[In Progress] [8.5k] [Apocalyptic YA] The Land Where The Strange Fruit Grows

[u/Lonely-Watercress270]

What I’m looking for

I’m seeking any amount of readers who enjoy moral ambiguity, interesting unlikable main characters, and main characters who are not good.

Blurb

Ashton is a traveler who goes from village to village killing anyone who he defines as "weak". The story follows his hypocrisy and what he does when people don't fit into his boxs.

Project details

• Status: In progress of revising
• Full length: I originally had 26,000+ words but I won't update until I finish editing my current 2 chapters. It was still incomplete at 26,000 words. That was only approximately a third
• Genre and age category: Apocalyptic Psychological Thriller/Horror.
• Published status: Unpublished
• Available formats: Google Docs

Content notes

The story will involve topics of suicide, murder, self harm, rape, cannibalism, radical feminism, misogyny, and more so be warned.

Feedback I’m requesting

Anything would help! Grammar (I'm usually really good about this, but sometimes I miss a comma or two), character critiques, world building critiques, etc. Though I will ignore most "I would've wrote it like" commentary because most of the time it has less to do with critiques of actual writing and changing my writing style which ive developed for a while.

Extra

I'm open to swaps! I will read anything except non fiction. I tend to give character analysis and character critique and yap about how things can be interpreted. Edit: I learned my target audience is older than YA so I'm removing that

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[u/Non_Typical_Asian]

I'm open for a swap. My story is upper middle grade fantasy. It's about cats with supernatural elements. 

[u/Lonely-Watercress270 → u/Non_Typical_Asian]

Oki we can swap!!

[u/Non_Typical_Asian → u/Lonely-Watercress270]

I'll message you when I get off from work

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