After his digital dream girl turns cyber stalker, eighteen-year old hopeless romantic, Grayson Chase, decides to ditch all things digital for a retro approach to dating. As fate would have it, flyers for a dating hotline start popping up across his college campus prompting him to put his heart on the line.
Enter Caller 29--a sweet, shy, girl-next-door, who restores Grayson's faith in love. After two months of non-stop phone calls, Grayson falls head-over-heels for her, with only a voice to go on. All seems well in telephone paradise, until the morning of their first in-person meet-up nearly lands Grayson a date with death.
When a terrifying bike accident literally sends him head-over-heels, and leaves him fighting for his life, it's a race against time for Grayson to determine if his incident was an unfortunate coincidence or a carefully planned plot for revenge.
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DISCONNECTED is designed for potential adaptation into an audio drama podcast for the MediaCorpxWattpad contest. The DISCONNECTED series is a mystery/thriller comprised of police interview recordings, voicemails, and radio broadcasts, news reports, detailing a harrowing investigation surrounding Grayson's attempted murder.
Comps: Catfish meets Thirteen Reasons Why.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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