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alexseanchai) wrote2016-07-04 12:08 am
alexseanchai) wrote2016-07-04 12:08 am
My Magic Is Unwritten 1: Connect the Dots
This short story is the first in the My Magic Is Unwritten series of small-town fantasy stories featuring the same trio of multiply marginalized women. The series title, from the poem "A Woman Speaks", honors the poet Audre Lorde.
This microfunded short story is being posted a few paragraphs at a time, as donations come in to cover each segment. There are twenty-three segments in all, totaling 2581 words; the first segment is being posted for free. Donations may be sent via Paypal.me. Feel free to ask me about the number of words in the next few segments, if you want to fund a certain number of segments. When complete, the story will be crossposted to Sunbow Publications.
Content warnings for this story, which are highlight-to-read because some are spoilers: (Screenreader users: click to skip this warning) Violence against women, including offscreen sexual violence. Sexism, racism, and mental-illness ableism. Please consider your tastes and headspace carefully before reading.
2581 words—Buy It Now: $149.28
Amount donated = $0.00
Segments posted = 1 of 23
Amount remaining to fund fully = $149.28
Amount needed to fund next segment = $6.06
Amount needed to fund subsequent segment = $6.54
Sponsors so far:ysabetwordsmith (honorary)
"Connect the Dots"
Alex Conall
He's following me. The blond guy, in the Eagles jacket, he's following me. Thinking crude thoughts. Mostly sex with me. If you can call it sex. Don't ask how I know. I don't know the answer.
He saw me in the library. Didn't say anything. Just followed me out. Down the street. Past the bank. Past the art league. I turned the corner. Passed the pub. He's still behind me.
Where's Matt? If Matt were with me, he'd stop, the guy would stop. Right?
I don't know where I'm going. Away from him.
This microfunded short story is being posted a few paragraphs at a time, as donations come in to cover each segment. There are twenty-three segments in all, totaling 2581 words; the first segment is being posted for free. Donations may be sent via Paypal.me. Feel free to ask me about the number of words in the next few segments, if you want to fund a certain number of segments. When complete, the story will be crossposted to Sunbow Publications.
Content warnings for this story, which are highlight-to-read because some are spoilers: (Screenreader users: click to skip this warning) Violence against women, including offscreen sexual violence. Sexism, racism, and mental-illness ableism. Please consider your tastes and headspace carefully before reading.
2581 words—Buy It Now: $149.28
Amount donated = $0.00
Segments posted = 1 of 23
Amount remaining to fund fully = $149.28
Amount needed to fund next segment = $6.06
Amount needed to fund subsequent segment = $6.54
Sponsors so far:
ysabetwordsmith (honorary)Alex Conall
He's following me. The blond guy, in the Eagles jacket, he's following me. Thinking crude thoughts. Mostly sex with me. If you can call it sex. Don't ask how I know. I don't know the answer.
He saw me in the library. Didn't say anything. Just followed me out. Down the street. Past the bank. Past the art league. I turned the corner. Passed the pub. He's still behind me.
Where's Matt? If Matt were with me, he'd stop, the guy would stop. Right?
I don't know where I'm going. Away from him.
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*fishes in pockets for loose change* I am not going to offer to sponsor now as I am way over any sort of sensible budget for my circumstances already, but I will be watching this space.
Good luck.
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If you want to help without spending money, you could boost the signal in hopes someone with money will be intrigued enough to sponsor a segment or three. :)
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:)