When Research Gets Uncomfortable

I’ve just spent most of the afternoon researching really ugly things. Horrible things. The occult and various religions. Human sacrifices to protect a drug cartel. Innuendo regarding musicians and Hollywood celebrities.

Things I’ve read about in novels and seen in movies. Fiction.
But there’s something about a website that looks just like any other website that made everything real to me. I didn’t dwell in these places, but I understand that others must. And they aren’t reading a bit of fiction, or watching a movie for a good scare. They’re not even writers who are trying to get a few things right. People like me who pop in and pop out and thank God for their lives, and that they are writing fiction.
A lot of the people visiting these websites are not anyone I ever want to meet.
But I might have to write about them.
CR: Snake Skin by CJ Lyons.
It’s all better with friends.
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