Bad Romance: Seven Deadly Sins Anthology

by Jess C. Scott

SUMMARY: A pop culture inspired short story collection which links star-crossed lovers to each of the seven deadly sins.

SYNOPSIS:

Murder, intrigue...vengeance.

Lovers whose relationships are doomed to fail.

Lust | Gluttony | Sloth | Envy | Greed | Anger | Pride

Bad Romance delivers a crazy delicious double whammy, with the intertwined themes of star-crossed lovers and The Seven Deadly Sins.

Eat your heart out.

GENRE: Fiction (pop culture / contemporary / dark humor)

LENGTH: 90,000 Words

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WARNING! The second story is more or less horrifying or humorous. jessINK would like to apologize in advance for any offence Twilight fans might take from the caustic descriptions in Literary Heroin.

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STORY SUMMARIES:

1. Blind Leading Another (Lust):
A high-schooler getting gangbanged is unaware her secret crush is one of the participants.

2. Literary Heroin (Gluttony):
Isobel's fanfiction dream comes true when Edwin and Jacobus materialize out of thin air. But the two hunks secretly have the hots for each other...

3. The Champion (Sloth):
A gaming addict attempts to win at life when he meets his match and marries a fellow gamer.

4. "I'm Pretty" (Envy):
A beautiful reality TV star indulges a new obsession when she rekindles an old flame.

5. Poor Little Rich Dude (Greed):
A young man leaves his lover behind when a winning lottery ticket transforms his life.

6. Heart's Blood (Anger):
A student plots to annihilate the cheating player that broke her former tutor's heart.

7. Never Gonna Give [You] Up (Pride):
A supermodel's 7-year marriage breaks down when her musician husband tires of being in the shadow of her spotlight.

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Hi all,

I was trying to find my way as a writer and person throughout my twenties. I won't be writing under my "Jess C Scott" pen name as it doesn't reflect who I am anymore (it's a pen name I used since I was 12 years old).

In 2019, I started working on some horror short stories and essays. I intend to publish them at some point in future under my real name (still undecided if I might use a new pen name for fiction).

See you at my new site if the genres are of interest to you :)

Thank you and take care! 👋✍️

-- Jess. (May 2023)

LINKS: New GR Author Account | GR Personal Account

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Previous Awards / Publications
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• Tea Leaves (Cha journal) / Jan 2015
• Playmates (Readers' Favorite) / April 2014
• Guest speaker in New Word Order, The Arts House, 15 Nov 2012
• Participating Author in "SWF Fringe" Debate, Singapore Writers Festival, 8 Nov 2012
• Author/Illustrator Feature, RCGNTN Magazine (SG), 2009

"Bold, fearless and always original, Jess C Scott dares to bring to light some of our darkest fantasies." --The Arts House