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Eurydice
Die enough times, and the sanest man on Earth will crack his nut.
There are a lot of ways to die, and Eurydice has first-hand experience with them all. In her never-ending cycle of deaths, she has never tried to find a way out. Until now. But adventuring through hell has its own problems, not the least of which is her erstwhile soulmate, who is really to blame for the whole situation.
A darker twist on the classic myth, EURYDICE tells the tale of a woman pushed beyond her limits and her epic quest to change her fate.
This story received an honourable mention in the second quarterly Writers of the Future contest in 2013.
There are a lot of ways to die, and Eurydice has first-hand experience with them all. In her never-ending cycle of deaths, she has never tried to find a way out. Until now. But adventuring through hell has its own problems, not the least of which is her erstwhile soulmate, who is really to blame for the whole situation.
A darker twist on the classic myth, EURYDICE tells the tale of a woman pushed beyond her limits and her epic quest to change her fate.
This story received an honourable mention in the second quarterly Writers of the Future contest in 2013.
34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 6, 2014
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Maggie Carroll
4 books3 followersMaggie is a wearer of many hats: mother, housekeeper, writer, reader, editor, friend. By night, she's a bright-eyed lunatic, quasi-certified and certainly certifiable. In her spare time, what little there is, she enjoys gardening, HBO and gaming.
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October 9, 2026
I looove the story of Orpheus and Eurydice so I was disappointed to have not enjoyed this interpretation of it.
(spoilers!)
I thought the premise of Eurydice remembering every time she's died and attempted to go back was intriguing and had a lot of promise. She’s clearly (and justifiably) angry that this is her fate and it keeps repeating, seemingly for eternity. We hear about how familiar she is with the underworld because of how many times she has died and repeated this cycle. We are told some of the ways she has died, but only get one scene where a death actually happens (aside from the very end, which comes with it’s own question mark). I think it would have been more interesting to be shown multiple deaths and multiple attempts to escape the underworld, ultimately to be let down and have to start the cycle over. That way we as the reader would be able to really feel that dreadful Groundhog Day-esque repetition that Eurydice feels–making her desire to reach the Fates and convince them to rewrite her ending all the more dire.
I found much of the dialogue to feel disjointed and too modern for what I would personally prefer a retelling of this greek tragedy to include. (Orpheus having a ’swoop’ hairstyle and Disney cartoons being mentioned completely took me out of it)
It was 32 pages, so not much room for full plot or character development, but ultimately, I was left with more questions than answers at the end of this.
(spoilers!)
I thought the premise of Eurydice remembering every time she's died and attempted to go back was intriguing and had a lot of promise. She’s clearly (and justifiably) angry that this is her fate and it keeps repeating, seemingly for eternity. We hear about how familiar she is with the underworld because of how many times she has died and repeated this cycle. We are told some of the ways she has died, but only get one scene where a death actually happens (aside from the very end, which comes with it’s own question mark). I think it would have been more interesting to be shown multiple deaths and multiple attempts to escape the underworld, ultimately to be let down and have to start the cycle over. That way we as the reader would be able to really feel that dreadful Groundhog Day-esque repetition that Eurydice feels–making her desire to reach the Fates and convince them to rewrite her ending all the more dire.
I found much of the dialogue to feel disjointed and too modern for what I would personally prefer a retelling of this greek tragedy to include. (Orpheus having a ’swoop’ hairstyle and Disney cartoons being mentioned completely took me out of it)
It was 32 pages, so not much room for full plot or character development, but ultimately, I was left with more questions than answers at the end of this.
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