| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: normal. What came, came from somewhere else - where I even now
hesitate to assert in plain words.
I am the son of Jonathan
and Hannah (Wingate) Peaslee, both of wholesome old Haverhill
stock. I was born and reared in Haverhill - at the old homestead
in Boardman Street near Golden Hill - and did not go to Arkham
till I entered Miskatonic University as instructor of political
economy in 1895.
For thirteen years more my life ran smoothly
and happily. I married Alice Keezar of Haverhill in 1896, and
my three children, Robert, Wingate and Hannah were born in 1898,
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: pity me! He placed his reeking lips upon my throat!"
Her husband groaned again. She clasped his hand harder,
and looked at him pityingly, as if he were the injured one,
and went on.
"I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon.
How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed
that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful,
sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"The
remembrance seemed for a while to overpower her, and she drooped
and would have sunk down but for her husband's sustaining arm.
With a great effort she recovered herself and went on.
Dracula |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: I save every dollar for Jack's education."
"But what of the jokes for the New York paper? They were
profitable."
"Oh, I gave them up long ago." She glanced around
cautiously. "Never speak of that, Clara. I would not
have George know for the world; I never would hold up my
head if he knew that I was `Quigg.'"
Miss Vance gave a contemptuous sniff, but Mrs. Waldeaux
went on eagerly, "I have a plan! You know that
swampy tract of ours near Lewes? When I have enough
money I'll drain it and lay out a summer
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