raised by wolves

so listen, i gave up on that last story while i was on my little hiatus.

the reason i went on the hiatus is this: the internet connection in my house is not one i pay for. it filters in through the walls of my neighbor’s house. we like to think that they got us the internet for christmas and were too shy to ever say anything about it. a few weeks ago, however, the signal vanished inexplicably. there were rumors that the neighbors were moving, and so we figured they’d had their internet disconnected to prepare for the move. this seems to not be the case, as our signal has returned, under the same network name and everything as before. so, until further notice, we’ve got the internet back.

the reason i gave up on The Voice is this: when i started this blog, i had a very clear idea to write shitty pulp-style horror, sci-fi and adventure stories because it was fun, easy and entertaining. by choosing to cut out super natural elements in the plot of The Voice, i think it became too real. another thing that contributed to it’s becoming too real was the fact that a young man in my community—a friend of a friend or an acquaintance, however you want to put it—died recently, very suddenly, of cancer. seeing people’s reactions to this event struck some remarkable paralells to the story I was trying to write, and seeing it in person made it too real and uncomfortable for me to continue writing it. it is extremely jarring to hear about young people dying.

this all said, i will start posting a new story on monday, and hopefully will be able to get back into the monday-through-friday update schedule i had before. i also hope that you will enjoy the story.

thank you everyone for your ongoing support of raised by wolves. thank you everyone for your kind and informative feedback on my zines. thank you for taking the time to read my silly stories. let’s do this shit.