01 · No house style
Sound like yourself, even when you're still auditioning voices. Weird commas welcome.
// lavish · long reads welcome
The reading room
Long reads, half-finished drafts, and odd obsessions all belong. No résumé voice required: just something you mean.
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Loose rules · real talk
How we treat writing here
(Not a handbook, more like sticky notes on the monitor.)
02 · Write before you're ready
No niche deck required. One honest thread in public beats a year of outlines in private.
03 · Build a voice, not an audience
Follower math isn't the point. Write for future-you; the right readers tend to drift over.
04 · Short is fine
Three paragraphs of thinking-out-loud still count. Not every post needs a bow on it.
05 · Nobody is performing here
The deal is simple: we're all mid-process. Try things without apology.
06 · Your worst post is still yours
Polish is cheap; live thought isn't. Messy drafts age better than empty pages.
07 · Write like nobody's grading you
Because here, they are not.
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The Errand
The note under the door was written in red pen, the words sharp and urgent: GO TO THE PHARMACY. BRING BACK THE PILLS. DON’T TALK TO ANYONE. Jonas...
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The Raven Boys get a graphic novel !
My favorite book has been made into a graphic novel! The Raven Boys by author Maggie Stiefvater has been adapted by Stephanie Williams and Illustr...
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The man in the corner (script)
Short horror story: The man in the corner (I’m not good at scrips, be nice to me) Characters: Roommate: Sarah: shy, quiet, Main character: Max:...
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5:00 AM wake ups, Current Coffee Obsession, & Other Morning Thoughts.
Good morning, friends! It's 6:30am. My son woke me up this morning at 5:30 asking for a bubble bath. I let him play in the bath while I sat on th...
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I'm still obsessed with zombie films
It's 3 in the morning and I'm finishing up Diary of The Dead. Its one of Romeros least loved films, but I can't help but love it. It's got me thi...
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Imposter Syndrome and the Work I’m Still Learning to Own
Note to self: Imposter syndrome can get so loud after something goes wrong. But not everything that doesn't work out is proof you're not meant to...
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My Every Week Self Care Ritual & Why Committing To Yourself Is Important
Hello, friends. It's been a minute.... I've been stuck in a small rut over the last few weeks. I've been out of my routine caused by the move, s...
Mrs. Wilson's Signature Candies
I pass out candy every year. I make it special for the kids in my neighborhood. I don't know if they end up eating it or if their paranoid parents ...
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We Need More Trash
I watched a video by Morbid Zoo called "I want to talk about Elevated Horror" recently and I want to talk about it here. It digs into what a B-movi...
The Aura of You or: what happens when we flatten ourselves to fit the feed
I first heard about Walter Benjamin through a Weird Studies episode. They were talking about a picture that came to life. His name came up when the...
Red Sky at Dawn
The sky bled crimson over the ravaged lands of Yomi-no-Kuni, a parallel realm twisted by ancient wrath and the sins of gods. The trees here grew wi...
Splinter Claw: Vermin Protocol
The city of Draymoor was choking on itself, flooded alleys, corrupt police, biotech gangs, and the smell of rotting wires. On rooftops, where the...