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Prophecy or Coincidence?

  • Writer: J. Michael Squatrito, Jr.
    J. Michael Squatrito, Jr.
  • Jan 16, 2023
  • 2 min read

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Sometimes, purely by chance, real life events are preceded by premonitions, prophecies, or omens that really make you think. As many of you know by now, I had an awful accident in August but it wasn't until recently that I saw a very strange correlation between my fall and something I had written in my novels almost 20 years ago. Check this out:


  • In my second Overlords fantasy book, The Talisman of Unification, my main character Harrison Cross has his arm severed by the Scynthians, an evil humanoid race. In real life, I took a horrific fall and dislocated my right shoulder and tore my rotator cuff.

  • Harrison's friends, a mage and cleric, performed a combination of magic spells and healing prayers to reattach his arm; skilled surgeon's meticulously reattached my severed tendon from my shoulder back to my arm.

  • After the spell, Harrison's arm was numb and he could not move it at all; I was given a nerve blocking agent pre-surgery, had my surgically repaired arm placed in an immovable sling, and had no feeling in my arm for 36 hours.

  • Harrison lamented that he could not grip a flagon, let alone wield his battle-axe, his weapon of choice; I moaned that I couldn't even grip my pint glass, at times my "weapon of choice".

  • Over time, Harrison was able to lift his battle-axe in careful, choreographed motions; After two weeks, I was given the green light to start physical therapy where I was given specific exercises to begin my recovery.

  • Less than a month later, Harrison had full use of his arm, his friends' spell healing him completely; I'm nine weeks out of surgery and finally out of my sling. I have a lot more range of motion but still have a few months to go before a full recovery. Hey, surgeons are fantastic but they don't have magic on their side!

So, did I prophesize my accident when I wrote about Harrison's mishap? Was it a prophecy or coincidence? What do you think? Inquiring minds want to know ...

 
 
 

2 Comments


A. Keith Carreiro
A. Keith Carreiro
Jan 20, 2023

Synchronicity

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Julien Ayotte
Julien Ayotte
Jan 16, 2023

I think you've been having too many pints in the last few months. I'll vote for a coincidence over a prophecy. But then again, what do I know about a mage or a flagon?

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