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Recursion

by Maria Ana Cruzate

💭 Is it your imagination? Or is it real life?

Genre
Suspense thriller
Chapters
51
Status
Completed
Reads
364

16+Review by Julia ·

Junica was a famous horror writer and celebrated in the genre of horror novels. After a devastating accident, she has not managed to regain her creativity, and she has writer’s block.

On a daily basis, she receives messages from her readers and editor to start writing a new novel. But every time she sits down to start a new novel, her imagination deserts her. She decides to take a vacation away from her family and friends. Junica hopes a new place will open her creativity and imagination so she can begin writing again.

At first, her solitude helps her creativity until the details she writes about start materializing around her. The reality of the town she is staying in hit home. It is a dark energy, and it seems she is summoning it with her book. The place she is vacationing in has a history of madness, and it wants her draft as its own script.

Themes Discussed in Recursion

😱 Dealing with paranoia

🤪 Sanity vs creativity

🩹 The struggle to reclaim talent after trauma

Reasons to Read Recursion

🕵 Slow-burning thriller that keeps readers on the edge

🎨 Psychological dive into the mentality of an artist

🤫 Uncovering dark secrets

👻 Perfect for fans of the horror genre

Meet The Main Characters

👩🏻 Junica

A famous horror writer suffers an accident and can no longer write novels. She is intelligent, cynical, and desperate to show her fans and editor she can still create great horror stories.

🖤 This is not a typical suspense thriller you will find at My Passion, but it is a perfect read if you like dark stories.

Recursion synopsis

Junica is a famous horror writer. But since an accident happened she has struggled to return to writing. She can’t think of new plots or ideas for her new novel. Almost every day she receives messages and requests from her readers, her editor is also trying to convince her to submit a new manuscript.

But every time she opens the laptop her imagination no longer works as well as her fingers.

She feels she has completely lost the only thing she could do to live happily.

To write and intimidate.

Until she decides to take a vacation somewhere away from her family.

New place. New people. New story.

But will she be able to write a horror novel? Or will she be able to bring to real life the horrors she used to write about?

Especially when she finds out that the place she has chosen is a stronghold of the insane.

Read Recursion – Prologue

Iminulat ko ang mga mata ko pero puro kadiliman lang din ang sumalubong sa paningin ko. Nakapiring pala ang mga mata ko. Naramdaman ko ang kirot sa may ulo ko nang simulan kong alalahanin ang nangyari.

Siguro ay nasa San Pedrino pa rin ako. Pero kung saang parte, ‘yon ang hindi ako sigurado. Ang natatandaan ko lang, naglalakad na ako pauwi ng apartment na inupahan ko para sa maikli kong bakasyon, at naramdaman ko na may mga yabag na sumusunod sa akin. Nang subukan kong lingunin kung sino ‘yon, bigla nang nagdilim ang lahat.

‘Nasaan ako?!’ Gusto ko sanang isigaw pero hindi ko nagawa. Do’n ko lang napagtantong may malaki palang busal ang bibig ko na naglalaway na. Tuluyan na akong nilamon ng takot nang maramdaman kong mahigpit na nakatali ang katawan at mga binti ko sa kinauupuan ko. Ang mga kamay ko ay nasa harapan ko at naigagalaw pero hindi ang mga braso ko na may mahigpit ring mga tali.

Pilit akong kumilos at nagbabakasakali na makalas ang mga lubid sa katawan ko. Hanggang sa tuluyan na ngang matumba ang kinatatalian kong upuan. Medyo lumuwag ang piring sa mga mata ko pero hindi ang mga lubid sa katawan ko.

Muli akong kumilos at pilit na kumakawala.

Napalunok ako ng laway at huminto sa ginagawa ko nang makarinig ng mga yabag na papalapit kung saan ako naroroon.

‘Tulong!!! Tulungan ninyo ako!!!’ Mga salitang pilit isinisigaw ng nakabusal kong bibig.

Papalapit nang papalapit ang mga yabag kasunod ng mga halakhakan ng mga nagmamay-ari nito. Laumangitngit ang pinto na tila ba kaytagal nang hindi nabubuksan.

“Oh?! Bakit buhay pa ‘yan?” boses ng isang lalaki.

“Gusto ko kasi ‘yung mainit-init pa ang dugo,” boses ng isang babae.

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Tropes

  • Intrigue
  • Crime
  • Horror
  • Action-packed
  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • Danger