Who, Other Than You?
By: Grim Willard
"Who,
other than you,
see the dark things
hidden within you?
Well,
I’ve got to tell you,
despite what you think,
despite how well you think you’ve hid them,
to others
there are tells
which tell the tales
of the dark things
which lurk inside you."
An outtake from 'The Adventures of Grim Willard' - 'A Grim Beginning, A Grimmer END'! by Grim Willard.
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Grim Willard - Who are you? A pretty good question.
A question which can also be asked of Anileah, as well as her friend, a nameless, voiceless foundling, referred to by his guardians simply as ‘boy child’. And about them, his guardians, what kind of people have taken this orphan in? Do they really have his best interests in mind? And what of the nature of the secret world where they live; a hidden subterranean mountain fortress, the Exemplar House’ Char’nel, House to the Bones of the Dead. A massive maze of archival vaults which houses the written histories of not only their world, but the many worlds adjacent. Knowledge which is coveted by some, and resented by others. Thus their world is under threat.
Parts One and Two with Many More to Come: Join me as we together follow the boy child and his friend, Anileah, as we meet those who have much invested in him. As we come to understand that there are those who think, for the betterment of their world, that the boy’s identity should be hidden from most everyone, including him.