Attention Attention (Book)

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Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest · #2339220

Musicology Anthology Entry

The Musicology Anthology contest runs from1st April to 30th June.

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Musicology Anthology  (13+)
An annual challenge to write a short story collection based on an album! Runs April-June.


This collection of short stories (under 2500 words each) is inspired by the 2018 album Attention Attention by the American rock band Shinedown. I love all of their albums, but this one is still on my Spotify rotation. It's a concept album (where all the songs feed into a theme/concept/story) based on a person overcoming the difficulties and negativities in their life to be "reborn" into a new person.

Each chapter/story is inspired by the song lyrics/song titles from the album. They are also a collection of different key events/origin stories of the characters from my (WIP) novel. Each one is a standalone story that helps to define the central characters. There are links and nods to each other in many of them. The styles and tones are also varying to make the collection dynamic and fun.

All of the songs from the album are covered off and the lyrics and word count are included in the drop notes for each story/song for reference.

Just like an album disclaimer, some of the songs have explicit language and adult subject matters. These have been identified in the notes/tigger warnings for each song/story.

Enjoy!!
#13. Brilliant
ID #1088047 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:27am (edited)
#12. The Human Radio
ID #1088046 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:27am (edited)
#11. Special
ID #1088045 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:27am (edited)
#10. Get Up
ID #1088044 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:27am (edited)
#9. Evolve
ID #1088043 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:27am (edited)
#8. Creatures
ID #1088042 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:26am (edited)
#7. Darkside
ID #1088041 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:26am (edited)
#6. Monsters
ID #1088040 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:26am (edited)
#5. Pyro
ID #1088039 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:25am (edited)
#4. Kill Your Conscience
ID #1088038 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:25am (edited)
#3. Attention Attention
ID #1088035 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:25am (edited)
#2. Black Soul
ID #1088034 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:24am (edited)
#1. Devil
ID #1088033 entered on April 26, 2025 at 12:24am (edited)


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