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Patricia Reding
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Ephemeral and Fleeting
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
The Thread Between the Thought and the Deed
Whenever I read over this portion of this scene, I am reminded of some of the religious lessons of my youth, such as that to hate another puts one on the road to harming that person, perhaps even to murder. Such is what I drew on here when the man in this scene thinks on his hatred of others. It seems the abuse by another of his person caused his self loathing, and that produced a by-product: his loathing of others. Do you think this happens in real life? Do you see a thread between one's thoughts and the possible final result those thoughts might bring about?
Book Excerpt
Ephemeral and Fleeting
Try though he might to hold his memories at bay, they flooded down on him.
He scowled as he recalled how his father had abandoned him, and of how his mother had left him a victim. Momentarily nauseous at the thought, he drew his hand to his mouth, choking back his bile.
When an act of violence against his person robbed him of his childhood innocence, following which the violator manipulated him—convinced him that he had himself to blame—hatred was born. Initially, it was a hatred of himself that sat dormant for a time. But eventually, when confronted with yet another rejection, his burning self-loathing produced its inevitable byproduct: the detestation of others.
Well, Mother had been right about one thing. To hate someone was to wish death upon him. But wishes are flighty, ethereal sorts of things. To come to pass, they oft require a helping hand.
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