Ongoing
Deadline Tangles Around the Throat
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Mar 27, 2025
A4,288words
Synopsis

"A self-obsessed control-freak's quest to write a bestseller for the most judgemental critics, before a curse kills him entirely!"

Cafe owners Albert and Alberi, are looking for the most perfect story to conclude ALL stories across the universes. So when the ever-confident and charismatic Eliot Devlin teases about his upcoming would-be super-hit novel, the twins are happy to lend him a boost... with a literal deadline around his neck, of course!

Now armed with only a pen and a cozy seat at the back of the cafe, Eliot must listen in to the stories of strange customers, hoping to gain inspiration for his totally-planned-out novel, before the line tightens around his neck and his entire world fizzles out before his eyes!

...Perhaps he should've planned a bit more beforehand...? Nah, he'd win.

Note from author

[The End is Now]
[So Forget Your Teacup and Pen, Dear Author, and Face Your Demise. You Brought This Upon Yourself.]

[As for the lovely audience, please enjoy the various stories our customers bring us. Have some tea, not free of course-- just in exchange for your wise thoughts! Thank you.]

- Sincerely, the Twins.

[The End is Now]
[So Forget Your Teacup and Pen, Dear Author, and Face Your Demise. You Brought This Upon Yourself.]

[As for the lovely audience, please enjoy the various stories our customers bring us. Have some tea, not free of course-- just in exchange for you...

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