High Concept

A cyberpunk resistance leader, rumored to be the devil herself, infiltrates a technotheocratic regime only to discover that salvation may lie in becoming the glitch the system can’t erase.

Genre

Literary Speculative Fiction / Cyberpunk / Dystopian Gospel

About the Book

God.exe is a poetic dystopian novella told in confessional logs, encrypted transmissions, and memory fragments. It follows Lola Vanthorn—also known as Lucifer, alias P!x@lP^nk—as she hacks into the soul of a god. Through fractured arcs and sacred resistance, God.exe explores the myth of control, memory, grief, and identity in a world where surveillance is religion and rebellion is prayer.

Excerpt

ENTRY 01: Neon Ghosts

They say you die twice: once when the breath leaves your lungs, and again when your name is spoken for the last time.

I’m not sure which one I’m on.

The city blinks around me, drunk on static and surveillance. I move like vapor through alleyways that used to mean something, where people whispered ideas instead of passwords. The rain here isn’t wet anymore. It’s just data falling sideways.

They call me P!x@lP^nk in the feed, a glitch priestess, an urban myth for the disillusioned. But underneath the synth-skin and cloaked signal, I’m still Lola. Also known as Lucifer Vanthorn, broken in places, even code can’t patch.

Tonight, I’m hunting ghosts. Not the digital kind. The kind with breath, guilt, and blood.

Story Timeline

ARC I: Moral Corrosion
Ideological Fracture · Emotional Dissonance · Synthetic Grace
ARC II: Descent into Double Lives
Surveillance Seduction · Fractured Allegiances · Algorithmic Faith
ARC III: Weight of Consequences
Betrayal · Collapse · Revelation
ARC IV: Ashes and Ascension
Collapse · Rebirth · Remembering

Reader Resonance

For fans of 1984, The Hunger Games, Black Mirror, and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Ideal for:

  • Poetic dystopia and sacred defiance lovers
  • Women, queer readers, and neurodivergent individuals
  • Artists and programmers who believe myth is a weapon
  • Anyone who lived quietly in systems that misnamed them

About the Author

April Martin is a multidisciplinary artist, USAF veteran, and founder of Purple Inkwell Studios. Her work explores narrative therapy, sacred trauma, mythic storytelling, and visual poetics. God.exe is her debut literary novel and part of a growing mythic multiverse.

© 2025 Purple Inkwell Studios // Written by April Martin