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Arlene RotterThe Rebel Writer™

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Sample chapters from Arlene’s newest fiction, set for comfortable reading on any screen. More excerpts are on the way.

Psychological Thriller · 13 min read

The Mind Bender Files: Chapter One

A thirteen-year-old boy kills a stranger in a city alley, then waits under a streetlight for the police. He calls himself Hawk. He answers to someone called Dominus. And somewhere beneath the conditioning, a boy named Carter is not yet dead.

Content note: Gun violence, a death, and the rough handling of a child in custody. Brief strong language.

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