Sleepless Trepidation

Sleepless Trepidation

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Last published Wed, Jan 18, 2012

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Kharma Llewellyn had the picture perfect life and nothing could destroy it, or so she thought. The day her parents were killed in a car accident is the day that Kharma’s world turned upside down. Instead of letting it make her bitter she set out to fulfill the wishes her parents had for her. The moment her parents had discovered that she had a wild imagination and a knack for writing they insisted she pursue her talent but Kharma never did. So in memory of the two lost loved ones she did what they always wanted her to do. She wrote and published a book. And the inspiration for that book came from a set of imaginary friends she had invented when she was seven. Ten years later and those imaginary friends became fictional characters. Having a published book at age seventeen is a great success for Kharma and she couldn’t be happier but she does have a life outside of her story and other priorities that need to be handled. So when her characters, which have always had a place in her heart, start to actually come to life her love for them and the book falters. Her characters aren’t anything like she imagined and they torment her as she gets caught in between what’s reality and what’s fiction. They test her sanity and losing her mind is the last thing Kharma needs. Before she knows it she’s in the middle of her own story and she no longer has control over the very illusions she made up. As the creations of her mind begin to slowly drive her crazy Kharma’s left with one big question. How do you destroy something that isn’t truly there?

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