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Aurelian Ashmore's avatar

DO NOT OPEN THIS FILE!

I found it on my hard disk

Do not open it. something moves now

send it to GUSTO

https://user.fm/files/v2-a03ec7fcdce8343b3cb9318c26f290a0/DO_NOT_OPEN_xNORMALIZED_rezurect.mp3

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Drew Valdez's avatar

The Arbiter prays you do not open the file and heed the great Sage’s warning. Use your sigils.

This is the coolest! I was just talking to @Edward.Marlo.Ruiz and @Spencer D.W. about narration and sound files. This would have been perfect for the description of the video file. At some point today I need to pick your brain!

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Aurelian Ashmore's avatar

You know how to find me. Pick my brain anytime. Regarding the find, if you find it useful for something, use it in any way you want.

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Aurelian Ashmore's avatar

The find = the MP3. I am sorry for the typo.

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Nick Winney's avatar

couldnt stop reading it.

very well done!

demon shit is always terrifying!

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Drew Valdez's avatar

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I actually get the creeps writing demon stories. There’s always strange sounds around the house and the thunder didn’t help!

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Nick Winney's avatar

oh my god… dont be looking in no mirrors…makes sure you only light one candle….

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Nick Winney's avatar

its the one thing that actually creeps me out for real…and I dont know why!

inventive style. really well done, like found footage stuff. convincing. you obviously did some research too!

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River's avatar

Gave me goosebumps to read this!

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Drew Valdez's avatar

I’m glad you liked it! Demon stories always scare me the most! I actually heard weird sounds in my house while writing it.

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River's avatar

That’s how you know it’s good (or you have a carbon monoxide leak in your house /s)

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Alex | A. R. Eldridge's avatar

Incredibly original and terrifying. The epistolary thread style reminded me of the novel Negative Space by B. R. Yaeger, which is a beautiful book. I actually listened to this with the AI so it almost felt like a court transcript being read out which added a really wild take to it.

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Drew Valdez's avatar

Negative Spaces was so good! I actually had that book in mind and the movie BRING HER BACK, whenever I was fiddling with this concept. I really wish he would write another book. I read Negative Spaces and then Amygdalatropolis. Both were amazing.

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Alex | A. R. Eldridge's avatar

I haven’t read Amygdaltropis but I’m keen to check it out now because Negative Spaces HAUNTS me in a way that’s hard to put into words. Some of the best weird fiction I’ve read.

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Drew Valdez's avatar

Both stories were great! Negative Spaces was definitely the weirder of the two. I actually had to read it twice because I didn’t quite grasp the Baumer story arc and the saints. Second time it made a little more sense though.

Amygdalatropolis was pretty straight forward. It was a dark web adventure, but the computer acted as the city scape and the narrator made you a passenger. Cool concept!

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Fantastic. I could sense the ritualistic rot in this. Wow dude, this might be one of my favorites from you so far. It’s fucking killer and creepy as shit. Very well done

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Drew Valdez's avatar

This one was a blast! I kind of want to do a follow up with Sir.Gusto in the same style

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Sir.Gusto is scared as hell rn 👁️

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Cuckboy already up to some bullshit

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Mina Howell's avatar

😳 oh my GOSH I am so glad I waited until morning to read this.

This is one of the best stories I've EVER read! I'm kind of paralyzed on my couch right now.

This experimental style worked incredibly well and added so much dread to the story!

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Drew Valdez's avatar

I’m glad you liked it! Fun fact, these kinds of stories scare me the most. It was thundering when I was doing the final edit and my house kept making the weirdest noises!!!!

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Mina Howell's avatar

Oh my gosh! That would be scary! The fear translated really well!

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Aurelian Ashmore's avatar

Fantastic story. The experimental style is fantastic. The minimalism works very well for me. Intense atmosphere.

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Drew Valdez's avatar

Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to give me suggestions to elevate the story. It really helped!

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JLG Noga's avatar

good stuff! enjoyed the use of occult workings here, kinda cool that we tackled similar themes but approached them in different ways. You went with demonic possession while I went with the angelic kind. Enjoyed the multimedia variety here too.

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Jennifer Peaslee's avatar

So creepy! I love a good occult story. I could really feel [REDACTED]'s distress and desperation.

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