In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar coffee shop order. The novel examines the human condition, perception, socio-political systems, capitalism and consumer culture, incorporating paranoiac conspiracy theories, surreal cosmic visions, circular symbolism and shifting parallel worlds, with profound discussions of coffee, art, literature and music. [Dystopia, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Literary] #1 Sci-Fi, Spiritual; #Wattys2014 Award Winner; Featured on Wattpad, IndieReader, @DIGonUSA "Struck me to the very core of my being." "Very interesting concept of reality... Thought provoking.." "I have been turned to a whole new way of thinking because of you." "Like a seven course meal full of spice and illumination... One does not listen to a classical piece to get to its ending. No. It is the ride, the moment by moment...a genuine Masamune among stories." "It was both personable and philosophical. A rare breed of good story and thought provoking ideas... A virtual standing ovation would not be enough to encapsulate the absolute awe I have of you." "It's not a regular thing to find a piece of work that oozes sophistication and embodies literature and art." "The world Takatsu has created opens to the deeper awareness of another, the draw of another." - Mary L Tabor, Wattpad author, essayist, professor "Offers acute, almost painful observations of the minutiae of life, if life took place in a Murakami snow-globe." - IndieReader Insiders "Vapoury style that seems to hover off world at times...haunting and strange (which is good)...You're on to something different, striking." - B.W. Powe, York University English Professor, award-winning author, poet, philosopher http://EspressoLove.tk

After being kidnapped and thrown into a VRMMORPG, 17-year-old Suzuki Mato must find the line between his real and in-game personalities before it kills him. ***** Following the death of his popular online persona, seventeen-year-old Suzuki Mato decides it's time to retire from professional VR gaming. However, his plans are abruptly cut short when he's kidnapped from his high school and forced to be a guinea pig for Genaco Gaming, the world's largest esports and entertainment company. Armed with nothing but his wit and a new online persona, he's thrown headfirst into the virtual reality of "Live No Evil," a VRMMORPG littered with overpowered bosses, secretive NPCs, and backstabbing gods. His mission? Find a way to conquer this new world and get back at the company that took over his life, all while avoiding 'Parallel' -- a condition that would make it impossible to separate his real and virtual personalities. Because in a world obsessed with VR gaming, Parallel means death, and Suzuki just doesn't have time for that... [Parallel Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 out now, Vol. 3 coming soon] Content/Trigger Warning: some transphobic language

[LGBTQ+ FANTASY] [VISHERA CHRONICLES BOOK ONE] For ten years the nations of Brenmar and Minisia have been on the brink of destruction, but when a newly crowned King demands a peace treaty, most believe that war will never come to pass. Isiah, an apprentice monk of a religion on the brink of death, is about to follow in the footsteps of hundreds before him and travel to the capital of Brenmar. However, plans change when the Princess of Minisia arrives at his peaceful monastery. In the company of both the bored Princess and the young Prince of Brenmar, Isiah discovers that the treaty may not be what was promised. On the run from the cunning King of Brenmar, all three struggle to come to grips with the fact that their beliefs were wrong and that the key for saving the realm from war might be right in front of their faces. Cover art by: https://www.instagram.com/lilla.sill/

[COMPLETED] (BOOK I IN THE DREAM SERIES) Dani Deleon has a problem. With a single touch, she can see people's nightmares. When she starts to see the nightmares of a sadistic serial killer known as The Maestro...everyone around her becomes a possible suspect. With the help of Detective Jax Michaels, will Dani be able to stop this symphony of murder? Or will this unlikely duo fall victim to the very madman they're chasing? ----- THE DREAM SERIES: Book One: Dream Catcher Book Two: Dreamscape Book Three: Dream Hunter Book Four: Dream Phantom

17 year old Orion has recently moved to a new town due to the harassment and transphobia they faced at their old one. They're a person stained with old memories that they'd like to forget. Thats why they're ecstatic when the local group of queer outcasts- Elliot, Sam, and Xen- invite Orion to hangout at their self-proclaimed safe space: an hidden creek bordered by old concrete ruins and the twisted stories behind them. It only becomes a problem when Sam goes missing in the tunnel that everyone ventured into. A few days later, the bodies start appearing. Limbs broken and flesh mutilated by fire. Stoneridge is a small town stained with hidden secrets. And it's with Sam's disappearance that they start slowly rotting to the surface. Yeah. This definitely was a bad idea. "𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙡, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚, 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝙄 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙥 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩-" ☆ COMPLETED ☆ 🍂 Inspiration: Stranger things, I Am Not Okay With This, IT ✒️ [~75,000 words] 🪐 [Genres: horror, supernatural, found family, YA] ⭐️ top rankings: #1 in suburbia [9/20/22] #1 in imagery [10/19/22] #3 in tunnel [9/9/22] 🌱 [Instagram: @plantingthey