Radicalacceptance Stories

"there always has to be night before day, but the day eventually comes every time. dark times will always come throughout life, but overcoming them will only create a brighter future."~

Mind on overdrive

#YA Portal Fantasy# Pollyanna + Alice in Wonderland + + A Cozy Labyrinth (i.e., if Bowie was giving Hello Kitty not Elvira)** Seventeen-year-old track-prodigy Pollyanna "Pol" Monroe has spent her life trying to live up to her name. But when a car accident leaves her in a full-body cast Senior year-drowning her family in medical debt and putting her athletic scholarship on the line-her ability to be the family's bright light crumbles. Pol retreats into cozy video games, trying to ignore the rapid collapse of her future and her family's growing despair. Concerned about her disengagement, Pol's grandparents send in her estranged, top-hat-making Uncle Alison-a man full of wild stories about rabbit holes and mirror traps. Pol dismisses his concerned bluster as eccentric nonsense... until he hands her a clock-shaped locket and warns: "Wear it always. It's the only way we can make sure you come home, after it takes you." She humors him, tossing the locket into the crook of her arm sling-only to wake inside the digital world of her latest game. She should be terrified. Especially now that the game has added realms straight from Uncle Ali's stories. But it is hard to be terrified when she can run again. Here, there are no hospital bills, no dismantled future, no witnessing her family in pain. And no one expects her to live up to her name. But will she be able to leave? Featuring a Consortium of Classic Tropes: - The Eccentric Mentor - Poor Family vs. Power Family - Fairytale Gender Swappery - Lost & Found Family - Inheriting Magical Objects - Descended from Legends - All Real Life Stressor Shall Become Boss Battle - Old Besties Back Together Again - Portal mirrors the Real (but with a twist) Follow along with the development of this story with the Polly Olly Oxen Free series on https://open.substack.com/pub/cayseshultz