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  • Midwestern Requiem by Mcoorlim
    Mcoorlim
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    Midwestern Requiem is a horror serial set in the mythic Midwest of Southern Illinois's Little Egypt, suburban sprawl trapped between the crumbling outlet malls and the endless fields of corn bisected by lost highways to nowhere. Kitchen witches and small-town teachers stand against eternal winters and the lies we tell ourselves under a land-locked moon.
  • Insurgents by BennyBroke
    BennyBroke
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    How far would you go to help a friend in trouble? Ben Perkins might go so far as to risk his job, but with a friend like David Telano, in the kind of trouble he's in, he'll wind up risking his life. With the encouragement of his girlfriend Jessie, a 24 hour a day weed smoker, Ben is soon mixed up in a war that's going on just beneath the surface of his quiet Ohio town. On one side is a former newspaper editor, radicalized by the murder of her girlfriend, and on the other is a wealthy businessman running a drug-smuggling operation from a private airfield. In between them is Ben, who starts out trying to help a friend but ends up just trying to stay out of jail and continue breathing.
  • Run-Book 1 of Distance Series by BreakStill
    BreakStill
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    A girl who feels unwanted and abandoned sets out on a journey to discover where she truly belongs. She joins a group of other misfits who, like her, carry the weight of their secrets. There's something unusual about them: stranger, weirder, almost "special". Run isn't just a coming-of-age story; it's a tale for anyone struggling to find their voice amidst the chaos. As they navigate the dark twists of their adventure, they quickly realize that running away won't solve anything; every choice sends ripples through their pasts and futures, threatening to unravel their realities. In the end, it's about breaking free from the confines of her past and embracing the wild unpredictability of her future.
  • Time to Love by UmaShan30
    UmaShan30
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    Shauna, a waitress in a diner at New Orleans, alternates between working and completing her finance degree at community college. Growing up as an African American in a not well to do family, she defied all stereotypes by managing to focus only on her studies and taking care of her family. Her life is turned upside down when one day she wakes up as Emily in the year 1860, a white merchant's daughter in the town of Walnut Grove. Can she survive and figure out how to get back to her life again? especially amidst attracting attention for her strange behaviour from the townspeople. Namely Brookes Damian, a farmer who's the talk of the town.
  • gas stations by stonedatthenailsalon
    stonedatthenailsalon
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    i'm tired of begging you to stay
  • The Case of Rotting Dusk  by LevsLowLife
    LevsLowLife
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    Nebraska, 1983. Monsters, ghosts, abandoned churches & Raspberry Glory Darold. A girl driven only by curiosity & ambition finds herself involved in a homocide case her small midwestern town never dreamt to see. But behind her bloody fingers & bandaged arms, shes not alone. She never was.
  • Belinda Bee by KarenMuensterman
    KarenMuensterman
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    Part murder mystery, part midwestern gothic, and part spiritual memoir, Belinda Bee is the story of coming of age in a 1960's rural community awash in a bewildering stew of religion, patriarchy, sin and secrets. A story of mystical beauty and haunting tragedy unfolds through the eyes of a young girl as she tries to protect her sister, the only witness to a terrible crime.
  • Kansas City by emilyc2of6
    emilyc2of6
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    Don't ask questions, because you might get answers.