Hollow — A Souless Fantasy

What is a human without it's major trademark— the soul? What if there was someone who didn't have one? Would they even continue to be human in the first place?

Jake Parker is a 17 year old student that loves to write fantastical stories, always making sure they hold up to a couple principles — Heart and Reality. — Heart so the story has life; Reality, so it's credible.

But what if a sudden turn of events created a story in which neither of such concepts exist? Would that world and it's people even sustain themselves?

Would that even be a story, in the first place?