Black Umbrellas (An Original Story)
Dudley Wilson is dead, in Heaven. Tiff Bright is living in Hell. Plagued by guilt and grief, she cuts herself off from reality. Until, a few weeks after Dudley's tragic death, Tiff stumbles across the Black Umbrellas -- a group of people who specialize in a number of questionable areas -- and is finally driven over the edge.
INTRODUCTION
Before I start this story, I would like to make clear that in no way is it light-hearted. It isn’t like anything else that I’ve ever written.
This is a story combining some of the most horrible elements of life and so I would definitely not recommend it for younger readers. It may contain course language, violence and adult themes, so, if you are offended by any of these, please, do not continue on.
However, if you do, I would greatly appreciate your support and constructive criticism.
Also, I have so far been fortunate enough never to lose someone close to me. If you have, this story may not be the one for you. I would hate to hurt anyone with my writing.
Again, this is something very different to my other stories. So it’s exciting to be working on something this unusual for me, but also extremely daunting.
The first few chapters may not be as written as well as I would like them to be, for that exact reason.
But, my love to you all, and if you think you may enjoy, I hope to hector that you do.
Sky
Before I start this story, I would like to make clear that in no way is it light-hearted. It isn’t like anything else that I’ve ever written.
This is a story combining some of the most horrible elements of life and so I would definitely not recommend it for younger readers. It may contain course language, violence and adult themes, so, if you are offended by any of these, please, do not continue on.
However, if you do, I would greatly appreciate your support and constructive criticism.
Also, I have so far been fortunate enough never to lose someone close to me. If you have, this story may not be the one for you. I would hate to hurt anyone with my writing.
Again, this is something very different to my other stories. So it’s exciting to be working on something this unusual for me, but also extremely daunting.
The first few chapters may not be as written as well as I would like them to be, for that exact reason.
But, my love to you all, and if you think you may enjoy, I hope to hector that you do.
Sky
14 Comments
Cool story! :D
Thank you, Allison! :)
Say, I have a question. Did you design the book cover on the top left of the screen or did you get it off the internet? Just curious.
I designed it. I am a nerd. :D
Ooh, could you tell me how you designed it? And dont worry, I'm way nerdier than you are, haha. :)
Well, I had the main image of the girl with the umbrella on my computer from a while back. I cropped it to a good size with a program called GIMP and then used Paint to silhouette-ify it, add the borders, the title and the tagline. :D
No problem, Sky! ^-^ I'll favorite this, so I can check for more chapters :)
Thanks so much! I appreciate it :)
Oh, okay. It seems cool, so I thought I'd try designing one myself. Good on you for putting in the hard work to create the cover anyway! :)
You definitely should! Thanks heaps! :)
I know I don't talk to you often, and I haven't read much of your writing, and for some odd reason you said the first few chapters would be very good, but this really captivated me. I very rarely continue reading a story on Quibblo, and after that I rarely give it five stars and favorite it, especially when there's only one chapter...this is so deep and intriguing. Words I too much...but they fit very well here. Please continue!
Thank you very, very much! Your comment really means a lot to me. I will continue as soon as I can and hopefully you like the next chapters as well as the first. :)
You know I like the heavy stories opposed to all the monsters and superpowers ones, and I can tell this is going to be great. So far, I'm intrigued as to what truly happened, and both characters seem relatable already. All I can say is that you've definitely already earned five stars, and continue!
I'm sorry I didn't comment earlier -- I was rifling through my overflowing inbox. But I am already hooked! This Ethan guy really bothers me, but I can tell just from the first chapter that this is going to be a great story. How you can go into depth and describe details (like the scars) is so brilliant that they're no longer details -- you've sculpted them into something much bigger than what the reader might have perceived them to be. I will surely keep reading as long as you keep writing!