William Ghelfi

Hey! 😃 Quick update The book is going fine. I'm staying consistent, and I'm writing at least 300 words most days of the week. The "nightmare chapters", as I call them, are almost finished. There's one more, Chapter 7, then things should become easier to write emotionally speaking. Enough messing around! Here's "Chapter 6: Mom". Old friends, new nightmares. From now on, I'm going to directly share the permalink instead of the text of the whole chapter. Read the latest version right from the...

Hello there 👋 Here's "Chapter 5: Unveiled". B. gets to rest for a while. And if you want to stay up to date with the latest edits to this chapter, scroll down to the bottom ⏬ Enjoy! ✌️ Photo by Yulia Khlebnikova on Unsplash​ 5. Unveiled Sneaking down the fire escape, B. avoided any unsolicited attention from the holo receptionist. He measured every step, terrified, experiencing in his mind, over and over, the moment when the SB, which were undoubtedly waiting for him in the hall of the Tower...

Hello there 👋 Here's "Chapter 4: Down". A sentient vending machine hits on B. And if you want to stay up to date with the latest edits to this chapter, scroll down to the bottom ⏬ Enjoy! ✌️ Photo by Stéphan Valentin on Unsplash​ 4. Down Twelve. Out of here. Out out out. ’ B. was flying down over the steps of the emergency staircase that was meant to be used in the unlikely case of a malfunction to the elevators, cold sweat from the horror crawling down his back, warm sweat from the breathless...

Hello there 👋 Here's "Chapter 3: Up". B. and Zazee take a ride on the slowest elevator ever. And if you want to stay up to date with the latest edits to this chapter, scroll down to the bottom ⏬ Enjoy! ✌️ Photo by Radoslav Bali on Unsplash​ 3. Up First floor` The following six days accounted for a pretty unremarkable week, considering it would have been the last one of B.’s youth. They flew by in an instant, between business as usual at the Institute by day and acrobatic deliveries by...

Hello there 👋 Here's "Chapter 2: Deliveries". And if you want to stay up to date with the latest edits to this chapter, scroll down to the bottom ⏬ Enjoy! ✌️ Photo by Chan Chai Kee on Unsplash​ 2. Deliveries Perched on a seat at the front of the transport, B. was once again lost in his inner world. Only a week to go. What would become of him after the Thing? Was he going to be able to keep spending time with Zazee? Those questions and more pestered his soul while the dark orange transport...

Hello there 👋 Here's "Chapter 1: Chilling". And if you'd like to always stay up to date with the latest edits of this chapter, scroll down to the bottom ⏬ Enjoy! ✌️ Photo by Manson Yim on Unsplash​ 1. Chilling Ok, can we just agree that Wednesday is the worst day of the week?” Oh no, Zazee! It’s my favorite!” the boy replied, almost too emphatically. “Care to know why?” he added, with a smirk. The girl wasn’t impressed. B., don’t you dare regale me with another one of those bogus aphorisms...

Hello there, This is the first post of this new adventure as a writer. Manifesto Sometimes stories come to me. It’s been happening since my earliest memories. I was 7, maybe 8, the first time I tried to put a story down on paper. I had barely learned how to write and read, and I was already devouring classics: Verne, Salgari, Dickens, Peter Pan, Moby Dick, you name it. The natural next step was to learn how to - clumsily - typewrite and start working on my first novel. I left it untitled. It...