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I found myself in a motel, in a place where nothing was real. I found someone there, someone that I knew. [Open fanfic inspired by the BTS Music Videos "Boy Meets Evil", "Spring Day", "Young Forever", "I Need U", "Awake", "Blood Sweat & Tears", "Serendipity", "Fake Love" and the Wings series.] (Short chapters.)

Hope likes to read. She likes to watch television and follow characters. The only problem is, she doesn't like saving the world or making grandiose speeches that pander to a dystopian society. She looks at those on screen and thinks; "I could never do that!" And that's the problem. She watches the news and listens to the radio and its people saving people from burning buildings and its people speaking out for who or what they love. She watches those on screen and thinks; "I could never do that!" In a world of spectacular, comes a girl who just wants to be Hope, herself.

The ultimate disgruntled fan learns that revenge has a way of biting back, in this hilarious and moving tale of maturity, and forgiveness, delayed until it's almost too late. ____________ "An addiction to a beloved story can be as exhilarating--and as debilitating--as any chemical dependency." Nobody knows this better than Natheny Baruwal, a 26-year-old computer programmer and the ultimate disgruntled fan. When famed movie director Frank Castle releases his worse-than-horrible prequel, the aspiring screenwriter in Natheny takes over, and thus begins a convoluted revenge campaign via the Net that will ultimately bring him face-to-face with his hero/nemesis. But to truly escape the Master's influence, he will have to be bested, outdone, defeated on his own turf. Unfortunately, Nathe is also locked in a legal battle with his mother over her half-falling-down McMansion, where he lives like a squatter, the house a hostage to the ugly divorce triggered by her endless renovations. And his mother's not the only woman in his life giving him trouble. But they have more to teach him than he's ready to be taught, and--as he may yet learn--revenge has a way of biting back. Is he really writing that screenplay? Or is it, like the house itself, merely a façade that's forever threatening to collapse? Find out as his story converges with those of four friends, all groping toward their own 21st-century adulthoods, in this hilarious and moving tale of maturity, and forgiveness, delayed until it's almost too late. Excerpted from the forthcoming novel 'Twilight of the Adults'. P.D. Walter lives in Toronto. Copyright © 2016, P. D. Walter (pdwalterbooks.com)

« Congratulations! You have been selected as one of the participants for the reality show A Typical Summer with Archetype! » Antonia (Toni) Carmichael never cared about boy bands, applying on a whim for the irony. Dilan Taylor only pretends to, crafting a superfan act so convincing it got her a golden ticket. Now, they're both spending the summer in a beachside villa with Archetype, the world's biggest boy band. For Toni, it's absurd. For Dilan, it's an elaborate game. And for everyone else? It's the perfect setup - for a summer they hadn't seen coming.

Description Ashley Stewart and Malachi Barton are co-stars, best friends, and the internet's favorite "not-a-couple." Every post they make is analyzed. Every like is screenshotted. Every comment turns into a headline. Told through Instagram posts, TikTok lives, group chats, interviews, and unsent notes, Between the Comments follows two celebrities trying to stay just friends while the world watches them fall for each other in real time. Because sometimes the real story isn't in the post - it's in the comments. 💬✨