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Posted on September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 by Ouanessa

What Inspired “The Floodgates?”  Originally the idea for this story came from the flash floods that were trending all over Google back in July. There had been a string of water leaks around my area and you could see the flush of water barreling down the streets. It gave me the idea for a story…

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Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by Ouanessa

What Inspired “Decoy?” There are a multitude of little intricate things that inspired Decoy. Let’s start with the title, I got it from a wine brand. The name stuck out to me at work when I was in the aisle and it just fit perfectly with the theme of this story because it talks about…

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