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  • Reads 83
  • Votes 9
  • Parts 3
  • Time 13m
Ongoing, First published Jan 18, 2019
Jacob Jones, is a sixty year old man who is an avid reader of the classics. He gets stuck in a a badly written novel of his life, with promises of seeing his family and friends again. But when he is faced with forced obstacles and terrible tribulations, he wants to return to his real life.  He is forced to do what he doesn't want to do. If he doesn't find a way out of there, he'll be stuck in the book forever, and never see his actual family again. What will he do?
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Sex and Death in Skeleton City

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Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]