THE CHOSEN · A NEW CHAPTER EVERY NIGHT UNTIL HALLOWEEN   ✦   LA PRESCELTA · LEGGI LA STORIA IN ITALIANO   ✦   BEFORE OCTOBER ENDS · ENGLISH · ITALIAN · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE   ✦   READER REACTIONS   ✦   INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEWS   ✦   IMPERFECT REBEL PODCAST   ✦   POWERED BY COKE ZERO & TOO MANY OPEN TABS   ✦  

Lupe Farkas · Original Serialized Gothic Horror

TheChosen

She went looking for demons. Someone was already waiting for her.

Read The Chosen by Lupe Farkas, an original serialized gothic horror story. A new chapter arrives every night until Halloween.

Ksenia, a Russian doctoral researcher in rainy Scotland for The Chosen by Lupe Farkas

The Tuscan Trilogy · Book One

Before October Ends

Some promises save your life. Others ask for it.

Before October Ends: A Life for a Life is a first-person psychological diary novel by Lupe Farkas, set between Milan and Tuscany and available in English, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Novità · La Prescelta · Serie Horror Gotica

La Prescelta arriva in italiano.

Tradurre una storia non significa cambiarle lingua. Significa farle battere il cuore una seconda volta.

La Prescelta, la versione italiana di The Chosen di Lupe Farkas, è ora online. Horror gotico, demonologia, occulto e una storia scritta giorno dopo giorno. La storia è disponibile in italiano, capitolo dopo capitolo.

28 settembre 2026 Italiano Horror gotico Narrativa a puntate

Beyond the books · Work with Lupe Farkas

A writer’s instinct.
A reader’s critical eye.

Writing a manuscript takes courage. Knowing how it reaches a reader takes another kind of attention. I offer selected private manuscript services built around honest, thoughtful feedback, careful reading and a clear scope of work.

Private manuscript services are paid and confidential. Independent ARC reviews remain unpaid and editorially independent.

01 / PRIVATE FEEDBACK

Beta Reading

Pacing, character response, clarity and emotional impact, from an attentive reader’s perspective.

02 / EDITORIAL ANALYSIS

Manuscript Assessment

Structured observations on the story’s strengths, weaknesses and priorities for revision.

03 / BY ENQUIRY

Selected Collaborations

Literary partnerships, interviews and specialist writing projects with an agreed scope.

What Readers Think

What people think about my books.

Selected five-star reader and ARC reactions to Before October Ends, originally published on Goodreads. The chickens remain underrepresented.

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This book left a truly deep impression on me. It made me feel everything.

Five-Star Reader Review · Goodreads

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The story is engaging and keeps you hooked with that “before it’s too late” feeling.

Five-Star Reader Review · Goodreads

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My only criticism? The chickens deserved more space. #JusticeForTheChickens

Five-Star Reader Review · Goodreads

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It brings several genres together brilliantly. The diary format keeps you hooked through every chapter.

Five-Star ARC Review · Goodreads

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An excellent book with an engaging plot, strong characters and a wonderful writing style.

Five-Star Reader Review · Goodreads

Independent ARC & Book Reviews

From Lupe’s reading desk.

Books that made me think, laugh, cry, swear, or stare into space long enough to worry the family.

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Imperfect Rebel Podcast

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Stay for the chaos.

Writers. Books. Obsessions. Reinvention. Emotional damage.

Unfiltered conversations with authors and interesting humans about the work, the mess behind the work, and the stories that refuse to fit inside a polished bio.

The Journal · The Indie Author Experiment

The beautiful chaos, documented.

A one-year public experiment in writing, publishing, discovery, reviews, search, social media, reader growth and trying to turn all of this into something sustainable.

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The Indie Author Experiment

One year. No paid promotion. Everything goes on the table.

Follow what Google discovers, what readers click, what social media changes, what fails, and what happens when an indie author shows the numbers in public.

Letters from the chaos

Psst. Join the Rebels.

Book news, complicated women, unpublished glimpses and occasional questionable decisions. A little literary chaos, delivered by Lupe Farkas.

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