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R.P. Dunwater | Queer Fantasy Author

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Today’s #WIPSnips word is “other.”
Nell is plagued by guilt and intrusive thoughts that take on a life of their own in The Shadow of Payne.
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A quote from The shadow of Payne by R.P. Dunwater. A witchy dark fantasy. “"Who is it you speak to?"
"No one."
The pitying look on her face made me want to bury myself in the cellar, never to see the light of day again. "It haunts you, doesn't it?" she asked sadly. "This darkness. I can feel it like an aura around us. It weighs so heavily." I rolled my eyes. Fiddled with the hem of my shirt. "You make it sound so dramatic. It's nothing."
There were several other words
I should have used: Infuriating.
Maddening. Sickening. Horrible, dreadful, awful. But I couldn't have Hope believing-or recounting to anyone else-that I'd completely lost my mind.”

September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM Everybody can reply

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