OOh. Chills. This is great. I love that Fear is animalistic, because it is such a basic instinct. I don’t know of a species that doesn’t experience Fear— NOT that I can speak for ALL species… oh hell… I am rambling.. Good sign. I love this piece. ;)

This was a really awsome story. Thanks for entering! I liked the last line. “Bless her down there, she will never, ever leave me. She promised.” Its awsome. Thanks for entering!

The labrador line is my favorite. Wonderful!

Brilliant. I can totally relate!

the labrador metaphor is brilliant! I also like the stubbornness, I can do it if i wanted to. But why is the lab female? SHE is stopping me? huh? lol! :)

So good!!

Thanks for all the encouraging feedback! Glad you liked it. I made Fear a dog and a female because i was playing with the idea of how fiercely she protects you, how the ‘i’ was really a child of Fear ..

I really love this story. It grips … and delivers.

I know how she feels. I love this story! I’m impressed.

I must have more personifications of emotional states!

This story makes me wish there were a “favorite stories” link so I can have it attached to my profile for easy viewing when I want to read it again.

Hear that, Kevin? Jason? Joe? I’d love a “favorite” button. I’ll even help you code one up, if you’ll let me…

wow, awesome story!

This was really interesting. I liked it a lot. You have a wonderful tongue for imagery.

That was sad. Now I’m all bummed out. Nicely done all the same, even if you have severely depressed me.