Louis Ting is the lighthouse keeper on Mystic Island. He is also a war hero, satirist, artist, and wanted by the United States Government. He may also be the most prolific writer no one has ever heard of. Although his writings have been distributed all over the world, most of his one-of a-kind stories have been lost to the ocean’s currents.
News from Around the Island
Carl
What do you do with a girl that lies, steals, and plays with a man’s emotions? You tie her up in the basement. At least, that’s what Carl White does when conwoman Sophie Monroe tries to rob him. Now, both Carl and Sophie struggle with the next move of a very dangerous game of chess.
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The Apartments
Welcome to the Black Rock Villas, where countless secrets are only an apartment away. Like a nonverbal autistic child witnessing a murder and needing to find a way to reveal what he knows. Or Cooper, a high school student dealing with the confused loneliness of adolescence and his mom’s cold detachment from her past. Stop by for a visit, but try to keep it down, some of the tenants don’t react well to incessant noise.
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The Hospital
William
William Knight is a high school misfit with the ability to control people’s dreams. When he falls for Hope Ferretti, the most popular girl in school, William tries to woo her in her subconscious mind, bringing to life her greatest desires. But, in the waking world, Hope is dating football star Joel Fitch, and William is unable to control his anguish. He unleashes a series of nightmares on Hope and her unsuspecting boyfriend.
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The Ring
She’s known as “The Cat Lady.” Probably because of the cats rushing ahead of her for scraps. She waddles along, rolls of fat draping her body, ballooning her legs, blending her breasts and stomach, dripping down her right arm like candle wax. Her left arm, however, is withered, thin and twisted, as if the first dying branch of a waterless plant. She shuffles to the dumpster, runs her fingers through her downy white hair, pushes the glasses to her face and begins rummaging in it. Customers from the nearby restaurant, to which the dumpster belongs, will comment, joke about, or even sling insults at this hideous troll digging about in the trash. But there was a time when she was considered beautiful.
Bubblegum Newspeak
She speaks as if she actually expects others to understand her. A series of letters and numbers spewed out as if she were the Enigma Machine. Textureless language void of any real thought or understanding. Who would have thought that the Orwellian horror of Newspeak would be created by teenage girls?