Hisashikarazu
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Translator. Writer. Spy.
(Maybe)
So, I'm writing a novel. There, I said it. And now I'm obliged to follow through on this declaration or risk being accused of being all talk and no trousers.
You are all cordially invited to witness this painful and confusing process.
No need to RSVP - just bring a bottle of wit and a six-pack of insight.
Novel in progress: The man in the Chinese room (Book 1 - Raising Mephistopheles)
Draft: 2 (? Honestly, it's all bits of recycled other things I wrote and whatnot, so I can't put a number to this.)
Completion: 90%!!!!! (Just a chase, and explosion, a couple of revelations and some emotional resolution to squeeze in...)
Target release date: End of May 2013
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Mariko, 17, 54kgs - 6,000 yen for 30 minutes to sleep next to her. 10,000 yen to have her use your arm as a pillow.
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After the Great Outbreak, is there any humanity left to save?
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01623 is my number. Im a product made by human. But what happens when the product becomes human, do you still treat us like a product? Lara is advanced technology made for human kind, but shes different from any other bionic. She feels. What happens when she is put into the world of humans and bionics? And learns that theres never a true line between human, and bionic.
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A new mum questions what she knows about herself, alone in a labour ward with her brand new baby.
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A story of a boy's and girl's friendship though the years which blossoms into a life long romance between them.
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With the surface of the planet in ruins, humanity has taken to utopian cities in the sky. From here a young warrior is forced on a journey to the site of a long forgotten apocalypse, in search of a mysterious box that could change everything.
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Letters during wartime, this time to a British soldier on the North African Campaign from those left behind. (WWII)
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There should have a been a flowchart, with simple yes and no answers. Is life going to suck? Yes. Is everyone going to betray me? Yes. Am I going to find love? Seems unlikely. I didn't get any of that. I was just thrown into the melee of life like...hell I don't know. And now, I was struggling to figure it all out, while trying to mend my broken heart. Awesome.
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Max is a normal teenage boy with the usual problems: in love with his best friend, Rylee and uncontrollable hormones. Yet when a new guy arrives in town all of Max's plans go out the window along with his life. Yet fate has a way of bringing people back.
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What the title says! A tale in the Magical Realism tradition, with a satirical edge.
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Kafka Teiller is a native French speaker, whose head is stuck in clouds, nose buried beneath manuscripts and algorithms and architecture books. His father is dead, leaving him alone with an android named Daniel, whose resemblance to his dead brother is uncanny. He's soon forced into the mystery of the 'android suicides' that having been rising, where the androids will purposefully deprogrammed themselves to the irk of their masters. Forced to find a solution before everything he holds falls apart, Kafka is forced into a dark world of androids and the rich, late Jonathon Froid (father of the androids) and familial secrets that run deeper than blood.
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A family try to deal with the economics of their times as a mother seeks sustenance for her loved ones.
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Emery Johnson has been crushing on her older brothers best friend for years, too bad in his eyes, she will only ever be recognized as 'Darrell's sister'. Ready to change that, Emery enlists the help of a single book to snare her dream man, but along the way someone else steps into the picture, shaking up the feelings that Emery thought were tightly secured and forever stable.
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Rory MacIntyre expected nothing from the states, except a release from his tragic past in Scotland. But every plan and assumption he held was shattered to pieces when a nineteen year old prostitute named Chris Hilyard wound up on the back of his motorcycle. Intrigued and endeared by Chris's childlike mind and strange innocence, Rory finds himself falling hopelessly in love - only to discover that Chris holds his own share of secrets from the past...
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He paused, as if unsure how to continue. "He wasn't sure whether you'd talk to him, so he sent me. Like a Valentine's Day messenger for people who're too shy." She glanced up incredulously. "Are you the macabre version of Cupid then?"
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A Christmas story about how even if you're giving something that you don't want, it's still a gift.
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Set in regency London, a murder leaves the Montrose twins as prime suspects at least in Nathaniel, Marquess of Hartington's mind. Cole and Catherine Montrose have many secrets to keep hidden about who they are and what they can do, but when Hartington starts digging into their past there is only one thing to be done - or is there?
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Then the lights turned off, but her petrified body didn't even jump at the sudden loss of sight, she just gazed at the kids standing in front of her with fear.
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Steam-punk era, Hillary Cervantes sets out to find out information regarding her master's death. In doing so, she enters a guild known as Ravencraft. What exactly happened? Why are there gaps in her memories? "Um no, you shouldn't do that, Justine. Women don't like it when other people look under their skirts."
