Author: Daphne Star
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Genderpunk 2077
Welcome to Sidereal City, where your gender determines your path in life. Which of the twelve genders might you be sorted into—perhaps you’d be a hard-nosed Leo, or a mercurial Libra? Or would you slip through cracks in the system and end up ungendered, lacking the licenses necessary to participate in everyday life? Follow the…
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Family of Me
Family of Me is a serial fiction about a middle aged trans woman reconciling with her past through a series of conversations with her inner children. By confronting what she did and who she used to be, she hopes to build peace and purpose for herself. It’s an ongoing, autobiographical account of Daphne⭐’s life and…
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WitchNet
A year ago, magic – real magic, not just stage tricks – found its way into our world. It didn’t take long for networks of witches to spring up across the Internet, eager to share tips and help each other grow. Before long magic was nearly everywhere, just another unremarkable background feature of life. Andrew…
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Genderpunk 2077: Two
Another purple and white convenience store. This was the second or third one I’d passed on my way to Cumulo Plaza (I wasn’t really paying attention) and I’d barely been walking ten minutes. Like every other convenience store, I was sure it sold snacks that could keep my hunger at bay, and all of them…
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Genderpunk 2077: One
The wind whipped through my hair as I hurried to meet my client. I looked around at my surroundings, a nest of unfamiliar buildings painted in white and accented in various shades of purple. It occurred to me that I’d never been to this part of Cumulo before… To be honest, I haven’t been to…
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Memoria Demo Released!
Hello Starlings! In addition to writing, I’ve been a hobbyist game developer on and off for ages. Now that I’ve poured my free time into a particular project for a couple of months, I’m excited to announce it publicly! It’s a JRPG about unearthing your past and changing, made in RPG Maker MV with stock…
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Weighted Blanket
Weighted Blanket(a poem, I suppose) I dredge up the ruins of my own past and sift through its remains quite often nowadays. Where once I feared drowning in those emotional waters, now I swim through them as if I were born and raised in them. In a way, I suppose I was. Still, there’s much…
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I Passed A Girl
I Passed A Girl(a poem, I suppose) I passed a high school girl on the sidewalk as I was walking today. I glanced at her a couple of times as I walked by; curious, gently probing looks. She was pretty in the way youth is pretty, and she didn’t glance back at me, but she…
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The Elephant In The Room
Hello Starlings! I haven’t updated in a while, have I? Last December I posted about the first draft of a new short story, and there hasn’t been much content here since, save a Trans Day of Visibility poem. Most of my creative energy has been going to my serial fiction Family of Me, which you…
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Late Entry
Late Entrya poem for Trans Day of Visibility(dedicated to those of us who have to live in the shadows) Hi. I’m Daphne. I’m sorry… I’m not very good at this. I know that in a sense this is what I do, thisstringing words togetherbut I’m not really a poet. My medium is prose — speculative…