Alexein Colt | Writer

One soul, last of its kind, has been split into two broken pieces across worlds. They must now find their way back to the oppressed world of Noor to restore its true legacy and their identities before their kind is erased forever. When thirty-year-old autistic Vanessa faces a monster in her office, suddenly filled with purple trees and not just desks, she realises her hallucinations were always her latent powers. She's an Elp'da, a person who can travel across the Equilum, a system of worlds that has been dormant for centuries. Well, she should be able to travel and more, but she can hardly conjure a dagger. When she's kidnapped and brought to the world of Noor, she learns that this place, out of time and space, is as broken as her powers, and she's supposed to help restore its function as the engine of the Equilum. The only way to do that is through the sibling-like bond and complementary talents she shares with Danny, a sixteen-year-old queer boy, trapped in conversion therapy by his homophobic parents. The catch? They're in two different worlds, separated by barriers they can only cross when they're in the same place, at the same time. The more they try, the more they uncover ancient lies, secret plots, lost people and attract the attention of the Palace of Noor, adamant about erasing any trace of their kind. If they fail, Vanessa will crawl back to her life of masking, Danny will accept his conversion therapy, and Noor's people will remain oppressed by a vicious government and oblivious to their true identity, leaving the Equilum fractured forever.

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One soul, last of its kind, has been split into two broken pieces across worlds. They must now find their way back to the oppressed world of Noor to restore its true legacy and their identities before their kind is erased forever. When thirty-year-old autistic Vanessa faces a monster in her office, suddenly filled with purple trees and not just desks, she realises her hallucinations were always her latent powers. She's an Elp'da, a person who can travel across the Equilum, a system of worlds that has been dormant for centuries. Well, she should be able to travel and more, but she can hardly conjure a dagger. When she's kidnapped and brought to the world of Noor, she learns that this place, out of time and space, is as broken as her powers, and she's supposed to help restore its function as the engine of the Equilum. The only way to do that is through the sibling-like bond and complementary talents she shares with Danny, a sixteen-year-old queer boy, trapped in conversion therapy by his homophobic parents. The catch? They're in two different worlds, separated by barriers they can only cross when they're in the same place, at the same time. The more they try, the more they uncover ancient lies, secret plots, lost people and attract the attention of the Palace of Noor, adamant about erasing any trace of their kind. If they fail, Vanessa will crawl back to her life of masking, Danny will accept his conversion therapy, and Noor's people will remain oppressed by a vicious government and oblivious to their true identity, leaving the Equilum fractured forever.

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😆 I hate comp too

"Are you listening to me?" Damanta said, offended by the lack of eye contact from her newfound pupil.

say something else. "I thought you were only good at making baskets and jokes with strangers. Look at you instead... all armoured up!" Danny persevered, his eyes darting around with no aim. Anything was better than meeting his serious gaze. Jay's arms, now exposed and fatigued from the training, caught his attention way too much. Veins ran across his arms, bulged and coated in tiny beads of sweat. A sleeveless leather armour covered his chest. You superficial, useless tool! His mouth went dry. He gulped. His feet, the floor, the pillars of the room, they all de- served careful looks all of a suddenanything except those arms.

No context distractions on this V day.
No matter your idea of love, I wish you have the one you long for ❤️

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But on her first murder case with her tutor, she’s convinced the murder scene is her own. So they end up in a rabbit hole and I have no idea how it goes on 😆

I’m working on a sequel to my first novel and a completely new urban Fantasy. The urban fantasy is about a dead trans woman who gets a second chance and becomes an investigator of demonic murders with a group of reborn who don’t remember their past.

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This week we're digging more into the nuts & bolts of your magic system! So let's start with the source.

Where exactly does magic "come from" in your world? Where/when does it originate? Does anyone know for sure, or are there only theories?

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I agree 😆

I love when Danny turns a desk thrown at him into LEGO bricks.
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2/2 That’s what happens in BARRIERS OF LIES but I can’t say who’s this person because 🤐 anyway the thing is, your schemes and plots will collapse sooner or later and you’ll break down and be exposed with all your fears and lies.

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Imagine being the only one who knows the truth but you can’t say it, else they‘re going to spot you and end all the ones you know. You can only plot silently and bring everyone where you need them to expose the truth and save your people. 1/2

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Thanks @zprospero.bsky.social for this!

#AllHandsOnDeck What image would you put on this card from your writing? What would it mean if it was upright or reversed? 10 OF WANDS Upright: Burden, Duty, Stress Reversed: Collapse, Breakdown, Too Much Responsibility

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We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: TEN OF WANDS

Who or what from your writing does it fit?

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Aw 🥹😳

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Definitely inherited and innate. You can build systems around it to control it, but only specific lineages are born as Elp‘da and only in the world of Noor. It’s not in the blood. It’s in their souls.

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Tell us about who can wield magic in your world!

Is it available to everyone, or only a special few? Is it a gift you're born with, or a skill you can learn? Is the knowledge gatekept in some way?

Don't forget to read & interact with others! 😁
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Centuries ago, a man from Earth was allowed in Noor, a world where all Elp‘da are born (they kept the worlds in balance). An opportunity for him, the demise for Noor. He has subverted rules in ways only men from Earth can.
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ALENNA’s DEAD l: draft one in progress.

Alenna’s one of the lingers, resurrected people without past, investigators of demonic murders. Her first murder case? She can’t stop but thinking it’s her own.

Trans rep, OCD rep

BARRIERS OF FEAR: draft one in progress.

Vanessa and Danny are rebuilding the legacy that Noor has lost after centuries of oppression. When they sense someone being murdered in one of the Equilum’s world, they must fight through time, space and their darker side to save prevent it.

Autistic, queer

BARRIERS OF LIES: finished, still editing and refining. First book is the hardest.

Vanessa, autistic serial ruminator, and Danny, queer boy, share a bond that can save the people of Noor from oppression, if only they can figure out how to unite across different worlds.

Autistic, queer

What am I currently working on?
Nobody cares.
And yet, I share. Deal with it.

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This has to be Danny. He’s the sensitive soul that balances Vanessa. He’s also the one who uses his hallucinations to escape real life and imagine he’d become a woman. He proves instinctual and creative when using his powers.

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Thanks for this initiative, I love it!

~keep the worlds in balance and advanced at the same time. They took knowledge from one world to another as needed.

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Not many vocabs.

Elp’da: are the people who wield the lowers to travel a system of worlds. Comes from Elpida (Hope, Greek)

Equilum: is the system of worlds

Noor: is the world, engine of the Equilum.

All Elp’da were born in Noor and used their powers to~

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Vanessa discovers her powers and journeys from insecure to leader. In the back of her head there’s the question: will she become like the villain who used his powers to decimate their kind? She’s scared of what she can do and still she embraces it.

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These sound so cool 🤩

Ahem… say more? Examples. 🤭 I need magic on this Monday. Can you share that one inventive trick you wrote with push/pull that made you go “wow”?

#AllHandsOnDeck What would you use from your writing to represent this suit? SUIT OF SWORDS (Air Element) Represents logic, ideas, intellect, communication which like the swords themselves, are double-edged. This can be used for both good or evil, to help and to harm

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We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

First, we need to define our suits! Today's suit is: SWORDS

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🗡️Hanna. Just by studying notes of her late mother she’s performed a ritual that sent her child‘s soul to another world, else it would have died from ectopic pregnancy. She’s now doomed herself. But proud. Has uncovered truths buried for centuries and sparked hope.
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