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In the Valley of the Sun - a Sims 3 horror/suspense story - completed 2/21/10
MedleyMisty
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Lilith Parker is working at the local paper, announcing births and birthdays and deaths. One morning her boss Shannon gives her a more exciting assignment – research the local haunted house and write an article on its history. Nice flavor for Halloween, right?
But then Shannon turns up dead the next day, the local townspeople seem intent on keeping the story of the haunted house a secret, and Lilith is being haunted herself. Will she survive?
If you want to start from the beginning, you can click on Beginning and click through the story from there - look for the link to the next bit at the bottom of the post.
I also made a story index.
UPDATE
Just wanted to let any Valley readers know that I am somewhat consistently updating 10, the story of Seth as a teen, now.
Here's the blurb for it:
Seth Morrigan is a loner. He has his herb garden, his alchemy, his experiments and tinctures. These are enough.
Until he is beaten up by bullies. Until Caitlyn Wilson takes an interest in him. Until the perfection of time and space begins to crack.
10 Story Index
Oh, I also changed the theme and the header on the blog.
10 is not a Sims story, because Valley did everything I wanted to do with the medium. I can't top it and I don't want to try. So I moved on to new challenges and am learning how to write without pictures.
This one is a bit more...adult than Valley. Seth may be 15, but I am trying for a realistic 15 which means the occasional cursing and so on. If it was a movie, it'd be at least PG-13.
/UPDATE
Valley Chapters
Beginning
Morning
Meeting
Sunset
Legend
Nightmare
Static
Breakdown
Trip
Help
Fog
Rocks
Shadow
Flame
Ashes
Night
Dust
Daydream
Silence
Suspect
Rotten
Fire
Death
Alone
Water
Diary
Waffles
Alive
Strings
Dark
Seeds
Watcher
Angel
Interlude
Empty
Light
Flood
Firewater
Ending
But then Shannon turns up dead the next day, the local townspeople seem intent on keeping the story of the haunted house a secret, and Lilith is being haunted herself. Will she survive?
If you want to start from the beginning, you can click on Beginning and click through the story from there - look for the link to the next bit at the bottom of the post.
I also made a story index.
UPDATE
Just wanted to let any Valley readers know that I am somewhat consistently updating 10, the story of Seth as a teen, now.
Here's the blurb for it:
Seth Morrigan is a loner. He has his herb garden, his alchemy, his experiments and tinctures. These are enough.
Until he is beaten up by bullies. Until Caitlyn Wilson takes an interest in him. Until the perfection of time and space begins to crack.
10 Story Index
Oh, I also changed the theme and the header on the blog.
10 is not a Sims story, because Valley did everything I wanted to do with the medium. I can't top it and I don't want to try. So I moved on to new challenges and am learning how to write without pictures.
This one is a bit more...adult than Valley. Seth may be 15, but I am trying for a realistic 15 which means the occasional cursing and so on. If it was a movie, it'd be at least PG-13.
/UPDATE
Valley Chapters
Beginning
Morning
Meeting
Sunset
Legend
Nightmare
Static
Breakdown
Trip
Help
Fog
Rocks
Shadow
Flame
Ashes
Night
Dust
Daydream
Silence
Suspect
Rotten
Fire
Death
Alone
Water
Diary
Waffles
Alive
Strings
Dark
Seeds
Watcher
Angel
Interlude
Empty
Light
Flood
Firewater
Ending
Sometimes the darkness and I tell stories.
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Comments
good work.
This was my favourite bit:
“Today I came back from the dead and made funny lights at my house and trolled all the townspeople, lulz.”
I laughed so much.
Bennjoon - Wow, thank you. That's certainly a compliment. Oh yes, the plot is built around things in the game. Which is why if I do take the structure and write it into a text story it may end up looking very different.
You know, I've never seen The Grudge or any of the movies like it except The Ring. Maybe I should.
Yeah, I liked that bit too.
Can you keep posting on this thread when you update so us devoted fans will know when a new chapter is out? Please!!
Sure.
And I'm glad that you like my little story.
Hejix - Thank you! I think that the lack of posing hacks and CC and various other things is keeping most of the storytellers in the community away from Sims 3, but I never really used posing hacks or CC much in TS2 either so I just dived right in. Sims 3 fits my style very well.
Bennjoon - Awwww, I'm about to cry now. I really do think that I will try - this story just seems to be the one that wants to be told and I am totally in love with it and when I'm done I'm going to rewrite it as a short story or novel and learn about the publishing business and all of that and see what I can do. I'd rather die knowing I tried, you know?
Asante - Yay thanks! I'm glad that you decided to check out my story even though you don't usually like them and that you found it enjoyable.
Bookmarked your story btw.
I just uploaded Lilith to my page. As for Jason - err, he's very very slightly modified from the last sim in the sim bin. I thought he was just going to be a bit character who'd really only be in the first chapter and maybe just show up every now and then when I made him, so...
Thank you! I'm honored that you chose my story to read as your first Sims story.
And ooh, I love your sig!
Alisox - That's certainly a humbling compliment. I'll have to check out Harper's Island.
Your pictures are fabulous, the story is very professional, and now I am dying to read the rest of it. Please say you have more coming soon?!
Wow, thank you.
My goal for the next update is Monday, but I generally get them up before I think I will.
And the professional bit really means a lot, as I do want to try and publish something eventually. For now though I'm really invested in this story and in love with it and am just enjoying telling it and sharing it with people.