On Apr. 1, Jonathan Gronli, Entertainment Editor for the “Independent,” was committed into the newly built Arkham Asylum for the Transdimensionally Confused.
It came about while he planned for the “Independent’s” April Fools edition. The people who knew of his plans were already worried. Gronli’s attempt to see how much he could get away with by writing a legitimate dark fantasy horror fiction short story for his column lead to multiple demon sightings for the people who took the advice of burning the column. Some of these led to madness-inspired violence. Many people blame him for this hysteria.
Some people, Gronli included, just say, “When you’re dealing with the Great Old Ones, strange things happen. It isn’t the writer’s fault if the reader’s mind is something that can easily be influenced by the written word, especially if it sounds like something evil giving advice that would set it free.”
We asked some of his professors about his character. Our favorite response was from Herbert West, professor of Interdimensional Philosophies on Death, an unofficial class that was taught in secret once. He’s quoted as only saying through e-mail “WTF?”
After getting confused about the Great Old Ones we ended up conferring with some of research manuscripts that were in Gronli’s mailbox. They were almost indecipherable looking, as various professionals noted, like a drunken doctor had written up these ravings. Even still, it would have been indecipherable if it had been written in English and written clearly. However, it was written in some unknown alphabet.
Before the door to his padded cell was shut, we asked him a few more questions. The responses all had a theme. The interview closed with Gronli saying, “The Devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world that he didn’t exist. I would’ve gone for something like that but where’s the fun in that. My greatest trick was making people think my mind didn’t exist, well, at least not anymore. Victory is mine.”