This story is based off of a sort of myth I conceived. A vulture that uses people's deepest fears or regrets to persuade people kill themselves, this creature dies if it doesn't do this. This 'thing' is Proudly inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Raven', the Greek Sirens, and 'Shinigami' from Tsumugi Ohba's 'Death Note' manga series. This creature targets a young man named Molliss Beckamert, what the vulture anticipated to be an easy target, turns out to be a clever and tenacious opponent. The two begin a psychological chess match, and the loser will cease to exist. This would be a closed case if not for Molliss's survivors guilt, and his struggle to stay alive without a paranormal bird whispering to him constantly, he's a tough sonofabitch. It's easy to be depressed (or easy to thrive when you're a bloodthirsty vulture) when you live in a city where the sun never fractures the clouds and downpour is a constant, where crime seems to be a happening every few seconds, and there are so many people you cannot stand out among them. There is not clear-cut frame for the story yet, I'm essentially taking ideas that I have floating around and putting them together. It will likely have horror and mystery aspects, and since I haven't come up with an ending yet, tragedy is on the table. Romance may spring up, but don't count on it. If nothing else, it will be fun for me, and that is really all I care about.
I once got a phone call from the guy I sold my truck to. He told me I had left a notebook under the passenger seat in my car, and later dropped it off at my house. While I have had blackout drunk nights, the notebook remains a mystery as to how it got there, or who wrote it.
It's poorly written on blank pieces of paper that are held together by two clips. Some of the pages have grease stains on them, and others are bent, but it is none the less a treasure. In it's worn pages are the pure unaltered thoughts of a tormented stranger, hunting something supernatural he called Ganama.
I don't know where this man is, how he's doing, or even his name to be honest. What I do know is this man lived a life of adventure, hardship, ultimatums, and terror. I share his story with you not so you can find him if he's alive, but so you can learn about who he is, and maybe even feel like you and him could have been friends.