THE MURDERIST

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EPIGRAPH

"there's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."

a study in scarlet, by sir arthur conan doyle

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SYNOPSIS

Finn Warington killed Alec Gilmore.

or

Finn Warington didn't kill Alec Gilmore.

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WARNINGS

+ profanity
+ mental disorders
+ eating disorders
+ depictions of self-harm
+ sexual themes
+ substance abuse
+ murder
+ violence
+ death
+ parental abuse and neglect
+ an unreliable narrator
+ teenage angst
+ satire

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TIMELINE

started — 08 / 20 / 2019
posted — 08 / 21 / 2019
finished — 00 / 00 / 0000

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DEDICATION

to ryann
thank you so much for all the graphics
and the name of this story
and the characters
holy crap i love you

to fran
you were my first friend on this website
and you're freaking awesome

to lauren
my wife, i miss you
i will take care of our children

to jade
thank you for coaching me through this dilemma
and i love you

and to you,
because you're pretty nice

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

i couldn't help myself from posting this because i though the idea was like halfway decent so that was exciting

and once again, thank you so much to ryann for all of the graphics in this story, and helping me come up with the name, and the characters and all that jazz. you a real g and i love you <3

( and that cover is fucking amazing, no cap )

— malia :)

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PREFACE

Maybe you killed a man. Maybe you didn't. Either way, a boy was found dead in your room, next to your bed. You're guilty, no matter what you did.

— MERCEDES DUPONT

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COPYRIGHT

plagiarism isn't very nice

© 2019, malia lockrem

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