The Death of Greg Samuel
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Ongoing, First published Aug 25, 2015
This was an essay for a World Literature class with the objective being to rewrite Kafka's Metamorphosis in a modern setting. Obviously, my writing doesn't compete with Kafka, but I did my best. I actually wrote this while looking at a bullet point list of the events from the Metamorphosis, so events and actions should follow closely but with changes I personally chose for my depiction to be distinctive. Some of my classmates wrote happier (and much shorter) endings, including Gregor flying away. I stand by my choice :D
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Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]