Kyle Rutkin

She Died Famous

Welcome to Influencer Island, an experience for ten competitors to travel to paradise and compete for social media glory. Overnight, millions of users send off their submission videos, hoping for the chance to party with the biggest influencers and celebrities in the world.

Or so they thought…

By the time the contest went offline, over a dozen influencers were declared dead or missing. No winner was announced. The only hope for a conclusion lay in an unaired podcast produced by Cal Everett, a young reporter with his own mysterious connection to the murderous contest creator, Wyatt James.

As listeners will soon discover, James designed Influencer Island to be more than a battle of social media wits. If the contestants hope to survive, they will have to answer the question at the very heart of the competition: How far would you be willing to go for fame?

A Novel

Influencer Island

Tik Tik Gone

The headline read: "Superstar Kelly Trozzo Found Dead."With no suspect in custody, authorities turn their attention to best-selling author Kaleb Reed, whose obsessive relationship with the star has been flagged by social media and tabloids alike. Even worse, a copy of Reed's controversial novel was discovered at the crime scene. In his online confession, Reed claims that his relationship with Trozzo began with a tweet, an unexpected endorsement from the pop star herself. Almost overnight, Reed's novel garners national attention, and the reclusive writer is thrust into the spotlight. But according to Reed, the endorsement came with a price. In the days that follow, Reed is invited to Trozzo's Los Angeles mansion, where he is solicited to write a Hollywood memoir with a rather bizarre twist. Lured by her physical appeal and charisma, Reed delves further and further into Trozzo's fantasy world, ensnared by a twisted story of betrayal and vengeance .On the night of Trozzo's death, Reed finally discovers his true involvement in this story, as well as the pop star's alternative ending to his famous novel-one that leads to his arrest.

This is not a story for your mom's book club. This story is for anyone who's ever done crazy s*** for the person they love. It's for anyone who's ever been defriended on Facebook or listened to overly dramatic music while they stare at someone's profile picture. This is for anyone who's ever been hopelessly trapped in the confines of the friend zone, or who has a standard break-up procedure designed to minimize emotional outbursts. This story is for anyone who's ever looked at his college diploma and said, "Thanks, but what do I do now?" It is a story about hope, cyber-stalking, courage, crazy girlfriends and debauchery. But most of all, it's about finding what it really means to be in love. JD Andrews of is an overdramatic, hopelessly-in-love recent graduate, who will have to decide whether he wants his own love story to be a Shakespeare tragedy or a "G" rated fairytale.

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