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1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Inspired by a lot of such *chalk pastel tattoos on paper* images from Pinterest. I have always wanted to create something similar and use it for my Blog theme but the ideas didn't hit this hard earlier, *SIGH*...maybe Next theme😮‍💨🤞🏻 So, finally some dividers with the same chalky-pastel-galactic designs 😌💕

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thank you ari for giving me a chance to brag (i’m joking) ab my fics, this is such a sweet ask 🥹🥹💐

sweet velocity, had to start w this, racer!jason/baker!reader. i was on something while making this, thanks to the person who requested this ily their brain 🩷🩷

study partners, this was obvious i think, i love a lit major jason too much to not write ab it 😮‍💨 i specifically loved writing the difference between jay a as a humanities major and reader as a stem major

thus i am a bacchanal, this is basically a fic that’s been buried under all of my other works, but i still love it, ares!jason/maenad!reader, rare smut work too lol

seven steps to lovers lane, A DICK SERIES THAT I’M ACTUALLY TAKING SERIOUSLY 🥹🥹 i love an office au sooo

hero for a day (wearing his redhood helmet), a drabble from my old blog. reminds me back when i first started writing 🥹

lilac blossoms & bookstands, this is my first ever fanfic that is no longer available. it is so precious to me. jason and reader meet next to a bookstand and share recommendations