So close to reaching my goal on Kindle Vella for the first time!
Only 9 reads away from my October goal of 100 reads between my two serials. Anyone wanna check out at least the first 3 episodes of one of them (for FREE) and help me reach my goal for the first time since I started in July? :)
Here is a snippet from the journal entry in Episode One- "Dear Diary" and I won't lie, I cried as I wrote it. This story (I'm writing) feels personal, and timely, on so many levels. -April Washington (writing as Octavia Ambrose and referencing the Kindle Vella Serial, Whispers: The United States of Christ)
"When I found this notebook yesterday, I thought about that diary for the first time in years. I can’t help but wonder what may have happened to it after my parents were killed. It was in a tote of my childhood possessions in their attic, and the militia group that killed them is known for scavenging after their raids now. They leave behind a couple of their lowest-ranked members and some of the stronger men from the camps.
The armed militia guards treat the men like slaves, forcing them to sort and salvage whatever they can while they themselves smoke or play cards and watch.
Did they find my diary? If they did, did they toss it immediately, or did the guards read it out loud as entertainment? All I can imagine is them laughing as they slap each other on the back, mocking the young “sinner” who wrote it.
That thought brings tears to my eyes. Maybe I’m silly. It’s just a diary. With one little secret. But it was mine! My secret to keep. My right to keep it or share it. Without fear.
When I wrote that diary my secret wasn’t illegal.
I guess it’s not the diary, but the reminder.
Once upon a time, I was free. To live and love without fear."
***
“I think having a beautiful, brilliant black family
in the White House for eight years,
absolutely drove a lot of people crazy.”
-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Professor, Harvard University
“In the End, we will remember not the
words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alternate history/Alternate reality/Dystopian/LGBTQ+ fiction/ Cautionary tale/TW
Whispers: The United States of Christ
Dystopian / LGBTQ+ Fiction
The haunting story of the trials of a gay couple in 2028. Set in a dark and deeply divided America where love didn't win in 2015, leading to a devastating coup, and the end of democracy.
Welcome to The United States of Christ!
A cautionary tale.
Meet the main character (the author of the journal entry in episode one: Dear Diary) in the first three episodes, who has thus far remained nameless. Some episodes will be in journal entry format, and some will be told in a format from the point of view of the main character and/or the main character's wife, Amora. Later on, there will be episodes with other characters' points of view.
Serial stories to read one short episode at a time
