Benny (the change) by barryjeffer
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Description
The time is one year before Benny's family moved to Anytown.
Benny was never afraid of anything, he would do things most other kids would run from. But he never did things for show, he just felt compelled to prove himself to himself alone...
Then there came a day when he was pushed into doing an act of complete stupidity by a classmate at school. "Try it... just a little", the kid kept saying. Benny knew it was dumb, not to mention most likely deadly. His pride finally got the best of him and slowly he took the quarter the other kid was holding out to him and scooped up the mercury from the counter top. His hand trembled causing him to nearly let the liquid slip off the coin as he tipped it between his lips. There was no taste, nothing seemed to change, that was until a few hours later. It was very early the next morning, well before daylight when Benny awoke in a sweat, feeling burning and cramping in his midsection... gasping for breath, he yelled for his mom. The ride in the ambulance was hazy, as he slipped into and out of consciousness. The next memory he had was of being in a room, white and sterile but brilliant beyond anything he had ever seen. He was surrounded by silhouettes of beings, all shrouded in pure white energy. They had no real forms, just shimmering outlines. He knew he wasn't in the hospital, but where was he...? "Am I dead.. he wondered, not asking but thinking the words. The answer came immediately, "You are not dead preciously, and you don't belong here". Again, no words were spoken, he heard it not with his ears but seemingly just "felt" them. "You must return to where you were before". In the next instant he could hear voices, this time with his ears... "Oh my God, he's alive... Get a doctor". Benny eyes opened enough to see he was in what looked to him like the meat locker at the butcher shop in town...then he passed out again.
Comments (58)
Wow! Great story line and scene!
Excellent. I like such dark, mysterious stories. Let's see how it will go on!!!
Way cool story and image, very well done my friend, I like it!!
fascinating story and spooky image, very well done !
Wicked! I was kind'a like that as a kid, too. ;)
Wow, That's the way so start a story, grabs ya right off the bat and Imagery to go with it, superb work on both man Peace
An excellent render, and a compelling story - looks like Benny's been to the other side and back. Looks like an engaging story in the making, Seth!
Looks like Benny is going to have some interesting influences' in his life. Once again your lighting works on so many levels..
Fabulous concept and marvelous creation/composition... Your work is realy marvelous !!!
Great, this next little morsel! Quicksilver poisoning shudder Intruguing though, that out of body experience :) And now what hu hu hu? Gruesome feeling in that image, well composed.
Great story and the image fits perfectly Seth, amazing work.
Very cool! I've never fooled with mercury before..I bet it's amazing stuff, however poisonous. I hope Benny's NDE teaches him a bit of caution...or not. Either way he's certain to be changed by his glimpse of that Otherworld. Excellent story, love the picture..how insane would it be to wake up in an icy morgue? I look forward to more! OXOXOXO Jane
It may well be everyone's nightmare to wake up in a morgue ... Or maybe luck ... Great story and light effect!
Awesome
Interesting scene and effects job Seth.
fantastic work
excellent
Whoa waking up on a slab in the morgue. I'd scared out of my mind. That would scare me for life.
yeah keep em coming fascinating experiment but ,but......there is always a but. a nice preview of what is to come would maybe not be so good.
super cool
Excellent lighting and scene, Seth!
Ah, mercury poisoning.. that explains the opening image of your story!
Haunting and chilling, curious to see where your imagination takes us...
superb illustration!
Scary story and artwork Seth :)
Wow.. so tense this story is! I love the direction it is going. Great illustration for it.
Looks simply creepy & fascinating!
The story is captivating and brilliant. A spooky image that supports the story. Fine thing, my friend!!!