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The Hollow Men —

Story Guide and Information Sheet

Title: The Hollow Men – A Story in Three Parts

Author: The Drowned World (Phoenix | Goddess (pfenix_goddess))

Universe: Glee

Rating: T (or PG-13) for some language, violence, dark themes, slight sexuality, horror

Genre: Supernatural, romance, horror

Plot Summary: As the bullying at WMHS goes too far, Kurt's entire world is thrown into question when he begins to hallucinate a spiritual stalker. But is it a hallucination, or is Kurt caught up in something beyond this world – and how is Blaine connected? Will Kurt be strong enough to face what's coming?

Major Characters: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Quinn Fabray, Leomaris (OC)

Minor Characters: Burt Hummel, William Schuester, Sue Sylvester, Dr. Shane, Karofsky and Azimio and the Jocks, Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones and the WMHS New Directions (Rachel Berry, Tina Cohen-Chang, etc.), the Dalton Academy Warblers (Wes, David, Luke, etc.)

Warnings: Dubious/non-consent (but not too extreme); use of homophobic and racial slurs/bullying (verbal/physical/psychological); suicidal thoughts; supernatural; horror; character death

Timeline: AU retelling of "Never Been Kissed"; spoilers through parts of "The Substitute", "Furt", "Special Education", "A Very Glee Christmas"

Beta: Jessica (Pandora's5thBox), who put her foot down on my rampant comma use, demanded words when I didn't deliver, acted as my cheerleader, caught my mistakes, and was generally awesome.

Artist:aoleander, who provided vital feedback before I sent out my story alongside giving me some absolutely gorgeous artwork for my story, which was a completely new experience for me, and to who I owe many thanks. For those of you finding this on FanFiction, to view the links to the artwork please visit aoleander (dot) livejournal (dot) com, and then enter / "1858" (dot) html - only, of course, remove the quotations, spaces, and (dots) in order to view the pictures.

Final Word Count: Part I = 20,140; Part II = 25,929; Part III = 27,176

Completion Date: 14 August 2011 — Complete Word Count: 73,245

The Klaine Big-Bang Challenge – 15,000 Words in Six Months

This story is my entry into the LiveJournal contest "The Klaine Big Bang Challenge", which pretty much demands at least 15,000 words done by 15 August 2011. This is the first time I've ever entered into a fiction contest with things like rules and deadlines and suchlike, so I've actually had quite a bit of fun with this. This is a plot idea I've had ever since watching "Never Been Kissed", actually, so this coupled with some things going on in my life right now were just the perfect excuses to go ahead and do it.

WARNINGS: (There will be a few of these, so I'll bold them.)

Darkness Ahead: While there is definite conflict resolution for this story, it's going to be a dark and painful road to get there. There are issues of dubious consent, physical/verbal/emotional abuse, and everything in-between. I'm drawing on my own personal experiences of bullying for this story, so I'm throwing this out there right now: there are possible triggers littered throughout this story. Also, while there isn't any faerie-tale "Harry Potter" magic featured in this story, it is supernatural, it does contain elements of witchcraft and some elements of 'folk magic' folklore, both haunting and possession. Also, there is character death in this story; if I say more now I'll spoil the ending.

Spoiler Alert: I'm only going to say this once – you need to have watched the first half of season two. This story will go wildly into AU-territory in the vague space between "Never Been Kissed" and "Furt" (with "The Substitute" being largely ignored for sake of time, space, and the fact that Holly Holiday is too happy to appear in this), but there are spoilers up through "A Very Glee Christmas", so watch out.

Episode Re-write: This story begins directly in "Never Been Kissed", and although it goes very AU and is definitely my own story, there are parts of that episode and a very small amount of that episode's dialogue featured; "Never Been Kissed" is obviously highly copyrighted by FOX and by RIB, and the episode itself was written by Brad Falchuk.

Feedback and Reviews: As you will no doubt notice, this is being hosted on . My account allows for anonymous reviews, so if you do not wish to leave a review on LJ, you can leave any and all feedback at ; I thrive off of feedback good or bad, and I would really love to hear what you think.

The Music: I cannot write without music, and there are some songs that are performed within this story, are featured in the introductions, and that I just can't imagine the scenes being played without. That being said, I've compiled a soundtrack album for each part of The Hollow Men. The tracks are as follows:

Part I — Les Fleurs du Mal:

Gothica – Sarah Brightman

Fleurs du Mal – Sarah Brightman

Simple and Clean [PLANITb Remix] {Short Edit} – Utada Hikaru

Gone – Madonna

I Feel Pretty / Unpretty – Glee Cast

Be Careful (Cuidado con mi Corazón) – Madonna and Ricky Martin

Hearing Damage – Thom Yorke

Dear God – Sarah McLachlan

Back to Black – Amy Winehouse

St John – We Are the Fallen

The Harold Song – Ke$ha

4 Minutes – Glee Cast

Marry the Night – Lady Gaga

Wonderland – Natalia Kills

Teenage Dream – Glee Cast

Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Original Broadway Cast of "American Idiot"

Skin – Madonna

Inside Out – Emmy Rossum

Farther Away – Evanescence

The Car Chase (from "A Beautiful Mind") – James Horner

Smells Like Teen Spirit – Tori Amos

Cut – Plumb

Part II – Wandering Child

New Moon (from "New Moon") – Alexandre Desplat

Wandering Child – Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler

Twisted Every Way – Emmy Rossum and Film Cast of "Phantom of the Opera"

Drowned World / Substitute for Love – Madonna

Swim – Madonna

Possession – Sarah McLachlan

Breakin' at the Cracks – Colbie Caillat

Bad Girl – Madonna

What You Want – Evanescence

Meet Me on the Equinox – Death Cab for Cutie

The World Is Not Enough – Garbage

Die for You – Megan McCauley

Animal [Billboard Remix] – Ke$ha

Dance in the Dark – Lady Gaga

All Around Me – Flyleaf

The Wolf (from "Red Riding Hood") – Fever Ray

Monster – Lady Gaga

Her Name Is Alice – Shinedown

Your Own Disaster – Taking Back Sunday

Breathe No More – Evanescence

Green Finch and Linnet Bird – Original Film Cast of "Sweeney Todd"

Paradise (Not for Me) – Madonna

Part III — Mer Girl

Mer Girl – Madonna

Heavy in Your Arms – Florence + The Machine

O Children – Nick Cave + The Bad Seeds

Baby, It's Cold Outside – Glee Cast

See Through – Megan McCauley

Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Kurt's Solo) – Glee Cast

The Dog Days Are Over – Glee Cast

One Day I'll Fly Away – Nicole Kidman

Merman – Tori Amos

Frozen – Madonna

Taste – Lorna Vallings

Miles Away – Madonna

Reverie – Megan McCauley

Bound to You – Christina Aguilera

No, I Don't Remember – Anna Ternheim

Journey to the Cemetery / Little Lotte – Emmy Rossum

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again – Emmy Rossum

Lux Aeterna – Clint Mansell

Perfection – Clint Mansell

Simple and Clean – Utada Hikaru

She Floats – Vanessa Carlton

Remains – Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon

Defying Gravity (Kurt's Solo) – Glee Cast