This story is a sequel to Pneuma
Love can bury you.
This story is a companion piece to Flashgen's Pneuma and was submitted to the Quills and Sofas 'Expanding Universes Contest'.
It was based on a smaller version of the Flash's story which can be found here. Please read this smaller version before reading this story as this piece won't make sense out of context. And read Flash's expanded piece here on fimfic too!
Thank you to Rice for the amazing coverart!
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This was my favorite story from that contest, and definitely one of the most memorable ones. Chilling, haunting, and deeply tragic in all the right ways. Fantastic stuff!
Holy moly that was a read. Absolutely chilling.
Good to see that this story is still absolutely incredible.
Was incredible work back in the contest, and still is, Seer. The slow build, the atmosphere and especially the ending all work together incredibly powerfully.
This story made my jaw drop when I first read it, and even knowing what's going to happen, my reaction is still the same! Phenomenal work, Seer, this is truly a worthy companion piece.
this fucking story, man
this made me go absolutely feral for some proper romance from you (which you delivered in spades in the form of Incandescent) but even beyond the romantic aspects, the steady feeling of dread that creeps up on you until its impossible to escape is just ... its a masterwork, is what it is. your ability to deliver on concepts that are so singular in their focus, so Complete in their understanding, will always be one of the things i admire most about your writing. youre a superb author and this piece continues to mark that as fact
I'm not totally sure what struck me out of nowhere and made me seek out this piece, but holy shit.
Horror/romance--and the true version of it, where the genres are inextricably tied together, and the themes of each play into one another--is such a rare gem. And yet, they have so much in common: deeply emotional, rarely rational, with the combined goal of catharsis through a great win (evil defeated and love won) or a terrible loss (evil prevails and love dies). They're honestly a perfect pair, if you ask me. They belong together. And this piece is such a glowing example of their compatibility.
This is constructed so thoughtfully. The horror is paced so carefully and deliberately, beginning as a tiny tremor and growing to an overwhelming rumble. The way that you allow your readers to wonder whether the terrors lie within Calli's own mind or are the result of some greater monster for the majority of the fic keeps the tension building just right. And the way you remain so focused, driving towards that singular thought--love can bury you--is captivating. You approach it from so many angles (romantic love, devotion to work, and obsession) in such a neat package. You give all the right breadcrumbs in all the right places.
It really is both things. It's love and horror. And you couldn't separate them if you tried.
Such an incredible piece. I feel like I could spend hundreds of words teasing it apart
The title is ”hole” in Finnish?
Gotta read this one later.
I think this is a story that vastly surpasses the common Lovecraftian tale. Lovecraft, and similar works never delved into anything other than the professional relationships that their characters had, focusing instead on a character’s own sense and loss of self in the face of the insurmountable. In this tale, we focus on the opposite, the character’s personal life, their aspirations, their love for another.
Masterful.
this is insanely good! i felt so many emotions reading this, I even physically recoiled during some moments. the romantic and horror elements are written in such an impeccable manner I just can’t even begin to describe how good this is. this is a masterclass in excellent writing. thank you for this wonderful piece!
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A hole or a hollow, yes. Specifically, it's the name for a nuclear waste storage site.