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Eat! by RozalittleDhampir
Eat!
RozalittleDhampir
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  • Parts 13
It all started with a word written on a paper aeroplane - Eat. Alice is battling with anorexia, and paranoid delusions of being ugly. So when she meets Sam, falling in love doesn't seem like such a bad idea. But her heart is broken again, and soon enough she finds herself spiralling back into her hole of depression...
Memories of my Grandfather by VincentLam
Memories of my Grandfather
VincentLam
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  • Parts 1
Often when I am asked about my new novel, ‘The Headmaster’s Wager’, I am asked about my memories of my late grandfather. This does not surprise me. After all, I have written a book in which the protagonist, Percival Chen, shares many characteristics with my grandfather. Percival is the headmaster of an English school in wartime Vietnam, as was my grandfather. Percival lives most of his adult life in Vietnam but is ethnically Chinese, and this is crucial to his sense of identity. In addition to being a successful educator and entrepreneur, he is a gambler, drinker, and womanizer. All of these qualities in Percival are inspired by my grandfather. I choose that word carefully – inspired. The book is a work of fiction, and is not ‘based upon’ my grandfather’s life. It does not memorialize him or recount his actions or memories. Instead, it picks up on a thread of his life, and an era he experienced.
My Soul To Take by MomentoMori36
My Soul To Take
MomentoMori36
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  • Parts 6
Emily was like any other teenage girl, one night she was walking home from work... but she never made it home. Trapped in limbo, she must follow the guidance of the spirits who were killed by her murderer. Will she find justice for herself and the other lost souls who were brutally taken before their time? Be sure to comment if you want me to write more :)
Cloud 9 by pam
Cloud 9
pam
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  • Parts 5
Damien Nein is the richest boy in the Upper East Side. He’s totally tall, dark, and handsome, but all he really wants is to be taken seriously as a writer. When a mysterious text message prompts him to visit www.dafk.net/what/, he stumbles on the biggest crime ring in the country and uncovers its plot to take over the world. A 7-foot tall bouncer arrives at his posh condo, letting him know that his life is now in danger...unless he agrees to join the syndicate and enter a world of blood, guns, and bath salts. **Special thanks to Kristel for creating my new cover art! I owe you one!
Troglodyte Rose: A Rose in Any Other Game by AdamBeyonceLowe
Troglodyte Rose: A Rose in Any Other Game
AdamBeyonceLowe
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  • Parts 7
Life for Rose is a game. A deadly game. She lives in the squalor of Subterran Prime: a sprawling underground world where mad gods sleep around the fools who serve them; where the savage Justicars seek out criminals and undesirables for swift justice at the end of their bronze beaks; where hapless slaves are branded with the mark of the cypher and fed to the starving masses or the gluttenous ruling class. In this world Rose has two things: her intersex lover, Jay Chimera, and her imagination. Geared with both, she hurtles through dreamworlds and virtual realities, until she discovers the ultimate gift: a drug, the Haze, that makes her dreams reality. But in order to get the Haze she must put herself in the way of the Justicars and face their terrible thirst for punishment. Can Rose and Jay play the game and reach the next level in their quest for escape, or will they lose everything? This is a self-contained novelette that serves as a taster of my current work-in-progress, the full-length novel Troglodyte Rose. This is loosely adapted from a novella published in 2009 by Cadaverine Publications, which was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. The interactive website that accompanies this story is available at troglodyterose.com. Artwork by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon. Interactive website designed by Michael Bryant.