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Art and Anger - A Story Shares Original
  • Chapter 1

  • Noah

    Everyone in my class stares at me and whispers.

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  • They’re all wondering if the rumors are true.

  • Am I really as bad as they say?

  • Maybe I am.

  • Noah

    The teacher doesn’t seem to notice that all the students are pointing at me.

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  • It’s possible that she also thinks I’m a psycho.

  • All I want is for this class to end so that I can find some people who have never heard of me before.

  • Noah

    Eleven o’clock.

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  • Ten past eleven.

  • Fifteen past eleven.

  • And finally, twenty past eleven.

  • It’s time for lunch.

  • Noah

    It takes me fifteen minutes— longer than it should— to find the cafeteria.

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  • My old school had half the number of hallways.

  • I’m too distracted by all the new faces to keep track of where I’m going.

  • Noah

    When I finally arrive at the cafeteria, I realize that I’m probably the only student who enrolled halfway through the school year.

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  • That means that every group has already claimed a specific table.

  • Now I have to decide who seems least likely to reject me.

  • Noah

    I notice a group of people sitting at one of the tables.

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Welcome to Literal!

Books on Literal are a little different, they look like a group chat. Characters have profile pictures and each sentence becomes a chat bubble.

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Reading

There are 4 different ways to experience reading: Auto Play, Audio Support, Tap To Read, and Free Scroll.

Tap “Next” to learn more.

Auto Play

Auto Play is the default reading mode. With Auto Play, text message bubbles load automatically.

You can play, pause, or skip forward at any time.

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Audio Reader

Turning on Audio Reader adds unique audio voices for each character. Just like with Auto Play, each bubble loads automatically.

Tap the speaker icon in the control bar to turn enable Audio Support.

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Tap to Read

If you want to control when every bubble appears, simply tap the skip forward icon. Doing so will automatically pause Auto Play or Audio Reader.

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Free Scroll

At any time you can scroll/swipe. We’ll automatically pause Auto Play or Audio Reader if you scroll/swipe while either are playing.