->''"I can't stand to look to the horizon. The fight has passed me by, I know. I am a coward, I know. But I cannot stand to look out. They're out there. The terrible things. The ones that fight for us."''
-->--''The Unknown Soldier''

A short (relatively speaking) Web-based story by Zack Parsons (of Website/SomethingAwful), who also wrote ''Literature/InstructionForAHelp''.

The world is divided against itself, between two supernatural (or alien, or maybe... something else?) threats called the Unfolders and the Angels. The former portion of the story is mostly scene-setting, while the latter part follows a soldier ("named" Dan) as he is called before one of the Angels.

It can be found [[http://www.somethingawful.com/series/that-insidious-beast/ here]].

!!This series contains examples of:
* AlternateHistory: Apparently, the Unfolders and the Angels began appearing in the 1960s or 1970s (possibly earlier), and the war began shortly thereafter.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Unfolders and Angels.
* BodySurf: [[spoiler:The [[BodySnatcher Unfolders.]]]]
* ChurchMilitant: America.
* CosmicEntity: [[spoiler: May not be completely cosmic in origin]].
* EarthIsABattlefield: The world is torn apart, and at war with itself as well as with the invaders. Canada and Europe are (believed to be) siding with the Unfolders, while the United States follows the Angels.
* [[spoiler:EvolutionaryLevels: Possibly. Both the Unfolders and the Angels claim to be 'born of flesh, just like you', and frequently imply they are humans at another 'stage'.]]
* ExploitationFilm: There's an entire channel [[spoiler: dedicated to the executions of those who violated American laws- whether the laws make sense or not.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: There doesn't seem to be a nation that hasn't done something terrible. America has become a military state, Canada and presumably Europe is allied with the Unfolders, and there are many references to [[ImAHumanitarian Chinese eaters]].
* GrowingTheBeard: The early editions of the series are very similar to [[Literature/InstructionForAHelp Zack Parsons' similar stories.]] With ''Fall Sweeps'', the story shifts to the first person and deals with as much interpersonal themes as it does CosmicHorrorStory.
** The Unknown Soldier himself gains a fair bit of character development.
%%* MindScrew
* MoralGuardians: It's recommended you don't cross these guys.
* NightmareFace: ''The Ghosts of Brier Hill'', page two.
** ''Active Area'' as well.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Hierophant, [[WildMassGuessing maybe]].
* PapaWolf: The Unknown Soldier straps a bomb to himself and goes up against an EldritchAbomination after finding out his family was taken.
* RealityBleed: The Bleeds are caused by the Angel's machines, and are possibly threatening to destroy reality itself.
* ShoutOut: The "HNB" channel entries in ''TV Programming Guide'' reference ''Literature/InstructionForAHelp''.
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Infodots'' and ''TV Programming Guide''.
%%* WhamEpisode: ''Fall Sweeps''.
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