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“Holy fuckballs,” Joey said again—as if all other words in the English language had escaped him.

“Can we even accept this?” Sam asked.

“Of course we can,” Joey said. “It’ll probably all go to taxes and stuff if we don’t, right, Topher? Topher?”

“Sorry, I’m really overwhelmed,” he said. “I never expected Cash would do this for us. How about you, Mo? You’re the creative one in the group. Did you ever imagine something like this could happen?”

Despite her overactive imagination, Mo was just as shocked as everyone else. The aspiring writer felt like she and her friends were living a ridiculous happy ending straight from the final page of one of her outlandish stories.

“Definitely not,” Mo said. “I don’t care what Cash said on the first day in the car—everything that’s happened to us this summer, well… it’s all been stranger than fanfiction.”





AUTHOR’S NOTE


Stranger Than Fanfiction is the story of five young adults who face unique social challenges. Several sensitive topics are discussed in hopes of providing comfort and inspiration to readers who have experienced similar issues, as well as awareness and understanding to readers who haven’t.

However, for the purpose of good storytelling, the characters’ opinions and choices are sometimes flawed. Please do not view their actions as generalizations or examples to follow, but as the mistakes and triumphs of individuals.

And if you’re a parent, I promise your child already knew all the bad words in this book.…