The Alchemist's Inferno
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Last published Wed, Nov 9, 2016
They called him insane.
Strange. Dangerous. The epitome of the obsessed, his life swallowed by a notion that no one could believe. It was easy to look solely on the surface, at a man deemed damaged and destroyed by those who hated him. He spoke of magic, they shunned him for his forbidden words.
But they were secretly curious.
They said he was the man who stopped time. Rumors proclaimed he had looked death in the face and survived.
People whispered about his humble beginnings, and how he rose to the top, off his own hard work. They gossiped. They wrote until the truth was indistinguishable among the lies of the crowd.
His name is Sebastian Wright.
This is his story.
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