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Dangerous Angels
This is the story of a young girl and her family/friends, her quest for life and finding herself in the world where she doesn't seem to belong and there is so much hate. This is a lyrical fantasy mixed with reality and it is a must have for anyone who is looking for themself....
Ecstasia
In Elysia, youth is prized above all. It is a city of appearances, of beauty and false fronts, of circuses and dances, of sugared cakes and liqueurs. As people begin to show signs of age, they travel down, underground, to “Under” the hidden city where the “old ones” go to die. The celebrated band, Ecstasia, composed of Calliope (keyboard), her brother Rafe (drums), her lover Dionisio (bass) and Paulo (lead guitar and singer/songwriter), live and play ...
I Was a Teenage Fairy
A girl with a fairy for a friend pursues a modeling career....
The Elementals
A teenager deals with her mother's breast cancer and the loss of her best friend who vanished during a school sponsored trip. Ariel is sixteen when she learns her mother is dying and her best friend disappears. Her mother sat her down one evening on the good couch to deliver the news that Jeni, Ariel's best friend had vanished while on a school outing to Berkeley. She'd sat on the same couch when she shared her cancer diagnosis. The test results were a...

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Weetzie Bat
Weetzie Bat, Dirk, Duck, and My Secret Agent Lover Man discuss life, children, love and death in this post-modern urban fairy tale....