Fiction, Horror Elise Georgeson Fiction, Horror Elise Georgeson

Prometheus

"Prometheus" is a short fiction piece that falls under the abstract horror genre. It offers a modern and unsettling retelling of the original Promethean myth, in which eagles eat Prometheus' liver every day. In this short story, the events are narrated through the eyes of a child who watches his father die of liver cancer, while the ominous arrival of the eagles looms over them. The piece invites reflection on human mortality and the detrimental effects of dwelling on the inevitability of death.

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