Welcome to the TREE OF LIFE: Branching Out collaborative writing challenge, where creative minds meet epic movie music. To read the collective story in its entirety as it unfolds and for more details on this groundbreaking collaboration with Audiomachine click HERE.
Today’s featured guest is the wildly imaginative author, KC Hunter. Learn more about KC’s novels and how he developed a new form of storytelling media at AOE Studios™.
* Listen to the inspiring track “The New World” from Audiomachine’s Tree of Life album featured in the sidebar music player
Inspiring Soundtrack: Audiomachine – The New World – Tree of Life
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A rainbow met the horizon with an eruption of light. Spirals of color poured from the source—violet, amber, emerald and gold—arcing into the sky and then slamming sharply into the dirt. There were forms in the arcs; shapes of man and animal alike, twisting along the energies as they coalesced into a writhing pool, motes of energy rising slowly from its surface like fireflies.
Zoe and her companion watched in wonder as three forms gracefully emerged from the spectacle, shedding flecks of light as they surfaced. The first: an unnaturally thin man, his head swarming with bees. The second: a child whose hair was set afire and whose back sprouted gossamer wings. The third: a woman of some age, her hair white and her dress flowing around her like a possessed fog.
Zoe could hear their voices, in synchronicity, repeating what sounded like a lullaby:
We come for the one,
We come for the one,
Who holds the Tree within her eye.
We come for the one,
We come for the one,
Her new world makes the Devil cry.
We come for the one,
We come for the one,
Giver of life who now must die.
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© 2013 KC Hunter
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WriterlySam 
New charactrs appear! And creepy ones to boot. 🙂
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good reading!
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o my, beautifully written and tension is building!
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That’s good reading! Now I need to back it out to the beginning and then wait for the rest of the story to unfold 🙂
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The sinister arrive and tension mounts…now to see what they want…
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Loved the things emerging from the rainbow. Nice energetic spin to the story.
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Ooh, new creepy characters bringing a negative energy, and I can imagine the lullaby in the form of a chant…
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Hi K.C.,
Ah and to end your superb excerpt with a lullaby that resonates with me, the voices of nature’s song. Thank you for your contribution, my friend.
Gary
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Thanks Gary,
The chant was the basis for the story. It came to me when listening to the music actually, as an echo at the end of the epic soundtrack.
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KC, I super dig the surreal twist!
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Oh yes! I was praying for someone to introduce a conflict! And now we’ve got three! Oh, so excited! Expertly done, KC!
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Oh, this is so fantastically creepy! Your wild imagination just shook things up–well done!
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Ingenious! Love this, can’t wait to read more!
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Thank you for introducing some new fascinating characters to play with!
Shannon at The Warrior Muse
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Wowweee! The drama unfolds. I do so wish I could hear the music
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Okay, I’m not even sure what to think at this point. Each piece becomes more and more inventive, more and more enjoyable and this one has added the touch of special I adore when it comes to much in the fantasy/sci-fi arena. I love it!
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