These squatters aren’t just aliens, drifters and undesirables. They’re new world barbarians, conquering free spaces and making them their own.
An edition of The Red Light Princess
(2014)
The Red Light Princess
by James W. Bodden
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Everything goes on the Night of the Clean Hands. There are only three rules: Old debts are forgotten. Payback is forbidden. Killing is outlawed. But just for one night.
Kai, born and raised in the No Go Zone, understands that even in a place forsaken by the rest of the world, order always creeps in. As a member of the 25’s, a local enforcement gang, Kai jumps from the rooftops and glides over the streets, keeping the population inside the separation barriers under constant surveillance.
When a string of copycat murders disrupts the festivities of the Night of the Clean Hands, it falls to Kai to uncover the mystery behind the killings. As we follow Kai through the underbelly of this urban jungle, we explore a lost city with unspoken rules and unravel the secrets behind its devotion for the Red Light Princess.
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slum, murder, horror, science fiction, cyberpunk, punk, parkour, prostitution, celebrities, drugs, urban fiction, city, outlaws, chaos, killing, blood, mutilationTimes
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Men see beauty wherever they can get it. But that’s the allure of the Red Light Princess. Like any good whore, she’s whoever you want her to be.
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Hannibal knew your beauty was trouble. Only bad things could come from such a pretty girl. You were made for temptation. You would be a source of jealousy and greed. Men would lust, plot and kill to claim you as their own. He decided to place you in the public domain and donate your body to the pimps as a gift to the people.
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Men started praying to you, begging for a taste. That legend of yours spiraled out of control. You gave the people hope. They were told you were all they ever needed.
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Death doesn’t end our devotion. It only makes it stronger.
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“That girl has done things to your head."
He pats my back, "Don’t pretend she’s not crawling inside of yours.”
He pats my back, "Don’t pretend she’s not crawling inside of yours.”
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They are all cheap copies and every one of them is forgotten.
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There’s fear and violence under the surface. One always follows the other.
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She knew every single one of us. Gave us the chance to share in her bed. We all took comfort that she was here and we were not alone. The princess had nothing but love to give.
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Death doesn’t have to be the end of it. Our love for her is stronger than the grave.
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My face is expressionless: a thing of stone. I’m mastering this moment. She won’t see anything but what I show her.
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We build up celebrities easily here. They tower above us on the public screens: huge and terrifying and out of our reach.
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These poor girls are just bad impersonators. They look cheap, really. There’s nothing special about them. They are just reaching out to get noticed. They don’t want to be invisible anymore. They don’t want to get lost in crowds.
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