The Gospel of the Rauschmonstrum by Nick LaTorre

The Rauschmonstrum had many, many adventures in the ancient world, and it would take hundreds of books to recount them all (perhaps one day those books will be written). The more he examined human society, the more humanity fascinated him and the more he thought of it as an endless fountainhead for his own entertainment. Human affairs, no matter how trivial, were simply never boring to him. He went to the great cities, observing empires as they rose and fell. He traveled around the globe developing an expertise of the natural science. To deal with his pain, he spent a lot of time distracting himself in various ways. He knew this was so because he had been around more or less as long as humanity, and he had never seen or had contact with anything resembling a dDeity, and through his experiences seeing the horrors inevitable in a human life, he did not see evidence for a divine plan which would inspire faith in him despite that absence.Īs a result of all of this, The Rauschmonstrum could not find a purpose for himself, and he spent many nights howling away in reaction to the lack of moral order in the universe. Along with being alone in this way, theHowever, the Rauschmonstrum was alone in an even bigger way for he knew there was no God.

There were no creatures like him, and although he had the power to do almost anything, one thing he could not do was fashion a friend for himself who was on his level. The Rauschmonstrum had a problem, he was alone. If he wanted to make an apple appear in front of him, he could do that, and if he wanted to transform himself into an apple, he could do that too. The RauschmonstrumHe was a shapeshifting monster able to perform feats which humans would view as miracles or dark magic. It’s time to introduce the Rauschmonstrum.

The Gospel of the Rauschmonstrum by Nick LaTorre