blacklight is an action fantasy webserial created by tkayo.
Synopsis[]
So here’s the deal.
My name’s Kihri Vyas, and I’m dead. That’s not really important, it happened ages ago, but it’s good to have the context. Anyway, me and my sister Zarah (the only person who can see or hear me) have basically been on our own since I carked it, surviving on the streets of Kaila, and sort of just being miserable and bored and tired a lot. I mean, I haven’t, cause I’m dead, but she has. It sucks, but that’s business as usual for us.
What isn’t B-A-U is that a bunch of other homeless folks have been disappearing in the last few months, and some of them have been turning up with anatomically-improbable, but extraordinary fatal, injuries. Cops don’t give a shit, of course, and my sister’s a boneheaded bleeding heart, so we’ve been investigating them ourselves. And, well, we’ve found a bunch of weird shit. Stuff made of solid light, ghost attack dogs, people glowing black, somehow, some kind of living robot…
Actually, you know what?
It’s probably easier if you see for yourself.
Official synopsis
Chapters[]
Chapter One: Adulthood (in which we meet three people, one alive and two dead)
Chapter Two: So-Called Friend (in which a loss is mourned and information is gained)
Chapter Three: Spring and a Storm (in which the mystery deepens and horrors are discovered)
Chapter Four: Good Intentions Paving Company (in which zarah sees red while kihri feels blue)
Chapter Five: Never Let It Die (in which information is shared and an offer is rejected)
Chapter Six: Take a Walk (in which sisters fight and history is elucidated)
Chapter Seven: Beast (in which the twins follow a trail and a fight begins on false premises)
Chapter Eight: Brave As A Noun (in which we take a short diversion to appreciate nature)
Chapter Nine: I Earn My Life (in which actions have consequences, some more immediate than others)
Chapter Ten: Them Changes (in which things left buried are uncovered and field research is undertaken)
Chapter Eleven: Breezeblocks (in which purposes and paths are both crossed)
Chapter Twelve: Nobody Speak (in which… oh, screw it. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEE!)
Chapter Thirteen: Young Lion (in which we gain some perspective)
Chapter Fourteen: Three Might Be Duende (in which things don’t go as expected and paths diverge)
Chapter Fifteen: Intermission (in which the stage is set and ripples spread)
Chapter Sixteen: Sweet Tsunami Symphony (in which there’s no calm before the storm)
Chapter Seventeen: Upside Down & Inside Out (in which things come apart)
Chapter Eighteen: You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Wants You Dead (in which victory remains just ever so slightly beyond reach)
Chapter Nineteen: Wheels (in which the king is dead; long live the king)
Chapter Twenty: Extra Mile (in which, for once, we do not render unto caesar)
Chapter Twenty-One: Rich (in which vertically-organised management structures are synergised and flattened)
Chapter Twenty-Two: Lonely Boy (in which the third time’s the charm)
Book II | Triage
Chapter Twenty-Three: Me And My Husband (in which we wallow in past mistakes)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Race You (in which old hurts resurface and zarah has an unexpected encounter)
Chapter Twenty-Five: New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down (in which the twins get down and dirty)
Chapter Twenty-Six: Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite (in which five heads are better than two)
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Kids In America (in which cultures are exchanged and next moves are charted)
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Empire (in which we take a peek behind the curtain)