[a]stray

By Viktor Severn

Just to write down a bunch of scattered stories seems like an easy enough task. But what if there were restrictions imposed at times to make the whole thing a bit more challenging (for author and reader both)... What if every line of script has to occupy an exact length so that shapes will be formed... lines... ascending... or descending... or dropping straight down vertically... What if the reader has to carefully select the font to view the shapes created... (Spoiler: any monospaced will do, and as far as the shapes are concerned, it's no great mystery, just a bunch of rectangles & trapezoids) See... I'm already breaking all the marketing rules and leave nothing to the imagination...

Oh, and furthermore, some special characters are included that resemble letters which makes the whole thing more fun or maybe infuriating (depending on the reader). Some great gaps will also appear between letters (it's designed that way). I'm guessing you're already starting to get intrigued. Just look at it as if it were a game and not just a book.
Also, important to remember: Your device is not broken! I cannot stress this enough. Fear nothing, all is explained inside.

Anyway, here's a sample so you can get an idea of what the book is like. Then, go buy it. Or not; either way is fine.

a [ soul ] is an [ S ]

an S is not inside the body
it's not even close 2 the heart

it is however *cough*
connected with the heart
with a bit paper clip [staple]
at the end of a long thin string

trapped inside a hovering hexagonal kite

sometimes the air is windy
hence, the kite pulls the heart
and the clip tends to tighten a bit

this results in heart bleeding
OR heart suffering if u will

• Language: English
• Publisher: Viktor Severn
• Release date: Apr 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005448929

Viktor Severn

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Copyright

[a]stray

All rights reserved

Copyright © 2022

by Viktor Severn

Editing Supervisor: D.D.

Cover photo by john blopus (VS)

http://flickr.com/photos/blopus

Music in 7 & 10 by blopus

http://blopus.bandcamp.com

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Viktor Severn

About the Author

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The messenger is not important. The message, however, is.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

About the Author

Table of Contents

A font embedded

Dedication & short lexicon

Pt. 1

odE RelapsE

What if Clause kills

Resident Revisits

Recollection of a Memory Anamnesis

Glass makes the World go around

Pt. 2

untitled

h ( a i r ) S

OveR hauL

Losing a Fight != Losing the War

Every Dog has its Vlad

A font embedded

in this epub is Noto Mono, available here:

https://www.google.com/get/noto/#mono-mono

& licensed under the SIL Open Font License

available here: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Dedication

for all those w/out a home,

be they animal-like, humanoid, stories or others

short lexicon

probly = probably

sth = something

secs = seconds

sm = someone

yrs = years

agn = again

c = see

R = are

4 = for

u = you

B = be

2 = to

@ = a

$ = s

+ = t

1 = l

! = i

0 = o

as always

use a monospace font

or publisher default

so that you can enjoy the sketches

Pt. 1

a man & a woman try to communicate

odE RelapsE

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[cloning existent HEX 0004]

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ a false cry = a true need ? $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

a man tries to express sth true

you may really have to zoom out

so you can see the jet airplane

00:59 14/8/2005

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i am not sorry

but i am still sick

i am here but i am < not >

i choose reluctantly 2 B this way

so i can always keep fucking it all up

( s i g h * OR * s o b * i n t e r l u d e )

this little emotion overload (it's come over me agn)

it always comes & goes in huge waves (which undoubtedly i create)

& killing this clone is throwing dust under the carpet (it will come up agn)

i need u much more than u could ever know (i am always hiding)

and it's still killing me every single time (it does)

i do not wish 2 relapse anymore in this spiral

i cannot make any promises i never keep

i can only hope 4 a better morrow

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What if Clause kills

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a man tries

2 work through

what he's