Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #22 January 2016 | Page 40

times they find items that are associated with putting
a curse on someone who must have done wrong to
the one who left the items. There are also a lot of
ghost stories told by locals and visitors to the forest.
Strange faces appearing in the forest vegetation in
photographs, screams heard at night when normally
you can’t hear noises from the forest. People said
they’ve seen people walking in the woods off the
beaten paths who simply vanish after walking behind
a tree. People who leave markers on trees to mark
their path find their markers missing or moved to
another location. The best I’ve saved for last, there
have been stories told by those who go into the woods
to locate bodies that sometimes the remains don’t stay
in the same spot they were originally found in.

Now, I’ve talked a lot about suicide and it
might have made some readers uncomfortable, trust
me, it was not easy writing this either but I want to
end on a positive note. If you ever felt that you wanted

to end your own life, don’t. You may not know it but
there are people you would be leaving behind that will
suffer. You may not be feeling pain anymore but they
will live on feeling it for you. Don’t believe yourself
when you say no one cares or that a stranger would not
care, there are people out there who want to hear about
your pain and help you get through it, you may be
surprised who immediately around you is that person.
Hurting yourself is NEVER the answer, talking about
the pain is. I know from personal experience when I
felt so overwhelmed by the pressures of the world or
a heartbreaking defeat that knocked me off kilter that
I found peace talking with a friend or loved one about
it and the surprising uplifting feeling I got from it. I
know you can have that same feeling. If you feel you
don’t have anyone around to talk to, check out this
website for listings of suicide prevention hotlines in
your country: http://www.suicide.org/internationalsuicide-hotlines.html

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