Hopefuls Stories

What are the thoughts of a hopeful? Mind over matter, don't Mind mistakes, perfection doesn't Matter

Ephemeris (Fem) lives in a world clearly divided into the privilege and the neglected. Fem is a Fracid living in a deprived demense. Despite being cautioned against it, Fem is compelled to help a Hopeful girl. Hopefuls have lives of indulgence. Dependence on the drug Hebetate conditions their belief in possessing Talents such as being able to fly. Fem's intervention leads her to understand the true power of Hebetate. She had been accidentally exposed to a high dose and all her experiences and revelations have been the result of this. Fem realises their world is founded on ruthless population control.

In Hollywood, where everyone has a dream, actor/writer/producer/director Bogdan spends his days at the Rising Arc; AKA "the Screenplay Cafe". With more gray hairs than credits to his name, he is surprised to find himself involved with the much younger Luz, who has dreams of her own. Around these two, we meet others in this industry hangout - Sidney the director, Rusty the former TV writer, Burgess the philosopher, and the young hopefuls behind the counter: the lush and lusty Katy, the hyper-hip Dickie Tweet, the manly but mysterious Danny... Bogdan shares their stories of success and failure, even as his own romance goes through surprising twists and turns.

The first book is "The Hopeful Diaries" and this one follows on from that. The Hopefuls facebook group is carrying on the Things We Will Never Say Project that Carrie Hope Fletcher created on her YouTube Channel (ItsWayPastMyBedtime). In this book, there are writings from the Hopeful group. Stories, open letters, poetry, quotes and things we wanted to say to people but never had the courage to do so. You are worth the world. We are Hopeful.

What would you do if you were unstoppable, but ultimately weak? Dominic Monroe, better known to the world as notorious supervillain and criminal mastermind Bloodshed, is no stranger to weakness. In fact, had he not been seeked out by the Degenerates, a popular group of supervillains, he would have been a nobody, cast aside and forgotten amongst the supernaturals running rampant in the city. But they had seen something in him that he never could, and had made him into the person he was today. A cold-blooded killer with the power to destroy the world and anyone living in it. A monster with no bounds. A menace with no remorse. At least, that's what the world saw. After all, the world only ever saw what the Degenerates wanted them to see. Society was wrapped around the finger of a group of mindless murderers, and yet they were too blind to see it. Although Dominic is portrayed as a strong and undefeated champion amongst the supernaturals, he is aware that his image is only a half lie. He is not strong. He is weak. Sure, he's undefeated, but only because of one cowardly reason. He was cursed with immortality. Dominic knows he cannot hold his identity as the world's greatest supervillain for long, even with the Degenerates on his side. It'll only be a matter of time before his bluff is called and the supervillains are no longer deemed as a threat but something that can be easily terminated. Will Dominic be able to keep up his front long enough for the people he loves to fight back, or will it be too late? Find out in this enchanting, action-packed story that will leave you turning the pages for more.

A collection of stories, poems, letters and sentences by Carrie's (It'sWayPastMyBedtime on YouTube) Hopefuls on Facebook. "Write a message to someone but don't say who it's for. Write a little poem or quote a book that you like. Give a message to the world and I will fill what I like to call "The Hopeful Diaries" with all of these stories and poems and quotes and song lyrics and meaningful messages and in years to come, we can all look back on this book we have made and realise we are all in this journey called life together." These are the thing's we will never say.