Well, I’ve been a busy little blogger today. This makes for the fourth post on this lovely Sunday, and the third in so many hours. But this last post for March 17th is one that I’m especially eager to share with you. Since I’m finished editing Old Sid and I’m not working on any novels except to get them ready for publication, I’ve got some short story writing to do. And this next short story is a strange but rather compelling one. When I told my dad about it over dinner, he was nodding like, “Yeah, that I can see as pretty interesting”. Now that was a motivator.
How many of you have heard of the death-barrier? For those of you who haven’t, this refers to what keeps us from becoming immortal, the inevitability of death. Everyday we hear about advancements that are meant to keep this barrier at bay, but every now and then we hear about people trying to remove the barrier altogether, essentially granting immortality. And not only that, but there has been talk of bringing back the dead.
Yes, bringing back the dead. Not through corpse bits and lightning though, but by regrowing healthy tissue and restimulating the brain to reanimate the dead. If you do your research, you’ll be able to find companies that will cryonically freeze your corpse after you die so that when this barrier is no longer an issue, you can be brought back to life…for a hefty donation to scientific research. Yeah, sounds a little like it’s out of a sci-fi novel, but it’s true. And if you’re interested, there’s a Castle episode where the whole plot of the story revolves around a murdered doctor whose body was cryonically frozen. It’s a ton of fun.
Assuming you could resuscitate the dead, what would happen? How would a revived person react? Would they enjoy being back? Or would they feel that being brought back was unnatural?
This is my short story. I plan to follow around someone who has died and been brought back and how they react to the world. It should be interesting and very challenging to write. I’m not sure what I’ll call it, but it’ll be interesting to see what results from it. I’ll let you know when I finish it. Wish me luck, especially with coming up with an appropriate title!
Have a good night, everybody.
Rami Ungar The Writer 
it sounds like a completely amazing idea !!! i’m not really into the whole horror scene but even id read that 🙂 although since you seem to have a vast knowledge of death and bringing people back to life i may be i need of your assistance in the future for the book i am working on currently.
What sort of story is it?
It’s a fantasy story mixed with a med evil setting
That sounds pretty cool. If I can help I’d love to do so.
Awesome haha 🙂
😀 back at you.
🙂
Ah-HAAAAA! Now I know why you were asking about clinical immortality! Suddenly it all makes sense! Now it all comes together! Now I get the picture! For I was blind, but now I see! The cat’s out of the bag! …identify that pop culture reference?
No, I don’t get it. What is it?
It’s Bender, when he had a revelation and got stuck in a loop.
Oh, is that what it is? I’m not a Futurama fan, so I wouldn’t know.
So… when does the person get revived? And as for titles, might I suggest “Cryogenesis”? Or “Imminent Awakening?” Something that calls to mind the concept of Future Shock, since they’ll be rattled for sure when they wake up.
I’ll consider those titles, but I’m not sure it’s what I’m going for. The story’s going to focus on the character(s) mental states, so I want something that connects to that.
Uh, Aftershock? Imminent Shock? Shock Dawning? I’m assuming shock would be involved. Or remorse, like buyer’s. Ooh, Cryoremorse!
Jeez, that’s a lot of name ideas. Do you have a catalog of these or something?
Nope, just a pez dispenser in my brain!
Well, I actually already have a title in mind. You ready to play “Guess That Title with Only One Hint”?
Shoot…
Alright contestant! You have three guesses at the title of this latest psychological science fiction tale. The hint: “An adjective that gives a negative connotation to the noun it is attached to. 4-8 letters.” Go!
Anti?
I’m sorry, “anti-” is a prefix. Two more guesses.
Hmm… Awfully?
That would be an adverb, technically. Last guess.
Dark?
Oh, I’m so very sorry. The answer was “Vile”. It has a double meaning in this story.
Thanks for playing, but you do get a consolation prize though.
Oh yeah, what’s that? And let me guess… vile as in the quality things take, but also a vial that is used in the cryogenic process?
Why don’t we wait until the story’s written and then see about that?
Fine, I just wanted to get one right 😛
Well, I thought you got pretty close. I might’ve thrown you off with the whole 4-8 letters part though. 😀