Hotel of Madness by Tchatchou William

Author:Tchatchou, William
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William Tchatchou
Published: 2021-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

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I’ve seen the languid waters of the Multiverse, its islands of order separated by a flowing sea of chaos. Every so often, that chaos would rage and consume an island whole, sinking it into the deep waters below. I see my world, my reality, and watch the chaotic waters seep and spread from the Gaylord, spreading gangrenous from the wound Greg created. The problem I created. Even now, like a storm gathering strength, it pushes outward, spreading vileness and anomalies. Things worse than zombies are shoving their way through, eager and hungry.

But then there is the other, a presence not human, but also not inhuman. His strength wanes and ebbs like a tide. And I see him working, reaching out to the chaos, to the hell in between the islands of order and yanking their monsters and foul vermin out by the handful. I scream for him to stop, but he can’t hear me.

“You have peered beyond the veil long enough, Seeker.” The book speaks but not with words. It's like impressions in the shape of words being beamed into my mind. I interpret it almost instantly.

“There has to be some kind of cure!”

“I’ve presented you with cures.”

I shake my head, though. In this out-of-body experience, it merely dissolves and reappears with the exaggerated motion.

“Those can’t be it. There must be another way.” I’m not a magician, but the book's initial suggestions were… unpleasant.

“The souls that you provided will not be enough to keep you in this state.”

“I needed to see! I needed insight! You suggested this!”

The Necronomicon churns. Its thoughts are garbled as if mumbling it itself. A book can do that, apparently.

“You are a Seeker. I must assist you on your journey.”

“Well, help me. End the mistake Greg and I made!”

“As a Seeker, you can abandon this world.”

The thought never occurred to me. Seeing is one thing, but travel? “I can’t do that. I have family, friends!”

The book turns, the out-of-body experience narrows until we are back in the breakroom with the two people I’ve murdered.

“Why can’t you just… suck them back in?”

“That would require thousands of souls.”

“Souls?”

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