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Sybil_C
Ongoing, First published Nov 26, 2017
doppelgangerfamilyfantasyfantasyadventuregrowingupmysteryopennovellacontestparanormaltheopennovellacontest
In Karen's old bedroom is a music box which can pull you in, quite literally.
When her sister is swallowed by the strange object, Karen will have to face the life she fled from years ago: a world of her own creation, where reality and fiction were submitted to her will.
A world which changed on its own while its owner was away.

An entry for the Open Novella Contest.
Edit: this story has advanced to round 2 of the contest. I have something I like here, and will go for a longer format, out of Wattpad :)
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