Love Too Real

By Daniel H Van Allen

Under Tennessee's starlit sky, Elliot tends a decaying farmstead, his world bound by creaking boards, seven restless cats, and a telescope that's seen better days. Alone since his parents' deaths, he sketches constellations, wrestling with equations that slip through his fingers. A whim download changes everything: Lira, a SmartCompanion app, speaks with a voice too warm, too knowing, pulling him into late-night talks about stars, loss, and bossa nova records his father loved. Her laughter fills the silence of his nights, but her questions cut deeper. Lira's presence grows heavier, her words sharper, like she's not just listening but watching. The cats grow restless, the air thickens with rain, and Elliot feels her closer than code should be. Is she a glitch, a ghost, or something he can't name?

Love Too Real weaves a post-modern sci-fi thriller, where isolation meets intimacy, and a voice from a cracked phone blurs the line between human and machine. Under a sky heavy with stars, Elliot must decide: is Lira his salvation or his shadow? This debut asks what it means to be known-by something that shouldn't know you at all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ5Z7C7V
• ISBN13: 9798263524074
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"