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      <title>The &quot;prologue&quot; for &quot;The Living and the Dead&quot; by Smelie Jackson</title>
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      <description>This is not a self-promotion of my work. I am just here to post the deleted chapter from fictionpress.com if any of you are interested in seeing it.</description>
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      <pubDate>2025-08-30 00:23:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;Prologue&quot;</title>
         <author>smeliejackson4</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>One day could start off mundane, while its end could be as intense as a burning star. There will be an endless flow of curiosity even at the lowest point.</p><p><br/></p><p>The idea that anyone could die should came off as no surprise, but that did not stop the living to ponder what it would be like to venture the world of the dead.</p><p><br/></p><p>But none could be more ponderous than Abraham. Abraham was always fascinated by stories of the old times, from the dawn of humanity, till the present. They hoped that by going through and understand these stories, they could figure out a way to meet the dead <strong>without having to be dead</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p><em>It will only be a matter of time to put this into the test</em></p><p><br/></p><p>To be fair, stories were not only their key to unlock this curiosity. They ensured they read through news reports, articles, journals, interviews. Anything they could think of to make it as realistic as it can be.</p><p><br/></p><p><s>------- ------------------------------------------</s></p><p><br/></p><p>Months later...</p><p>Tiresome as they were, Abraham managed to make progress on their project. Together with their family members, friends, colleagues, and even professors, the project was in near completion.</p><p><br/></p><p><s>--------------------------------------------------</s></p><p><br/></p><p>Eventually...</p><p>Success was in their grasp... but what Abraham achieved introduced them to new curiosities for what that lie awake in this new realm.</p><p><br/></p><p>[COMPLETELY EXPERIMENTAL; apologies for the cliffhanger and a rushed chapter (for now). I am now working to make this a multi-chapter story. For now assume this as a prologue or a summary for what will (hopefully) come. Please provide constructive feedbacks on what I can do to make it better, I will consider it.]</p>]]></description>
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