Yuletide Fic: The Monster at the End of This Book (Haroun and the Sea of Stories)
Wow! I've just gotten an utterly beautiful Yuletide giftfic for Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Ahhh, it's wonderful, and everyone should read it. The Monster at the End of This Book, by Anonymous. A story about endings.
Teaser:
Iff looked very tired and sad as he nodded. 'Khattam-Shud is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, the Prince of Silence, the Foe of Speech. There is not a Story that he would not end, if he had the chance. And so we say Khattam-Shud's name because by saying his name, we show that we are not afraid of endings, for all good Stories have endings. Happy endings, sad endings, endings that leave us content and endings that leave us wanting more. But they are our endings, the ones that we give to the Stories. The worst thing that can happen, the very deepest, darkest, coldest fear of those who have Stories within us that are bursting to come out, is that if we do not end the Stories...then he will.'
Teaser:
Iff looked very tired and sad as he nodded. 'Khattam-Shud is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, the Prince of Silence, the Foe of Speech. There is not a Story that he would not end, if he had the chance. And so we say Khattam-Shud's name because by saying his name, we show that we are not afraid of endings, for all good Stories have endings. Happy endings, sad endings, endings that leave us content and endings that leave us wanting more. But they are our endings, the ones that we give to the Stories. The worst thing that can happen, the very deepest, darkest, coldest fear of those who have Stories within us that are bursting to come out, is that if we do not end the Stories...then he will.'