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VIKTOV LIVES! (ONC 2023 HONORABLE MENTION) ✓

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Parts 24
Time 3h 27m

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Everyone knows Zenith, but nobody knows how the band managed to rock Zerkovkia's youth into starting a revolution... until now.

Tolya Viktov is coming of age in the 1980s to the tune of spinning records, cheap liquor, and Zerkovkia's nine year war with neighboring Blivdova. The perms and denim jackets are hip, but it's the underground music he's most excited about. By the time he enters university, his lyrics and his talent have helped him break through on the student musician scene.

Tolya, a duo of genius guitarists, and a bandless drummer soon come together when a producer realizes the key to achieving radical change in Zerkovkia is getting them to make music. What happens next is the stuff of legend and a whole lot of love, revolution, and rock and roll.

Honors/Awards:
ONC 2023 Honorable Mention
ONC 2023 Ambassadors' Pick (Round One)

"VIKTOV LIVES!" is featured on
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Copyright © 2023 Elle Chaika
Open Novella Contest VI (2023) | Prompt No. 44All Rights Reserved

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