Julia Otto

Julia Otto is a writer and artist located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. By day, she teaches English and marching band. By night, she bikes with her fiancé and unravels plotholes in her YA fantasy novels. Julia graduated from West Chester University with a bachelor's in Secondary English education in 2020, and from Drexel University with an MFA in creative writing in 2023. Her favorite flavor is peach, and her favorite movie is August Rush.

The Last Writer

Chapter 6: Unlock the Unknown
Eliot King, a senior high school athlete, is stuck picking up the pieces his sister left behind after her arrest and execution. In the year 2052, the New American Government (N.A.G) has forbidden practicing Dark Artists by penalty of rehabilitation, or in most cases, death. Two years after his sister’s death, Eliot discovers three illegal Artifacts, actual Writer’s notebooks, hidden in his sister’s old desk. “Nobody”, the mysterious Writer speaking through these pages, poses the question–who is the real author of this hidden work?