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The shadow with a mind of its own.
By Carol Lay [2006-11-14]
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  • Cool

    Hey, this is really good. I love the slow spiral from light-hearted to creepy, and the unresolved ending. Great work! ^_^

    -- Selanit
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 01:10 AM

  • Waylay

    Wow, it's like Edgar Allen Poe updated and comic-ized.

    -- cwall99
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 02:06 AM

  • More like it

    This is like the Carol Lay of old ... keep it up !

    -- Appoggiatura
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 05:45 AM

  • creepy . . .

    and dark! Unhappy ending quite appropriate to the subject at hand. . .

    -- vaporland
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 07:03 AM

  • This cartoon hit far too close to home for me..................

    I also have a very dark shadow that has tried repeatedly to draw me across the line between life and death into the netherworld; apparently, this is a personality trait that I shared with at least one of my brothers. The dark shadow of my youngest brother snatched him away in March 1987: he put the muzzle of a Model 1911 A1 .45 caliber automatic pistol into his mouth and pulled the trigger. I almost lost my father in April 1987 to that same dark shadow (that .45 caliber pistol was Dad's old USAAF sidearm). (That .45 caliber pistol was given to the city police with instructions to destroy it.) I try to pump light, bright light, into my mind on a daily basis. Fleetwood Mac, Heart, John Serrie, even Frank Sinatra, swirl around in my mind to keep that shadow at bay. At my weekly Dungeons & Dragons session, I invariably play clerics who worship deities either of the open air or the sun; thus, I can keep images of the open air and the bright sun in my mind constantly. This dark shadow first attacked me in 1975 and I have been fighting it ever since. I am currently 55 years old and when I eventually die, I intend to take this dark shadow away from this world with me. I care not where I go, as long as this dark shadow never haunts another person.

    -- Tom in Central Illinois
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 08:34 AM

  • Carol Lay...

    I want to bear your children! >spoken in a Lola Heatherton voice<

    Seriously, you rock, sister. I so appreciate your work.

    -- Lola
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    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:42 PM

  • Hey Appoggiatura

    This is the Carol Lay of old. It's a rerun.

    -- sconstant
    Wednesday, November 15, 2006 05:55 AM

  • The Shadow Knows

    I found this to a brilliant allegory for how a schizophrenic first perceives delusions or hallucinations, and then eventually succumbs to them. Or perhaps the development of a personality disorder.

    --No Name Given
    Thursday, November 16, 2006 09:50 AM

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