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Steam-punk era, Hillary Cervantes sets out to find out information regarding her master's death. In doing so, she enters a guild known as Ravencraft. What exactly happened? Why are there gaps in her memories? "AGH, THE SILENCE - IT BURNS! WILL YOU SAY ONE WORD EVEN IF IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY BLOODY FUCKING SENSE!?"
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"And once the items are buried within, a Demon of the Crossroads shall rise from the dirt and grant a desire for the price of your soul."
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UlquiHime. Orihime begins to have delusions as she awaits the arrival of her manager outside of Dunkin Donuts. AU. One-shot.
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A Jewish weaver in fascist Slovakia during WWII dares to attend a high profile social event at one of his most generous client.
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In London Jackie soon starts enjoying the high life. But all is not as it seems, and there lies a fine line between reality fantasy...
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Book One A young man orphaned as a child discovers he has an incredible supernatural ability, along with a unique family and nemesis too.
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Fifteen and kidnapped by vampires? How much worse could things get? Lots. Especially if you're a Bleeder. /// NEW CHAPTER POSTED EVERY DAY!
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Bloomville: the last remaining city on an Earth destroyed by warring corporations. Four people’s lives are altered by a composer’s musical gift—a gift that each must choose how to use. Will they resist the extreme, capitalist monopoly? Or do they have other plans?
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DAVE is an AI operating a ship. The name is ironic. It’s the name of the character in 2001:a Space Odyssey who disables the deranged AI, H
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Actress Helen Holden wakes in hospital after an accident to find a stranger by her bed.
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Remember, at the back of your brain, the words of your grandmother. "The one who treads the dead ground tempts the within."
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A married man finds himself in a hotel room with a scantily clad, beautiful young woman - but he also finds himself in a sticky situation.
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They tear into me with their jagged teeth: blood, skin, and everything in between.
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It was nothing, just some letters written on a dirty window. It could be a decade old for all I know. Nothing. Really.
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A brief poem dedicated to those strong enough to toss away their insecurities.
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After winter comes spring, but the aftermath of the frozen wonderland can become a nightmare to those who have to face it's vengeful wrath
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This article won awards for featuring what you should do before, during and after an earthquake. Largely, fall down on the floor, get in a doorway, and cover up - that sort of thing. It might help to be concerned about your surroundings, bottle up some water, stow away some canned food and stably pin down your water heater and any loose shelving. Planned use in advance of these simple techniques works in a time of great crisis.
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Understand, dear reader, that Rocco was not a problem neighbor. His crime was that he liked to help people, and was good with a hammer.
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Nearly 80 years after the family was supposedly wiped out during the Revolution, and after a coup removes the weak democratic government, the only descendant of the Czar returns to her homeland as the new monarch after living in hiding. Now returning to the Winter Palace, the soon-to-be-Queen Amelia and her bodyguard Alex remember what it was like before they entered eternal suffering.
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He's on his way to work, walking down a nature trail. But he is stopped by someone that knows his name. And other things.
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The folks at Slick & Junebug's Diner discuss a woman with questionable morals who is dating a new man in town. Should someone tell him?
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She was ashamed of me. I know that now, and I think, somewhere in my mind, I knew it then, too. I could feel it in the way she kissed my lips desperately, quickly, quietly, even when we were alone.
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When a kindergarten class contracts a bizarre illness, their teacher finds a link to the mysterious mass death of her classroom’s goldfish
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Chapter Two introduces us to Collin, a young Multi who discovers the power of Fort’s music and dreams of a world without the Globe.
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If you were forced to date the high school jock that bullied you for a majority of your high school what would you do? Ringo Ozai has caused Greed Kano, heir to Kano Interprises and Hospitals, to break up with his girlfriend. The only way to win her back is if Greed finds a new one. He has forced Ringo to sign a contract with him and if she doesn't follow she loses her job.
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Bloomville: the last remaining city on an Earth destroyed by warring corporations. Four people’s lives are altered by a composer’s gift.
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A suicide. A stranger to the village. No-one understands. But there's plenty of gossip. Will the villagers get to the bottom of it?
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When a young lawyer is sent to France to ready a dying woman’s will, she finds herself swept up in an unholy, centuries-old curse.
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I don't understand women, she told me. Like that's some big new insight. Of course I don't. Do you?
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A young boy sets off to defeat the Iron Dragon... though things are not as they seem. In the eyes of a child, anything is possible.
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A shocking discovery on the way to work, the head of a kitten on the pavement, and the revelation of how it got there..
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A introductory piece to the antagonist of my debut novel. Braph collects blood from his captive... his lover.
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A short story about a pack of wolves that find a human child abandoned in the woods.
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What happens when we leave this world? Does anything exist beyond what we see? This group of ghost hunters are about to find out.
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There is a certain sin that one must never commit. Once committed, know that your soul is throughly and truly bound to Hell. Forever.
