The Runaway (On Hold)
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Last published Sat, Apr 4, 2020
Violet Johnson is new in town. After making her abrupt and alarming entrance into the town, she quickly finds herself as an outsider. Much to her dismay, she ends up in another confined environment, under strict surveillance.
Shawn Collins is a bartender in this same town. His life is routine. Wake up, exercise, feed his cat, shower, go to work at either the bar, and then return home. That is, until his routine meets a slight stutter that begins to collapse his regime without him realizing.
Cover by Jananghae.
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