Author: Glyph

"People will be assholes to you if they think you'll take it-" he huffed.

"Only if they're pieces of shit people." she huffed back. "A person who isn't full of shit has no incentive or lure to be an asshole towards anyone. Never forget that."

"You really believe that?"

"No. I know it. I also know that if someone believes they are pieces of shit, nothing you do that says you see them as otherwise will ever be accepted as sincere. They need you to believe they are the garbage humans they say they are. They are wholly vested in that...shit. You thinking otherwise is treated as a whole other kind of mutiny. You still see and think...what you want to fucking see and think."

Syntax is EVERYTHING.

-AB

Elysum , on the uptake. | I dig that they ‘got’ it in their own way. | EXCERPTS [Outside].

” The Story Arc

In a gritty, spiritually charged version of Cleveland, a group of traumatized, magically “Aware” arts students navigate the brutal realities of inner-city life and overlapping divine dimensions. When brutal bullying pushes a fragile boy named Gabryl to the breaking point, his fierce protector, Anukai, projects her soul to save him from a bullet, leaving her physical body catatonic. To protect her and the rest of the student body from corrupt, encroaching demonic “Punishers,” the school’s teachers must uncloak as powerful warrior magi, arming the students for an epic, reality-bending war for their very souls.”

“Tone & Atmosphere

The book is a visceral, kinetic, and deeply emotional tapestry that blends the gritty, systemic realities of urban trauma with the epic, surreal scope of visionary fantasy and anime. The atmosphere shifts from the chaotic, colorful banter of the Cleveland School of the Arts to the terrifying, ethereal landscapes of The Empyrean, Messenger, and The Leuce. It is a story soaked in the pain of surviving a broken world, but illuminated by the fierce, protective love found in chosen families and the weaponized power of art.”