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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    you long for someone to get closer, to notice the seams, to peel back the mask. but at the same time you can't bear the thought of anyone seeing you for what you are, because what you are, you've learned after facing enough ridicule for a lifetime, is wrong.

    (or, your name is paul matthews, and you've never been happy.)

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    26 Aug 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    Richie struggles to cope with the reality of what happened that fateful night at Waylon Hall. Memories are unlocked, revelations are arrived at, and the restless spirits that haunt Waylon Hall seek out the living; but restless didn't have to mean ill-intended, did it?

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    21 Aug 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    After Pete, Richie, and Ruth meet their untimely demise right before their first gig in 95', they find themselves thrust into the future as ghosts. Ghosts who only Steph can see and hear. Through an effort to give the band a shot at performing, Steph joins in and they learn that if they perform with her, everyone can see and hear them. Now, operating under the guise of a hologram band, they start taking Hatchetfield by storm.

    But, through navigating the ghost world of Hatchetfield and unraveling the mystery of why they are in 2020 in the first place, they learn that not everything is what it seems. The core of the ghost world has a dark secret and even worse intentions concerning the budding band.

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    A Julie and the Phantoms AU with a Hatchetfield spin where the focus is more on the ghosts than the music.

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    20 Aug 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    Max had been spot on when he said life ended after highschool.

    From the king of Hatchetfield High to some alcoholic college dropout living in his car, Max had become a loser. Not like the nerdy prudes he used to torment but a genuine sad-sack with nothing worthwhile about him. On complete chance, Max stumbled across one of his victim's -Richie Lipschitz- online only to find him thriving despite everything he'd put him through.

    It was admirable and just watching him flourish made Max actually feel happy for the first time since senior year.

    He didn't deserve it.

    His life had been over for a long time and the only thing making it a bit more bearable was something he wasn't allowed to have. Losing it would be like dying just like he had the second his name was called at graduation; like when he found out he'd lost his scholarship; like the morning he woke up and found his mom missing. Over and over, Max had died and been forced to keep going like the a zombie and he couldn't take much more.

    The only escape for him was to take that last step and die for real.

    Finally, it'd be over

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    18 Aug 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    Paul loses his distant sister and gains a quiet nephew to take care of. He isn’t exactly adjusting well.

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    09 Aug 2024