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A Woman Without a Mask

At 28, Clara Hayes has mastered the art of wearing masks. To her colleagues, she’s the perpetually cheerful graphic designer who never misses a deadline. To her overbearing mother, she’s the dutiful daughter hiding her anxiety behind polished smiles. To the world, she’s a woman who “has it all together”—except she’s crumbling inside. Clara’s life unravels during a corporate presentation where a panic attack strips her façade raw. Humiliated and exhausted, she flees to a quiet coastal town, renting a cottage owned by an eccentric, free-spirited potter named Marisol. There, Clara stumbles upon a dusty journal in the attic, its pages filled with haunting sketches and anonymous confessions from a woman who once lived there decades earlier. The entries mirror Clara’s own suffocating duality: “I paint myself in colors the world approves of, but my soul is a grayscale.” As Clara tentatively befriends Marisol and a reclusive widower, Eli, who runs the town’s crumbling bookstore, she begins confronting the lies she’s told herself for years. Through their unconventional guidance—and the journal’s cryptic wisdom—she starts shedding her masks one by one. But vulnerability comes at a cost: her corporate career teeters, her mother’s disapproval intensifies, and a buried trauma from her teenage years resurfaces, threatening to drown her newfound courage. When Clara’s raw, unfiltered artwork—created in secret—goes viral, she faces a choice: return to the safety of her old illusions or step into the terrifying freedom of living unapologetically. But the journal hides a final secret, linking Clara’s journey to the cottage’s mysterious past, forcing her to question whether true authenticity is a rebellion… or a homecoming.
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Ability famous

In this digital era, popularity is no longer just a number on a screen—it can be a deadly weapon or an invaluable gift. Glich is just an ordinary young man who lives off odd jobs, struggling to just survive in a city that doesn't care. But everything changed when a video of him went viral accidentally. Overnight, his face became known to millions of people, his name was mentioned on various platforms, and the strangest thing—he started to feel something different within himself. Suddenly, objects move as he speaks, the wind whispers along with his name, and electronic screens flash every time he appears on social media. It didn't take long before someone contacted him—not an advertising company or an artist's manager, but someone from a darker world. "There's a price to pay for fame, Glich. And you've just stepped into a bigger game." This world has secrets that the public will never know. Since long ago, there have been people born with Abilities, supernatural powers that only awaken through the spotlight of the world. The more famous a person is, the greater his power. However, the greater the power, the more people target him. Now, Glich is not just a young man who happened to go viral. He is the target. Amidst a world of influencers, greedy corporations, and shadowy organizations controlling the system from behind the scenes, Glich must find a way to survive—before his name makes headlines for the wrong reasons. Because in this game, there is only one rule: Become famous or disappear forever.
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