have you read poe's short "the facts in the case of m. valdemar"? it'll take just half an hour--it's SO worth it--and i got the exact same thrill of horror, but MORE, reading this ficlet, because it could go on and on and what is happening to valdemar's body is what's happening to lee's soul and.... sorry. i am so excited you want to write more of this. are you imagining--if you wrote a trilogy--one of those things where you begin with what you have already written and show how you got from halcyon to here in a single prequel, spend a central remix (if that's the word that i want) viewing the same events from another (perhaps unreliable) POV, and then expand on the consequences in a sequel? because i could see that being non-epic but totally awesome. in my imagination, leoben is the necromancer who helped lee make his deal with the cylon devil (who should totally have his own song, a la futurama). the possibilities for kara in this maybe-verse are just so endlessly twisted. best luck finding your way to writing it!
can i have mostly-a but kinda-b?
sorry. i am so excited you want to write more of this. are you imagining--if you wrote a trilogy--one of those things where you begin with what you have already written and show how you got from halcyon to here in a single prequel, spend a central remix (if that's the word that i want) viewing the same events from another (perhaps unreliable) POV, and then expand on the consequences in a sequel? because i could see that being non-epic but totally awesome.
in my imagination, leoben is the necromancer who helped lee make his deal with the cylon devil (who should totally have his own song, a la futurama). the possibilities for kara in this maybe-verse are just so endlessly twisted. best luck finding your way to writing it!