. The ending was just...amazing! Congratulations! Well, that's all! Bye-bye!

XOXOXOXOX
Summer Night

User avatar
Mo.
Review
Mo. wrote a review · Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:33 am

Hello, I'm Mo. and I'll be the first person to review this. :D
Here goes.

Look to the west and you will spot a lonely shack high on the hills of grey. The sun never sets on top of the hill, but it also never rises. The clouds circle around the wood climbing to the Heavens, but create a path to the darkest roots of the Hells. There is only one man that stands inside that house, and for seventy-two years, he has been there, alone, without a family to love or care for him.

This man has never ventured outside of his home. There has never been visitors to go up the hill and say hello. He is not known for a personality, no known appearance to the humans below. The only thing the villagers know about the old, lonely man is the love for his own art. The man up on the lonely shack has painted for all of his life, with paints given by his only mother before she passed on at his young age. He has never been one to refill the paints; he would just continue without the color.

There have been a few mysteries surrounding the man. Some believe he has kidnapped children that have been missing for years, and others believe he murders those in their beds when they mysteriously die. But the door never opens and the lights inside never turn on.


So, right now I am thinking your narrator is all-knowing.

The villagers go on with life without the old man, and the old man can continue to paint.


I think this should be: ...and the old man continues to paint.

Today there is a girl passing by his window.


Still an all-knowing narrator.

I am with this little girl and do not dare look inside the home. We can hear his voice talking to the unknowns inside his home. The little girl asks me about his creation today, and it is some sort of sculpture standing before him.


Okay, so an all-knowing narrator (you) who is either: a human, some sort of being, or pet of the little girl. I'm thinking human because the little girl asks you questions.
Also, if you (all-knowing narrator) dare not to look inside, how do you know that there is a sculpture in his house?
For the questions, maybe some dialogue?

It doesn't move, doesn't react to anything the old man says. I tell her to move along; I'm sure the old man needs his privacy.

You could also use dialogue here too. I think it expresses the thoughts of the characters better.

The little girl just stands there looking in the window, staring in awe.

The sculpture now has hair flowing down its body with features of a woman. It is as still as a tree and has no known features from the darkness surrounding the body.


This confuses me because; the little girl stares in awe at a sculpture with the features of a woman with no features?

The old man is still talking and I look down at the little girl. I ask her what she is so fond of,

Asking the girl beside her what she is so fond of seems to go a bit off topic to the rest of the story. Why is she asking her what she is so fond of?

and she tells me about the girl right before the old man. I think nothing of her imagination and watched the old man marvel at his sculpture.


You could use dialogue here as well. Why is it imaginative to be fond of the sculpture? I think a better word may be foolish.

The little girl then looks up at me and tells me to save the girl in the house. I tell her there is no one there, but I hear screaming come from the house. There, inside the house, is the sculpture moving freely towards the old man, as if she is angry at him! The old man begins to laugh and talks more about religion and faith brought upon the sculpture. The girl screams and shoves him against the wall we look at; there is no sound.


Dialogue. Also, this is a tad confusing, maybe you should give the girl you are standing beside a name, so we (the reader) know which girl you are talking about. :D

The girl starts to talk about the life she has had in the home and the miserable dreams she's been having the past week.


Which girl? the one in the house or the one beside you - is it just me? I get easily confused.

There is a loud bang and the painting behind the old man is colored red. The painting is complete.


Maybe you could expand on why the red (I'm guessing blood) makes the painting complete.

The girl inside screams more. There is mass hysteria from the girl and she tries to claw her way out of the door.


If this is all about the girl in the house, I think the second "the girl" should be her.

She sees the two of us in the window and starts to hallucinate.


All-knowing narrator, who's identity remains a mystery, how do you know she starts to hallucinate?

The little girl is terrified as the door opens and the screaming of Chaos emerges. She gets outside with the gun and I realize the creation the old man was talking about: he had created a murderer.


Chaos doesn't need a capital letter. Also, maybe you should include fragments of what they hear, so the end where you talk about the creation being a murderer makes more sense.


I enjoyed reading this, and I thought it was pretty good, apart from the few little things I have mentioned. Good work.

PM me if you have questions or anything.

~Mo. :elephant:



The continuation of our world depends more on the survival of the kindest than it does on the survival of the fittest.
— Arcticus