Greetings! Thank you for reading Volume 1 of Heaven’s Calling. This is the final chapter of the first Volume, however the next one will be coming out tomorrow as per usual, so do not worry! To continue the tradition from my previous work, Transcontinental (go read it, by the way!), I will be ending every Volume of the story with a brief little chapter where I share my thoughts on it, explain some first draft changes and where I got my ideas for the whacky things that happen here, as well as just give the readers a bit more info about me as a person. So, let’s get cracking!
To begin with, why Heaven? And why the whole “They made a sequel to it” gimmick? To tell you the truth, about two years back it came to me in a dream. I know, cliché, but that’s really what happened! In fact, the entire first chapter was just me retelling the entire dream from start to finish. Granted, in the dream I met the two Gods in front of their abode way earlier, but for narrative reasons, I had to add some more chapters before that in the real story. As for the characters, we’ve a surprisingly large cast given it’s only the first Volume, but I certainly hope they’re not the only actors in this play! You’ll find that the timeloop aspect will lead to many enemies briefly choosing to become friends for one cycle before completely switching sides in the next! It’ll be exciting to experiment with what all I can get away with doing to these angels, but my sadistic author habits will have to be a topic for another time.
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Migu, Meg, Megazoid, Gemma… Urgh, whatever her name is! As you can tell, it can get quite annoying to have to constantly re-remember the names of all the characters because they keep choosing different ones each cycle, but that was in fact the point. This is also why seraphim most often than not choose a recluse lifestyle, simply because it gets annoying having to explain a stranger’s entire life story to them every single day. Dementia is no joke… Dementia is no joke…
There are many mysteries to uncover about this place, such as what exactly the Gods are hiding in their home, what that weird Book was that M.G found during that one cycle, how to become a seraphim, what’s inside the Shrine, and of course—Is there a way to revive and go back to the World of the Living?
With how Vast and expansive this world is by itself, I could write on and on about all these mysteries and more, but I believe I should mention that this series is projected to be 9 Volumes in length. So, expect great things, and know that they will probably come sooner than you think! In the meantime, there’s an entire finished series waiting for you in Transcontinental, so why not check that out as well?
Ah, that’s it for now. Until next time, I hope to see you in Volume 2’s Afterword, and hopefully by then we’ll have gotten a bit clearer of a picture of Heaven 2.0. If not, then there’s always Volume 3, haha! But I’m getting ahead of myself. For now, look forward to Volume 2 releasing tomorrow with a brand new cover to boot! This is your friendly neighborhood Mikan Akai, signing out!