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(novella)
A COMPLETED WORK
This is the story of Noviko Tanaka-LaCroix in the year 2372 CE. In her world, the citizens of Syndicate share everything with each other -- your eyes are the eyes of everyone else. Secrecy is a luxury few can afford.
Noviko is a new mother, and a healer in her community. When she stumbles across an old man with severe mental illness, agents of Syndicate compel her into healing his mind.
In doing so, her life goes viral, and the very fabric of who she is is put under scrutiny.
She must endure the eye of society and her own unraveling sanity as she goes on a quest for answers.
(epic novel)
HIATUS
In the year 2412, a generation after the events of The Jellyfish Exorcist, Envy is a retired wetworker seeking a new start in the world of diplomacy.
Meanwhile, a young mutant named Mote struggles against her reckless instincts in a delicate survival situation.
These two protagonists are on a trajectory with fate. As a self-aware contagion rises to overtake the planet, every last living thing on Earth faces a fate worse than death.
Our unlikely, demented heroes must work together to stop it... if they don't kill each other first.
(short story)
A COMPLETED WORK
Eva has lived a decent life. It was love and marriage that saved her from herself, over a decade ago. Now, she enjoys a normalcy she once only dreamed of attaining.
But when a trip to Scotland goes wrong, and old demons rear their heads in the shadows, she stands to lose everything she's fought so hard to gain.