Toy
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  • Reads 146
  • Votes 5
  • Parts 3
  • Time 14m
Ongoing, First published Aug 25, 2021
The internet and tabloid press are buzzing with rumours about the disappearance of the mysterious billionaire street artist Crypto, the UK's hottest property in the global art world. No new pieces have appeared in over eight months, and their publicist has released a statement that they have had no contact. The press and the public all seem to think that it is another elaborate 'art prank'.

Callie, a homeless young artist who paints under the tag 'Ghost One', aspires to make a name for herself on the London scene. Her only focus is finding a way to leave behind the dirty streets, and the dangers that lurk in places where most people never set foot. 

When her rival, the leader of the five-strong all-girl graffiti crew, The Jubilee Queens, turns up dead in an underground tunnel, bled out beneath the electrified rails, the police and coroner rule that it is a result of suicide. But then three more Queens appear on missing persons posters, and Callie knows that there must be something much darker at play. Those girls were way too in love with themselves to ever do a thing like that.

With only a can of spray paint to her name, and a desire to uncover the truth, Callie sets out on an adventure quite unlike any other.
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