born to suffer needlessly

six short stories by yours truly

i guess they are litfic?

also includes a CW page for the stories and hand-drawn titles for each story.

stories inside:

• girlguts
  • "One day I will be beautiful and famous and then they will understand that they shouldn't have treated me like this." 
  • june is a teenage girl with a keyboard she can sort of play. she thinks she can become someone Cool, but thoughts are useless, right?

• purity
  • “I’ve felt wrong and confused for a long time and I want to stop.”
    
  • aurora is trying to think of what she might want to say. purify yourself and find the answer.
    

• words are too small
  • "I know people around me are dying." 
  • sometimes bad things can push you out of your own life, and sometimes a girl can pull you back.

• moviescape
  • "We never see each other anymore. It's pathetic." 
  • mara's relationship with her fiancee is falling apart, but the movie theater is there for her.

• echo beach
  • "Might be a good night to look into the future."
    
  • a diptych-type character study of two couples and a beach. get ready to go Really, Really Fast
    

• lower beings of the lower realm
  
  • "I was given a mission, after all... and I was given a pure and loyal soul to help me out."
    
  • hart would like to bring truth to this benighted universe, but only one person has ever listened.
    

so what do you think? they sound cool, right? you want to buy it, right?

(the epub formatting might be a bit jank, i'm sorry, i tried my best.)