#the art of betrayal

[unhingednovelist]

introducing my published novel: the art of betrayal

[ written by @unhingednovelist , self-published on amazon ]

There's a lot to talk about, and quite frankly, none of it is pretty.

genre // horror, mystery

setting // small-town new zealand and a second location that i cannot mention for spoiler reasons

[ a note about this: the idea of the story is that you are learning of new information as matthew, the protag, is learning of it too. you quite literally go into the novel headfirst knowing literally nothing. i can't even reveal any other names other than matthew's, because it's all spoilered. ]

features // alternative storytelling format, cosmic horror, a sprawling worldwide mystery, missing persons, many lgbtq+ characters, desperate attempts at finding the truth

main inspiration pieces //

house of leaves - mark z. danielewski (novel)

illuminae/gemina/obsidio - amie kaufman + jay kristoff (novel series)

dark (netflix series)

moodboard //

playlist // 'the art of betrayal - a playlist'

content warnings // gore/injury details, unsettling imagery, hate crime mentions, medical gaslighting (i may miss some things but this is what comes to mind at the moment, please PLEASE let me know if there is anything else i need to add!)

other important information // unfortunately the novel is quite inaccessible regarding its visual content as many chapters are of scanned handwritten journal entries and other scanned media. because i have worked on this novel exclusively on my own, i was unable to make an accessible version at time of publishing. HOWEVER i am hoping that i will be able to change this sometime in the future!

[ hi yes! i know a great majority of these kinds of posts on tumblr are for wips, but i really feel like i must give a little attention to my first big project. a little backstory from me is that i started writing this concept when i was 15, and i published it at the start of this year! ]

[ i am also very new to writing alt text descriptions so if you think i should add more to my descriptions please let me know! ]

[void-dude]

A old conversation….

[anna-scribbles]

so this summer i am nannying a 5 year old who loves miraculous ladybug (my dream) & every day she asks if we can play ladybug and chat noir at the park. these are some comics based on our various games<3

[turtleblogatlast]

Little Leo watching telenovelas with his dad

Bonus:

[shepscapades]

A last life ethubs comic that isn’t really about last life ethubs

[apparently-satan-s-daughter]

I'll never unsee Kharntsune Miku 🩷 I just had to.

[ithinkdogshouldvote]

Rip Bill Cipher, you would have loved Chapelle Roan.

[hypertechnica]

did it mean anything to you?

[applestruda]

Hermittober Day 9 - Betrayal

[monobmp]

Thought about that tid bit of Bill mentioning that he can delete memories

[sualne]

Will your crocodad au come back? It has an Iron grip around my heart 😭😭

i've been thinking about maybe forgetting posting it vaguely linearly and throwing parts from different arcs whenever i feel like it instead, since it's that damn flashback that got me stuck. i don't know if ppl will vibe with that tho, since i've posted most of what the timeline is supposed to be like it's probably fine/shouldn't be too confusing.

also the timing of this ask is great, i just drew that, inspired by a mom and her kid i saw on the bus today:

[unhingednovelist]

one song for every oc

tagged by @cherrybombfangirlwrites - thank you bestie!!

tagging: anyone please join in!!!

the art of betrayal (published)

note: any one-letter names are spoilers and i have to obscure them so that people can learn and discover the characters themselves!!

matthew: fear of a blank planet - porcupine tree

p: castle of glass - linkin park

j: absinthe - i dont know how but they found me

s: the scientist - coldplay

m: unbecoming - starset

v: attention attention - shinedown

r: nothing scares me anymore - steve angello, sam martin

e: anachronism - crywolf

(another) e: kingdom of cards - bad omens/in another life - crown the empire, courtney laplante

t: wicked game - theory of a deadman

wip 1: exuviae / the call of the void

florence: do you dream of armageddon? - architects

ray: red summer - thornhill

vera: embers - no signal

mikey: half-life - essenger

jay: paradise - sixlight

apollo: datura [paroxysm] - crywolf

lucijus: take me to church - hozier

max: death poems - us in motion

wip 2: all the angels are dead

rory: hereafter - architects

halley: agnosia - valleyheart

caspian: earth death - baths

adelphi: sleepless - northlane

[void-dude]

I want them destroyed

[cowboylikesubai]

@littlespoonsokka on tumblr / my tears ricochet by taylor swift / anne sexton / mtr / unknown / unknown / unknown / alan shapiro / mtr / unknown

my tears ricochet is 100% from shi qingxuan to he xuan (i will die on this hill) anyway. here's another web weave. I'm very normal about them.

[damehimari]

Mother...

Was this thy unholy design?...

to turn mine conquest into a prison of time?...

Messmer's tone change hurt my soul.

[edenxrosey]

Highever Has Fallen