Terra Incognita 0: The Ghoul

By J Mays

This is a short story about Daniel the Ghoul from my books Terra Incognita:

After being born to harsh clan of monstrous creatures, a young ghoul finds his place with a tribe of similar creatures. It isn't until he comes in contact with a traveling stranger, that he realizes just how different he is from the rest of his people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J Mays
• Release date: Apr 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476183220

J Mays

I'm a 27 year old male living in the south. I have a passion for writing and creating, which is why I chosen to write novels.

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Terra Incognita 0: The Ghoul

By Joshua Mays

Copyright 2012 Joshua Mays

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Warning: The short story is for people who have already read the Terra Incognita series featuring the journey of Benjamin Harking. There are aspects of this story that will not make sense to anyone who hasn’t read the series yet.

Chapter One.

There is a place that only one man, and his wife have been allowed to enter. This beautiful, serene place is known by some as the Garden of Eden. It is a lush environment, full of fruitful vegetation and obedient animals that lived only to give the lovers, Adam and Eve, their every desire. According to legend, it was truly a paradise on earth.

Beyond that though, there is another place where no sane man has ever dared to travel. It is a place of monstrous horror and unspoken atrocity. It is a harsh, barren climate known by some as the birth place of evil. There is no plant life, and the only living beings are the vile offspring of the fertile Lilitu.

While there are no humans here, and it has no name, that doesn't mean there are no stories worth telling. On the contrary, there is one story in particular about a young ghoul who came into the peculiar name of Daniel that you may enjoy. This wasn't the name he was born with, but it is the name that changed his life forever.

Daniel was born like any other child of the Lilitu. Spawned on the dirty blood-stained floor of a dark cave, looking up at the gaping maw that was the womb from which he had just emerged. There was no maternal guidance, or instinctual help, so like many creatures, the Lilitu offspring were forced to learn the ways of life quickly, or perish.

Thrust into a kill or be killed world, Daniel took his first stretch and felt something touch his hand. Looking up, he saw something he couldn't comprehend. He wouldn't know it until later, but he was staring