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A woman is murdered on her way to the imperial palace. Years later, another bearing her face and name crosses the city gates. From his desk, a man cursed with immortality fights for the freedom of his people. Far into the dunes, a courtesan is fated to end all things. Records of a Pleasure Giver mainly follows the lives of two people whose paths become intertwined. One is a man determined to bring about social change through political and economic means, and through violent ones if needed. The other is an elven scholar, once courtesan of the demon empire, living under a name borrowed from a woman believed to be long dead.

Author's comment

Art is never finished, only abandoned. After two years of work, I consider this work to have reached its end. It is the first entry in what I'd like to become a series of novels, and regardless of whether it ends up getting published, this project will always have a special place in my heart as it has guided my growth and learning.

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Far into lands unknown, a machine god lies dormant. To reach it, one must first unearth the remains of a dying world.

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This is the sequel to the above project. I've finished writing the initial draft and will be moving on to filling out some passages to be closer in size to its predecessor.

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You've just finished your studies abroad and return to your home country in order to work at your grandfather's company. Enters Nanase Haruki, a young and frivolous employee who seemingly serves the sole purpose of being an office pet. He greets the employees in the morning, makes coffee, takes and delivers everyone's order for lunch, and sees everybody off at the end of the day. Thing is, apart from these things, Nanase Haruki is rarely found anywhere during working hours. What's more, the business comes to a screeching halt whenever he gets upset as clients seemingly want nothing to do with the company until Nanase Haruki is back to his usual cheery mood. You decide to investigate the matter. Nanase Haruki is never seen leaving the office. In fact, your grandfather is adamant he must never leave the premises and insists you never stay at the office beyond working hours. Could the supernatural have a hand in these strange events? Or is it really strange coincidences? Whatever is going on, it's anything but normal.

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Spoiler warning: Nanase Haruki is not some supernatural entity, but just a young homeless guy with an online following which coincidentally counts a few industry leaders who base their business decisions on superstition (AKA Nanase Haruki's posts)

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Zera's not like most girls. Actually, Zera's not a girl at all, she's a sentient grimoire written by one of the most infamous mages to ever live. Hidden under the relational complaints of a long-dead and overworked mage is a sinister tome containing heaps of dangerous and forbidden magic, could you survive a relationship with it?

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Had a dream one night about some creature in a summoning circle saying 'I'm not like the other girls' and here we are 45 000 words later.

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A haunted employee works a dead-end job.

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Submitted to the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. Written by following genre/place/object restrictions within a 48h time window, this piece managed an honorable mention in the first round.

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This is a collection of some of the poems I've written in the first half of my twenties. Tears dot the page like shrapnel, and flowers are present as symbols of love, feminity, sexuality, femininity and the ephemeral

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