THE OFFICE meets THE ZONE OF INTEREST - a darkly funny, unsettling novel about ambition, order, and the seductions of excellence. Berlin, 1935. Eva Albrecht is too smart for every room she enters. She watches men take credit for her work, watches incompetence promoted over her capability, until she meets someone who actually sees what she can do. Adolf Eichmann is a man without confidence or direction-pale, narrow-shouldered, the kind of man people look through rather than at. Every failure has taught him to disappear. But through Eva's gaze, he realizes the man he could become, if he can only believe in himself. Together they'll build something unprecedented: an assembly line where every improvement means more suffering-and they will learn what it means to be essential to someone, even when what you're essential for is unforgivable. Equal parts satire and elegy, The Banality of Eva asks what happens when the habits that make us good workers make us evil people. Ambrose Ilya Slopovich was born in 1971 to a Ukrainian-Jewish father who fled Odessa and a lapsed Episcopalian mother from rural Virginia. After practicing administrative law in Washington, D.C., he left legal practice to study the politics and literature of Weimar Germany. He is the author of several works of literary and cultural criticism, including The Arithmetic of Irony: Robert Musil and the Failure of Rational Man, World as Footnote: Egon Friedell and the Comic History of Catastrophe, and Secondhand Symbols: Language and Power in Post-Soviet Fiction. His first novel, Bureaucratic Sublime, appeared in 2020. Slopovich divides his time between Arlington, Virginia and Poland, where he teaches American and comparative literature at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

"Sooner or later, you'll fall for me, too." Theodore bursts into laughter. "I don't know where your confidence is coming from." Jacob chuckles and says, "I just know." And then it catches Theodore off guard when Jacob adds, "We should be making out right now." Theodore swallows and looks him in the eye. "We should." "And I should be undressing you at this very moment," he continues, "We could stay up all night with our hands on each other and just... forget everything." ****** Meet Jacob and Theodore, the polar opposites within a tight-knit circle of the most esteemed members of society. Jacob, reserved and hard to read, isn't exactly Theodore's biggest fan-unlike everyone else, who's head over heels for the golden boy. However, as they navigate their way through law school, they trip over a connection that sparks a lowkey romance, catching both of them by surprise. Content warning: Physical assault, homophobia, mental health, strong language, sexual content Started: September 21, 2023 Ended: January 9, 2024 Revised: June 1, 2025 - June 28, 2025

When Christmas comes to the sleepy town of Hillbury, so does a love letter for Holly Ambrose - a love letter from a secret admirer. Amidst the yuletide balls and Christmas cheer of Victorian England, Holly vows to uncover the source of the letter, but will the self-avowed intellectual fall in love in the process? This Yuletide novella is twelve chapters long, with a chapter posted each day until Christmas beginning on Sunday the 14th. It's just a little christmas present to all my wonderful Wattpad friends.

AUTHOR NOTE: this is my first Wattpad fanfiction, and my native language isn't English, so forgive any spelling mistakes or bad writing. Cover is not mine. BOOK NOTE: the countryhumans in this AU have wings and special abilities (for example mind reading or future telling) DESCRIPTION: After Russia's horrible past, he thought he could never feel joy or love ever again. He figured he was wrong when he met America, the exact person in his life he never knew he needed. Will Russia open up to him and have his happy ever after, or will he get backstabbed and left broken hearted, again? WARNING: - not historically accurate - swear words - PTSD/trauma - LGBTQ+ - violence / blood / gore -suicidal thoughts - enslavement - torture DOES NOT CONTAIN SMUT BUT ISN'T MENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN'S / SENSITIVE PEOPLE'S EYES AS THIS STORY CONTAINS LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIOLENCE! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

General Sevei is of the firm opinion that Nobles are shady and Alchemists even shadier. Noble Alchemists are the absolute worst. He is not looking forward to partnering with one to guard the border. Upon their introduction, though, it would seem they have already met... under very intimate circumstances. Oh...,**** Set in the same world as Salvage, but we're going back in time for some Medieval sword and sorcery! This wholesome, happy-endings-all-around, smutty queer fantasy romance features an M/M main couple along with a host of supporting characters bringing some trans rep, some pan rep, some sex worker positivity, and even a straight ally who tries his darndest, bless his little puppy heart. Plenty of fluff, plenty of sexy times, a few funny bits, and our gang do all make it through the Horrors - but there is a war on, so there's also plenty of angst and a bit of bloody violence along the way. CW: Violence, violent death (no main characters), homophobic society, internalized homophobia and closeting, internalized transphobia (supporting character), war veteran ptsd, slavery (supporting character - no abuse of this character is depicted and sentiments are anti-slavery), strong language, detailed sexual content (all consensual), discussion of sex work.

Thaddaeus is a killer. A skilled hitman and negotiator, working under the small but notoriously known organized criminal syndicate, Enigma. Thaddaeus is also tired. Bored of his work and its repetitive and bloody nature. But one thing that the gangster looks forward to; is getting absolved of his sins via the priests of St. Clementia's Chapel. It's his safe haven and a place to make peace with his crimes and with himself. However, when his usual priest is out sick, Thaddaeus finds himself having to find absolution from a young volunteer priest with a voice that makes the gangster want to sin both in and out of the church. **Man x Man story**

This book will contain short stories based on Femdom! Dominating females x Subby cute males If you do not like such dynamic, kindly avoid saying hurtful stuff and leave this book alone! Enjoy! Started:- 19th November, 2024

18 years old Jimmy Jordan decides to transfer from his elite class high school to March local high school that is located at the other side of the town, risking his parents' trust in him with one decision. a one life changer decision that is based on a boy. Brandon Reed is a 16 years old tiny and fragile boy. he might be the loneliest kid in March local high school, but not for a long time. But what secret would make Jimmy leave his luxurious school and move into a local one just for a boy? Started: Sep 8, 2023. Ended: March 25, 2024. #2 in drama #3 in gaylove #6 in books. #10 in protective

A girl woke up at 2am and decided to drown her thoughts before it drowns her.

Reich gets caught in a snowstorm and is injured. But instead of treating him like a prisoner with no rights, Soviet Union decides to treat him more like a guest. In the process, he finds out about Rech's life and wants to give him the kindness and care he thinks he deserves. Unfortunately, other creatures don't find it so good. I translated my first story "War or Love" for the second time. The Book is from 2020. Further information: - It's a fictional story, with other events that are true, some things change because one event influenced the whole story - This was my first story - Blood - Violence - That means what the person is thinking (I rarely use it): < and > - I have Reading and spelling disability