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  1. Rec *

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    Nothing in life is certain, except death, taxes, and Alastor and Vox. Somehow, no matter what universe they’re in, the two manage to find each other.

    Alastor is nine years old when V and his fancy family move into the house at the end of his street. They’re not at all how Alastor expects. He’s never met anybody as cold and controlling as V’s parents, and he’s never met anyone he’s liked as much as he likes V. They quickly become friends after Alastor saves V from a cruel punishment in the Louisiana sun, and V finds himself welcomed into a family where nobody yells at each other, nobody gets hit for misbehaving, and where he can be free for the first time in his life.

    What kind of men can two boys become when found family and love disrupt the cycle of isolation that creates monsters?

    (A queer coming-of-age exploration of how connection, trauma, and environment shape who we become, told with grounded psychological realism. A litfic-style narrative following Alastor and Vox from childhood into adulthood as found family rewrites their trajectories.

    A companion piece to It’s Not Murder, imagining what might have happened if the two hadn’t grown up in isolation, but readable as standalone.)

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    24 Dec 2025

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    New Orleans, 1926: In a world of ink, paper, and rigid social lines, 21 year old Vincent Whittman is still a shadow who’s chasing the light. A former copyboy with a grey streak in his hair and a revolutionary invention in his satchel: the future of sight and sound.
    After a brutal rejection from the city’s elite, Vincent finds an unexpected witness in Alastor: the magnetic Creole, King of Radio whose smile is as sharp as a razor and whose influence knows no bounds.
    A glass of Sazerac, a note hidden under a coaster, and a cryptic quote from Walt Whitman. Vincent wanted to change the world; Alastor might just be the one to help him burn the old one down.
    "Where do I sign?"

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    22 Jul 2026

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    Vincent Whittman has never struggled for control of his career, his reputation, or the people unfortunate enough to cross him.

    Then Alastor arrives: sharp-tongued, pretty, utterly unimpressed, and far more dangerous than Vincent ever anticipated.

    Their relationship spirals quickly into obsession, bloodshed, and more emotions than either of them know how to handle.

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    15 Jan 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 64

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    When Vincent insists on leaving him in his home alone for the first time to handle something at work, Alastor makes no effort to hide his intentions of invading the man’s privacy.

    He expects the superfluous amounts of wealth etched into the atmosphere in every corner of Vincent’s condo, but he doesn’t anticipate the toys made for things beyond his understanding or experience.

    Alastor is interested, he is curious, and Vincent can show him everything he wants to know.

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    21 Jul 2026

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    Three times Bruce trained his Robins to use their "Kid Privileges" (like crying, complaining, and interrupting his conversations) to help him escape unwanted situations, and one time his Robins trained Damian to turn those skills against Bruce.

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    20 Jul 2026