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The Rebel Elite - Book Club by Rebel_Town
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Welcome to Rebel Town, where all them outlaws cause this uproar. If you tend to stir up trouble, welcome, we like them wanted! Currently recruiting, become a rebel and join in the riot! This is a place to be free, to express and to inspire. The main goal here is to support each other in all and any endeavors, be it legal or naughty... Haters gonna hate, but that's okay in Rebel Town we burn them at the stake.
The Out by Skyblacker2
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Stacy is an alcoholic mother. David is the father of their toddler. Lulu is the Thai trans woman he cheats with. Maybe that's a good thing? "The Out" is a complete novelette. Rankings: #1 NewAdult (January 1, 2019) #1 MatureRead (November 27, 2018) Note: This manuscript is a second draft that I've posted in hope of critique. So the beginning may be clunky, but it picks up around chapter 3. Thank you for bearing with me.
Two Weeks' Notice by wordsfrommay
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Patricia - Pepper - DeBrosse is no stranger to living every day like her last. It was the kind of person she was even before being told she was ill. "Sarcoidosis" They said "A rarely fatal disease. Extremely treatable." But 'rare' never meant unheard of, and as her disease progresses complications put her on the clock.
Illumine by DLSproule
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So many people are afraid of the dark. Maybe we've got it backwards.
Yoshiwara by johnnedwill
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A collection of short stories - fleeting moments of gratification in floating worlds.
The Manipulation of Magic by FickleFriction
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With youth and beauty, not to mention both the good guy and a wealthy hitman dangling on a string, Lida thinks she can get away with anything. Then she tasted Magic.
The Myth of Wile E by wednesdaymccool
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Highest Ranking: #1 in Humor [FEATURED, SEPT-OCT] An idealistic poet refuses to budge from the last parcel of land a developer needs to acquire in order to build a shopping mall. (Literary satire with pop culture references and environmental themes.) synopsis: The Myth of Wile E. is a riff on the modern obsession with fame and acclaim, as well as a mediation on the artist's place in the modern world, as seen through the eyes of a naive poet who is made simultaneously pathetic and heroic by the pursuit of a singular goal. In this novel, we meet an assortment of eccentric monomaniacs, from mushroom hunters in search of a legendary truffle, to birders pursuing a possibly-extinct bird, to competitive Duck Stamp artists, to "the World's Foremost Living Statue"...and even a very stubborn spider. Meanwhile, our narrator--a terrible, yet persistent, poet--battles a ruthless land developer who's determined to acquire the poet's humble property, in an escalating battle of wills that spirals out of control when the media gets involved. With these quirky events as a backdrop, we gradually learn of the misfortunes that befell each member of the poet's family in their various misguided quests for glory. We also learn why money makes the world go flat, why talent is a white elephant, and what it means for parents to love their children "to pieces." Some of my influences are Richard Brautigan (especially), Christopher Moore, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, and George Saunders, so if you like any of them, I hope you'll enjoy this, too.
A hitman's story by doubledee79
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What happens when a normal guy, a bored guy with a boring life, finds out about an organisation providing murders and other criminal actions as services? He get caught into a spiral of crime he'd seen only in TV. Strange thing for an educated young man, he actually likes it, and finds in it his purpose in life. He' cynical, he has no ethic, he knows what he's doing is wrong, but he'll carry on till the very last day without searching for redemption. He's a lost soul, waiting just for somebody to take him down. Will he cry at the end? Will he ask for forgiveness?
Hard Core by BridgesTunnels
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Dominic is a twenty-five year old musician, trying to hit it big. Music may be art and passion, but it is also business and politics. Dom finds it a frustrating mix for an uncertain future. Returning from a tour, Dom is drawn to nineteen year old college student Charlotte. She may be tiny in stature but becomes a huge presence in his mind. When they talk, he is further intrigued - she's young but weary, skeptical but open, a living and breathing contradiction. Charli considers herself a realist. She likes to work hard and play hard. And while she may party, she doesn't smoke or do drugs. Her life is too busy to worry about dating or something like feelings making things more difficult. Right now the only thing she wants out of life is to connect but not commit. So when Dom shows up, she recognizes a complication when she sees one and tries to stay away. Soon Dom and Charli begin a relationship that neither of them sees coming. Once they are in it are they willing to make the compromises required to keep the show on the road or are they both too hard at their cores to make the band play on?
Cursed Love Blues by KateWickens
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Embark on a wild road trip that takes you into a twilight world of disgruntled angels, unreliable gods, desperate lovers, vengeful priests and friendly goats... A disgraced goddess, scorned by the gods and condemned by an ancient curse to wander the earth in human form But Atë is nobody's victim. Indomitable, mischievous and ravishing, she is determined to enjoy all the sensual pleasures of this world, even if they do come with a price. She isn't known as the goddess of infatuation and recklessness for nothing. Drifting across centuries and continents, through the lives of kings, geniuses and fools, she is haunted by a secret ache for a human soul she has loved and lost over different lifetimes. When a young blues singer mysteriously disappears during a Mexican fiesta and Atë sees a shocking face from her past, she realises the key to freeing herself from her curse might finally be within her grasp.