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    Human Spines
    Human Spines
    MonTannaSpring
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    Complete, First published Jun 07, 2016
    **Wattys 2016 Winner!**
        Fifteen-year-old Emmeline Jefferson doesn't have time away from the Demons. Not a minute to say goodbye to her family, not a moment to wonder "Why me?" Every second she's not possessed is spent begging stranger after stranger for help. But no one believes a sporadic girl who claims Demons have spent more time in her body than she has. No one until she finds Dumaine.
        
        Dumaine Chartres's whole life fits in his accordion case, his friends are nonexistent, and this fascinating girl is telling him Demons exist. These things all make perfect sense. What he doesn't understand is why humans have such outrageous issues with murder. Death is natural. If he wasn't supposed to kill anyone, they wouldn't have died. Nobody even noticed the bodies anyway.
        
        In return for a break from his internal demons, Dumaine offers Emmeline help, and she's willing to receive it from anyone. Maybe this boy can finally be the keeper she needs. Maybe chasing these Demons can explain why he's so different from everyone else. Maybe this friendship can work.
        
        With a wise but demented old man, and enough determination to perturb the Demons, Emmeline and Dumaine concoct a plan to unriddle their lives. The first step is to confront the Demon's creator. But something else seems to have found the creator first.
        
        And it only looks like an Angel.
        
        
        Human Spines is part one of a YA dark Urban Fantasy written in a style similar to Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me and Elana Johnson's Possession. It's the first of a series and told from the viewpoints of Emmeline, Dumaine, and their rambling but wise navigator, Hans. Through a diverse cast, it explores themes of learned distrust, fear of the unknown, and the battle against the evil inside us all, in a way similar to a Studio Ghibli film.
        
        
        Cover by ecclesia-
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    Table of contents
    • Dumaine and Chartres-I
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    • Dumaine and Chartres-II
      Wed, Jun 15, 2016
    • Dumaine and Chartres-III
      Wed, Jun 22, 2016
    • Reflection-I
      Thu, Jun 30, 2016
    • Reflection-II
      Wed, Jul 6, 2016
    • Church Demons
      Wed, Jul 13, 2016
    • Amistifer's Rock-I
      Wed, Jul 20, 2016
    • Amistifer's Rock-II
      Wed, Jul 27, 2016
    • Teaching Telliyon-I
      Thu, Aug 4, 2016
    • Teaching Telliyon-II
      Wed, Aug 10, 2016
    • Friends-I
      Thu, Aug 25, 2016
    • Friends-II
      Thu, Oct 13, 2016
    • Friends-III
      Wed, Oct 26, 2016
    • Friends-IV
      Thu, Nov 24, 2016
    • Friends-V
      Thu, Nov 24, 2016
    • Friends-VI
      Wed, Dec 7, 2016
    • An Old Man's Morning
      Wed, Dec 21, 2016
    • Hating Lochlan
      Wed, Dec 21, 2016
    • Hating Lochlan-II
      Thu, Dec 29, 2016
    • Talking on a Train-I
      Wed, Jan 4, 2017
    • Talking on a Train-II
      Wed, Jan 18, 2017
    • Talking on a Train-III
      Wed, Feb 1, 2017
    • Talking on a Train-IV
      Wed, Feb 15, 2017
    • An Old Man's Way to Work
      Sun, Feb 19, 2017
    • Who Names Their Child Glen?
      Sun, Feb 19, 2017
    • Who Names Their Child Glen?-II
      Wed, Mar 1, 2017
    • Everybody can Waltz-I
      Wed, Mar 15, 2017
    • Everybody Can Waltz-II
      Wed, Mar 29, 2017
    • Everybody Can Waltz-III
      Wed, Apr 12, 2017
    • Rooms Number Eight
      Wed, May 3, 2017
    • Rooms Number Eight-II
      Wed, May 17, 2017
    • Rooms Number Eight-III
      Thu, Jun 1, 2017
    • Rooms Number Eight-IV
      Wed, Jun 14, 2017
    • Rooms Number Eight-V
      Thu, Jun 29, 2017
    • Seeing You-I
      Mon, Jul 3, 2017
    • Seeing You-II
      Thu, Jul 6, 2017
    • Seeing You-III
      Mon, Jul 10, 2017
    • White Light
      Sat, Jul 15, 2017
    • It's Here!
      Sat, Jul 15, 2017
    • Noticing Sickness
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Noticing Sickness-II
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Noticing Sickness-III
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Noticing Sickness-IV
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Noticing Sickness-V
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Bus Seats
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Bus Seats-II
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Bus Seats-III
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • General Dindolcon's Plan
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • General Dindolcon's Plan-II
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • Going on a Walk
      Wed, Jan 17, 2018
    • Going on a Walk-II
      Thu, Feb 1, 2018
    • Going on a Walk-III
      Thu, Feb 15, 2018
    • Going on a Walk-IV
      Sat, Mar 17, 2018
    • Going on a Walk-V
      Thu, Apr 12, 2018
    • Jumping into the Fog-I
      Wed, Apr 25, 2018
    • Jumping into the Fog-II
      Fri, Aug 24, 2018
    • Jumping into the Fog-III
      Thu, Aug 30, 2018
    • Trying So Hard Not to Forget-I
      Thu, Sep 6, 2018
    • Trying So Hard Not to Forget-II
      Fri, Sep 14, 2018
    • Trying So Hard Not to Forget-III
      Thu, Oct 4, 2018
    • Trying so Hard Not to Forget-IV
      Mon, Oct 22, 2018
    • My Dear's Fight
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • To Be Continued...
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • Thank You
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018

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    **Wattys 2016 Winner!**
        Fifteen-year-old Emmeline Jefferson doesn't have time away from the Demons. Not a minute to say goodbye to her family, not a moment to wonder "Why me?" Every second she's not possessed is spent begging stranger after stranger for help. But no one believes a sporadic girl who claims Demons have spent more time in her body than she has. No one until she finds Dumaine.
        
        Dumaine Chartres's whole life fits in his accordion case, his friends are nonexistent, and this fascinating girl is telling him Demons exist. These things all make perfect sense. What he doesn't understand is why humans have such outrageous issues with murder. Death is natural. If he wasn't supposed to kill anyone, they wouldn't have died. Nobody even noticed the bodies anyway.
        
        In return for a break from his internal demons, Dumaine offers Emmeline help, and she's willing to receive it from anyone. Maybe this boy can finally be the keeper she needs. Maybe chasing these Demons can explain why he's so different from everyone else. Maybe this friendship can work.
        
        With a wise but demented old man, and enough determination to perturb the Demons, Emmeline and Dumaine concoct a plan to unriddle their lives. The first step is to confront the Demon's creator. But something else seems to have found the creator first.
        
        And it only looks like an Angel.
        
        
        Human Spines is part one of a YA dark Urban Fantasy written in a style similar to Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me and Elana Johnson's Possession. It's the first of a series and told from the viewpoints of Emmeline, Dumaine, and their rambling but wise navigator, Hans. Through a diverse cast, it explores themes of learned distrust, fear of the unknown, and the battle against the evil inside us all, in a way similar to a Studio Ghibli film.
        
        
        Cover by ecclesia-

    64 parts

    • My Dear's Fight
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • To Be Continued...
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • Thank You
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
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