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    The Wasporcist: Inklet, #5
    The Wasporcist: Inklet, #5
    The Wasporcist: Inklet, #5
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    The Wasporcist: Inklet, #5

    By Amy Laurens

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    Her ears buzz, day and night, like a wasp has taken up residence in her brain. 

    The solution? Call whoever it takes to get rid of it. No matter what the cost. 

    If you love stories that leave you glancing over your shoulder with a chill down your spine, don't miss The Wasporcist.

    1600 words. 

    Welcome to Inklets, a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One thing's for sure: you won't look at the world the same way again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInkprint Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2019
    ISBN9781386387763
    The Wasporcist: Inklet, #5
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    Amy Laurens

    AMY LAURENS is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for all ages. Her story Bones Of The Sea, about creepy carnivorous mist and bone curses, won the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. Amy has also written the award-winning portal-fantasy Sanctuary series about Edge, a 13-year-old girl forced to move to a small country town because of witness protection (the first book is Where Shadows Rise), the humorous fantasy Kaditeos series, following newly graduated Evil Overlord Mercury as she attempts to acquire a castle, the young adult series Storm Foxes, about love and magic and family in small town Australia, and a whole host of non-fiction, both for writers AND for people who don’t live with constant voices in their heads. Other interesting details? Let’s see. Amy lives with her husband and two kids in suburban Canberra. She used to be a high-school English teacher, and she was once chewed on by a lion. (The two are unrelated. It was her right thumb.) Amy loves chocolate but her body despises it; she has a vegetable garden that mostly thrives on neglect; and owns enough books to be considered a library. Of course. Oh, and she also makes rather fancy cakes in her spare time. She’s on all the usual social media channels as @ByAmyLaurens, but you’ve got the best chance of actually getting a response on Instagram or the contact form on her website. <3

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      The Wasporcist - Amy Laurens

      THE WASPORCIST

      INKLET #5

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      AMY LAURENS

      www.InkprintPress.com

      The Wasporcist

      Today.

      My ears won’t stop ringing. it’s been a week now—ever since Halloween, actually. That party was insane. I prob’ly shouldn’t have let that guy pour me a drink, even if he did compliment my outfit.

      But anyway, the ringing. Every noise echoes in my left ear with a weird, computerized-voice-over effect. It’s especially bad in a crowd, since the echoes get so loud I can’t understand what anyone is saying.

      I went to the doctor today. She says nothing’s wrong. I think she thinks I’m making it up.

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      Nov 8.

      Ear ringing persists. It’s like the electricity in my brain is going mad, buzzing so loud I can

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