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Full Stop
"All roads lead to Sorry Central," says one of the characters in the Orwellian thriller, Full Stop, the sequel to Next Stop, which reads like a page out of the modern day Divine Comedy. Crafted for Readers of horror, thriller, and dark fantasy, Full Stop explores the depths of a troubled man who is trying to survive in a world that he no longer recognizes.
WHILE failing to take full responsibility for the serious allegations against him, Joshua, who—following the wake of a disastrous job arranged by the incredibly wealthy and resourceful Maron Orwell—continues to lose himself in a virtual maze that he has constructed for himself, discovers a pinpoint's way out of the madness when a strange man named "Walker" visits him soon after he is arrested by the authorities.
Given his current status, Joshua still doesn't trust Walker or his unexpected offer, which, on paper, sounds so absurd that Joshua believes it has no bearing in reality. As though reliving a nightmare all over again, Joshua begins to question Walker, who promises Joshua closure to a story that desperately needs to end. The only The line between reality and virtual reality has completely disappeared.
But as Joshua finally starts to find a grip on reality, the world that he once knew is suddenly upended.
WHILE failing to take full responsibility for the serious allegations against him, Joshua, who—following the wake of a disastrous job arranged by the incredibly wealthy and resourceful Maron Orwell—continues to lose himself in a virtual maze that he has constructed for himself, discovers a pinpoint's way out of the madness when a strange man named "Walker" visits him soon after he is arrested by the authorities.
Given his current status, Joshua still doesn't trust Walker or his unexpected offer, which, on paper, sounds so absurd that Joshua believes it has no bearing in reality. As though reliving a nightmare all over again, Joshua begins to question Walker, who promises Joshua closure to a story that desperately needs to end. The only The line between reality and virtual reality has completely disappeared.
But as Joshua finally starts to find a grip on reality, the world that he once knew is suddenly upended.
341 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 22, 2024
About the author
Ellis Kross
37 books2 followersEllis “Izzy” Kross is a multi-genre author and graphic designer who has written numerous novels, screenplays, and short stories over the span of his career.
Kross’s writing career began in the spring of 2013 when he published his debut novel, The Shadow Player. The inception of The Shadow Player originated in the fall of 2011 after he discovered one of his mother’s old vinyl records that had been stashed away in storage. The record was ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’ by The Delfonics. Kross, having been known to sit on many stories, wanted to write a story about the relationship between a young aspiring musician and his enigmatic father who was left victim to his family’s dark and disturbing past. A former musician himself, Kross knew this was the first story he wanted to publish. He dedicated the following two years writing the trilogy which would later be known as The Fifth, a story which essentially put into question the existence of the American Dream and how far a young man would go in order to achieve It. The story mirrored Kross’s own misfortunes during his brief stint as an audio engineer and stagehand working under several headliners in the music industry and helped shine a ray of light on a greater opus to come.
After the first volume of The Fifth was published in 2013, Kross showed no signs of slowing down. Soon following The Fifth, Kross took a step in a different direction and created a two-part series called Freeze. The first book, A Week With Mr. Hopkins, was a modern spin on the infamous Greek mythological figure, the legendary Medusa. Freeze was adapted into the screenplay, Hard Copy, and received positive reviews on Black List.
Kross later went on to create his follow-up to Freeze, The Hate Train, a riveting coming-of-age story based around the dangers of virtual reality, as well as the hardships of losing a loved one; and then, later that same year, the Hitchcockian crime drama, The March to Sundown, was released. Kross has also written other works including Fictional Reality: A Nuclear Kid in Embryo Or A Procrastinatory Approach To End A Conversation, a blockbuster-type thriller which was inspired by his childhood obsession with Japanese anime, as well as the phantasmagorical Spell of the Eye, which reads like a lost chapter from the feverish Reagan-era culture.
Kross’s writing career began in the spring of 2013 when he published his debut novel, The Shadow Player. The inception of The Shadow Player originated in the fall of 2011 after he discovered one of his mother’s old vinyl records that had been stashed away in storage. The record was ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’ by The Delfonics. Kross, having been known to sit on many stories, wanted to write a story about the relationship between a young aspiring musician and his enigmatic father who was left victim to his family’s dark and disturbing past. A former musician himself, Kross knew this was the first story he wanted to publish. He dedicated the following two years writing the trilogy which would later be known as The Fifth, a story which essentially put into question the existence of the American Dream and how far a young man would go in order to achieve It. The story mirrored Kross’s own misfortunes during his brief stint as an audio engineer and stagehand working under several headliners in the music industry and helped shine a ray of light on a greater opus to come.
After the first volume of The Fifth was published in 2013, Kross showed no signs of slowing down. Soon following The Fifth, Kross took a step in a different direction and created a two-part series called Freeze. The first book, A Week With Mr. Hopkins, was a modern spin on the infamous Greek mythological figure, the legendary Medusa. Freeze was adapted into the screenplay, Hard Copy, and received positive reviews on Black List.
Kross later went on to create his follow-up to Freeze, The Hate Train, a riveting coming-of-age story based around the dangers of virtual reality, as well as the hardships of losing a loved one; and then, later that same year, the Hitchcockian crime drama, The March to Sundown, was released. Kross has also written other works including Fictional Reality: A Nuclear Kid in Embryo Or A Procrastinatory Approach To End A Conversation, a blockbuster-type thriller which was inspired by his childhood obsession with Japanese anime, as well as the phantasmagorical Spell of the Eye, which reads like a lost chapter from the feverish Reagan-era culture.
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