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Are You a Lizard?. Content Warning.
This following is a short, fictional horror story that I wrote. He had schizophrenia, but he was cool. His name was Frank. He was short in stature, a little scrawny, with light brown hair and blue eyes. He always kind of reminded me of Eric Foreman from That 70s Show in the face. He was a cool, good looking guy; very calm, chill, and introverted. He was jittery and kind of awkward sometimes, but it was also kind of cute in this strange way. We all loved him despite his eccentricities, in the beginning.
By Slgtlyscatt3red8 months ago in Fiction
No, I'm Not a Human
Everyone and their momma knows who Krista Lancaster is. A reclusive woman, who is never caught outside her home. A lazy woman, who relies on the kindness of her neighbor for supplies to continue her lonely days. An unfriendly woman, who only responds in a civilized manner to the couple next door and their creepy daughter.
By Luna Jordan8 months ago in Fiction
Regarding Your Recent Lack of Laughter
Hey there! 👋🫤⚡ It's me: _Lightning Bolt⚡ and please don't fly off the handle. ⚡😐 On a rare occasion, every once in a while, self-awareness smacks me on the head like a giant rubber dildo. And you, my faithful readers, make that possible. (The self-awareness... not the dildo.)
By Lightning Bolt ⚡8 months ago in Humor
Internet lies
People will believe anything. You wouldn't believe some of the crazy theories people actually believe on the internet. Like flat earthers who refuse to believe the earth is spherical, instead believing it to be flat instead. Or how about those online conspiracy theorists who believe Hollywood actors eat babies to stay young and handsome, or how they believe a secret cult known as the Illuminati control the world's governments and society as a whole. There are folks who believe lizard people live amongst us, disguising themselves as humans or that aliens secretly watch our every move. Some of these conspiracies can be funny or intriguing to speculate over, there are very few that actually hold merit or have even proven to be true. My personal favourite has to be the Mandela Effect, where everyone remembers something being a certain way, yet in reality it's always been another way. Like imagine waking up one day to see the sun is now red, only for everyone else to say it's always been that way and even in old movies and pictures the sun is indeed red, not orange or is it yellow? Now that's a Mandela Effect. There is also the Butterfly Effect, where if you were to do so little as kill a butterfly in the past, it could drastically change the present or future. The Butterfly Effect is typically the plot to most movies or books that feature the premise of time travel, where the time traveller makes a bad decision in the past that needs fixing otherwise their personal life is doomed. These are all fun theories, ones made up by imaginative people. Some are harmless to believe, while others can have sometimes dangerous and uncertain consequences if you decide to believe them, which brings us up to the clutch of this story. That being the time Josef Carlin was wrongfully accused of the murder of poor little Ally Sedan. You see what happened is this; Josef worked at a theme park called Ricky Mouse Land in Miami Florida, which was based on the popular children's cartoon show. Ally had unfortunately died during a particularly gruesome ride on the tea cups, the cup she was inside of span out of control and the railing was loose so she came tumbling out of the ride at speed so fast it proved fatal as she crashed head first onto the yellow brick ground, staining it red with her blood. What happened to Ally was a tragic accident, the ride was old and unstable, it simply broke and led to tragedy. However, others wanted revenge, they needed someone to blame. So when news leaked that it was Josef who had operated the ride that day, everyone wanted to point fingers and claim he did that on purpose. That he intentionally made that one tea cup spin out of control in a successful attempt to kill that poor girl! The rumours were all over the internet, Josef was even "let go" from his job because of all the negative press he and the park were receiving.
By Joseph Roy Wright8 months ago in Horror
Pride Under Pressure Challenge Winners
Some identities are easy to carry. Others take work. This challenge was about writing into that work. The weight of being seen. The quiet courage it takes to stay visible. Writers shared personal, honest moments of fear, love, exhaustion, and resilience, not trying to explain, just telling the truth.
By Vocal Curation Team8 months ago in Resources
Brian Wilson
I grew up listening to rock 'n' roll, which was half doo-wop, and half Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis. As the 1960s began to emerge, the Four Seasons in 1962 and the Beach Boys in 1963 carried on with a modernized, popified doo-wop sound. The Beatles were closer than just around the next corner. And that was the milieu in which I formed my first group, The Transits, slightly more old-fashioned than the Four Seasons and the Beach Boys, but covering their best songs.
By Paul Levinson8 months ago in Beat
In Memoriam: Victims of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting. Content Warning.
On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at Pulse Nightclub, a gay club in Orlando, Florida. At just after two in the morning, twenty nine year old Omar Mateen entered the nightclub with a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle, where he proceeded to kill forty nine people and injure fifty three others.
By Antiquity Anecdotes8 months ago in Pride