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A short look at the strange life of a man who knows what he loves: cutting grass.
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A group of highs-school kids try to understand why a guy from their school killed himself, and slowly they discover that it was their faults
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When you're away from the computer, what do your characters do? Do they just...exist? Or is there something a little more to it than that?
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Inside the locket is a picture of a smiling man. Someone I loved very dearly and the most. Someone I would never see again.
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Who knew stealing your hat would lead to something much more?! little love story on when a couple first meet.
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Enter the life of devoted Seeker agent, Rachel Moore, as she must do whatever it takes to stop the world's greatest threat: the Phantoms.
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A jaded New Yorker is taken down a notch. A very short short story. May have more parts to it soon. (cover image not mine)
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Is this not just a well thought out game that brings you to breaking point before yanking you down and sending you up to insanity once more?
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Cast a shadow on me tonight. Your simple words paired with your reassuring smile would sponge away the ringing in my head.
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the story takes place in the future with the setting being on a small space ship. and the EDS Pilot Alex is to deliver medicine to a planet.
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James has to decide between the comfort of his home or the world beyond.
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All Charlie wanted was a break from the day-to-day mononity. However, a zombie apocolypse wasn't what she had in mind...
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On the night martial law is ruled in Poland, a young couple undertakes a wild trip to a hospital. Will they make it?
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Nyx and Caerus have to beat Hell. And Hell is an asshole. Follow their *hard*ships ;D as they try to come to terms with Hell and each other.
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"So, are there a lot of you guys? Writing love notes and leaving them in the middle of the city?"
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This is book is being published and I can leave a sample, but not the whole. Here's five chapters from 18. Check the comments for details.
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After his brother died, Hitoshi Watanabe quit his job and decided to walk to the hot spring waterfall at the end of the world.
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would you want to continue walking forward as who you are, or grovel on the ground as an insect?
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Yes, awkward Pink Floyd reference. Wanted to write something about my obsession with making myself cry. Based on the cruelty of Moffat.
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A simple idea of what you might do on a bus commute to work. Especially a double decked bus.
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Fear Story is a series of short stories about a family that leads to the end of the world. This is the fist short story.
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One of Mr. Marx's many adventures across the world under the direction of the angry Cpt. Plankheart.
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Steam-punk era, Hillary sets out to find out information regarding her master's death. In doing so, she enters a guild known as Ravencraft.
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A young man agrees to meet an executive from his favourite writing site, with surprising results for both of them.
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Years after their idyllic time together. Two friends reunite under very different circumstances. Can they rekindle what almost was?
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In a future where touch can result in instantaneous death a family grapples with how to connect without physical intimacy.
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A woman discovers herself in her culture through the eyes of a stranger.
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At what point does a man choose to become a hired killer? Sean Riley is a hit man. His first kill defined the man he became.
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My first on ReadWave, please enjoy. This is only a preview/prologue thing though. More to come once I familiarize myself with this site
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A poem that doesn't rhyme - simply because they don't have too! (Truth be told, I'm terrible at rhyming things)
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A flash fiction ode to those tween twits who keep the marketing departments employed.
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The city is going crazy, people are being infected left, right and center and Jeffery Jefferson has no idea where to start.
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An introduction to a story that's been on my mind for a while. Witches, betrayal, secrets, and family.
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The whispers are ever present and the feeling of comfort does not exist; lost in a world that is stripped of all but one remnant.
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Selma, a runaway time-traveler who thinks she's psychic, relies on nurse Jenny to help her escape the prison-hospital holding her.
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A girl is invited to her friend's for a dress up tea party but the other guests seem to have more than tea and cakes on their minds.
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Hillary Cervantes sets out to find out information regarding her master's death. In doing so, she enters a guild known as Ravencraft.
- 1 likes
- 38 views
A crime / thriller novel concerning the hunt for a serial killer known as The Hunter.
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Now everyone's had their good and bad dating experiences. Yes, admit it, even you. Now meet Juliet, shy yet violent, and smart yet naive.
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Watch out for best friends, sometimes you might not be aware of their true feelings!
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In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place on earth. Until Liana Cantacuzino is ordered by the President to bring one in
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After breaking off with her cheating boyfriend, Amy Thompson decided to burn off her anger with a jog in the park. Bad idea.
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The city swarms with machines left behind from the war and only the strongest survive. Follow three survivors and their quest for freedom.
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A rogue, a paladin, a ranger, and a cleric go on a food run, but they get more than they bargained for at the Burger Lord.
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An academic stumbles across a mysterious radio transmission in a remote Norwegian town
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A time traveler cozies up to a stranger in a bar to get back her lost device and make her way back home.
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