Pseudocide Stories

Carlotta Giovanni, sole heir to the Northern Italian Mafia, a gutsy and confident young girl who possesses an unrelenting resolve and morals. Sent to foreign land by her late mother when she was a mere toddler, Carlotta finds herself back in Italy after so long to take part in a marriage she has no say in. Not wishing to live in a world where everything works per the rules of a corrupt man in a corrupt system, she aims to finally cut ties with the whole Mafia, eternally. Using 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 as her modus operandi. 𝕸𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖎. An artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. In other words, "𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗲"

[ᴏɴ ɢᴏɪɴɢ] ❝The moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it?.❞ 「 r i e l i s t i c a l l y 」°ೋ ❬ the day you said goodnight ❭ - highest ranking: #370 in suicideattempt 181108 #217 in notebook 181126 #30 in notebook 190316

What if it is all a mirage? What if you fooled us right? What if you faked your death? What if it was the only way of escape ? What if the science of deduction is right? What if the world is too ordinary? What if miracles do occur? What if i am right?

Kayla is about to fake her own death. The teenager has met a couple of strangers that claim to be experts on pseudocide, and they've told her what to do. And poor Sean Reilly, the exchange student living in her house, has stumbled on the plan. When Kayla begs, Sean gets roped in. I mean, only with little things, nothing too serious: lie about when he last saw her, and hide a few facts from the police. Except, things fall apart in a hurry. When Kayla vanishes, the police suspect Sean of being more than a concerned friend. As evidence mounts, detectives zero in - there's no way out for Sean. They're arresting him for Kayla's murder. His one chance at freedom is to follow in Kayla's footsteps and reach out to the enigmatic strangers who make a life out of pretending to be dead. They call it enlightenment, but Sean calls it crazy. At least they have a plan, even if the first step is to kill himself. Will Sean have the strength to take the plunge? And if he does, who will come out the other side?

In the small town of Clairfield, everyone knows everyone... and everyone has something to hide. Thomas Rein has become the town's favorite target. Branded an outcast and desperate to escape the life closing in around him, he vanishes without a trace. Everyone believes Thomas is dead. Everyone except Daniel Scott. Unable to shake the feeling that something doesn't add up, Daniel becomes obsessed with finding Thomas. But every answer uncovers another lie, pulling him deeper into a town where gossip passes for truth, faith is wielded as a weapon, and no one is as innocent as they seem. In Clairfield, the greatest illusion isn't magic. It's the stories people choose to believe. ***** 🏆 1st place winner of Ace Awards 2020 in LGBTQ. 🏆 Grand prize winner of Top Shelf Teen Fiction Awards 2019. 🏆 1st place winner of Top Shelf Teen Fiction Awards 2019 in LGBTQ. 🏆 2nd place Winner of The Butterfly Awards 2019 in Teen Fiction. Copyright © 2020 by Leslie Lee Sanders.