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The Clockmaker's Shadow | ONC 2021 | LGBT
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  • Reads 10,873
  • Votes 2,190
  • Parts 24
  • Time 1h 52m
Complete, First published Feb 05, 2021
(HONORABLE MENTION) Rik Sandro is a dimension traveller. Jumping from one version of the world to another was intriguing at first, until he discovered he can never go home. Now all these new beginnings are just a pain. 
Maybe it's time to stay in one place. 
Maybe it's time to settle down. 
Maybe it's time to fall in love. 
However, when his latest lover is murdered, Rik fears that he's being stalked and now, he might not have any control over how, where, or when, his life will end.
 (HONORABLE MENTION and ROUND TWO WINNER ONC2021 )

A clockpunk adventure, my entry for the ONC 2021. 
(Clockpunk / LGBTQ / Romance / Horror)
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