Psychological horror | Wattpad | AO3 - Complete - 11 chapters
Florence, a transman who has recently escaped his abusive ex-husband, is haunted by dreams, or more accurately, nightmares exploring his traumatized psyche. Through a twisted version of his new partner, he is forced to confront his fears concerning womanhood, men, and sex, recognizing his internalized guilt from "the incident" along the way. His partner Max may have some similar struggles.
Main Characters
Florence - Skittish transman who keeps having nightmares about his ex husband.
Max - Florence's husband, who is battling with nightmares of his own about his mother.
The Man - Florence's dream version of Max, embodying all of his fears about men.
Sam - Max's old childhood friend and crush.
Psychological horror, queerplatonic romance | To Be Posted
In a world of heroes versus villains, what happens when a hero and villain become best friends? What about when they fall for each other? Very tentative description that will be updated later.
Main Characters
TBD
Horror mystery | To be posted - Complete
The Bamford manor is known for hosting a variety of colorful figures. Most notably, there's the ever sweet Mrs. Bamford, her brother, Charles, who is overcoming a recent tragedy, and her son, Spinel, who is silent as the grave. Only, Mrs. Bamford was barren until she met a certain, Hellish suitor, and the in house priests are well aware of that fact. Yet, when the manor staff start dropping like flies, the Antichrist may be the only one who can catch the culprit. A story full of commentary about religious fear mongering and the horrors of childhood.
Main Characters
Spinel Bamford - The literal Antichrist, a smart and silent child who's on the case!
Rosey - Spinel's mother, a sweet, enthusiastic, and caring woman.
Charles - Spinel's uncle, a clumsy yet sweet man who finds himself a prime suspect.
Detective - The dutiful and hardened detective, who is constantly stumped by the weird going ons within the manor.
Sci-fi comedy | To be posted - Complete
In a very superficial anthro dog society, dogs compete in a game show to see which contestants can make the most beautiful pup using the patent pending Love Maker machine. Whoever wins is allowed into The City of Divine Visage, where they believe they will live a better life with more opportunities. Being invited onto the show is an honor, and dogs come from far and wide to shoot their shot. Yet, this year's game show has several twists and turns not even the announcer and producers could have predicted! An absurdist experience full of laughs and, most importantly, silly anthro dogs.
Main characters
Barker Woofington - Host of the breeding grounds, a strange and energetic fellow who does everything he can for the contestants.
Monly - Dog from a small town looking for better opportunities, but who greatly misses home.
Snifster - Dropped out of his dream school to be on the show, and was studying The Visage Scale until that point, giving him an advantage.
Lappy - Country dog with a history of show dogs in her family, she's confident she can win using both her charm and planning skills.
Padsly - A jock who may be far smarter than anyone ever expected, and even more conniving.
Sci-fi Horror | To be posted - In Progress High Priority
In a sci-fi world, a "villain" is trapped in his own underground bunker with a set of "heroes". This rag tag group are desperately trying to get out while also tending to him. The problem? The "villain" has sustained a large gash of light, the particles threatening to consume him if it's allowed to spread any further. A story of robbed anatomy and role reversals.
Main characters
The villain - I wonder what someone like him dreams about. Do we even want to know?
Hope - The villain's caretaker who can't seem to help but baby talk him in the process.
Onyx - A tough older man who takes a more rational approach to the entire situation.
Hunter - Spunky young nurse who seems to hate his job.
Dick - The leader of the group, and his nickname says it all.
Lenore - A quiet woman who is far more capable than the others give her credit for. Comes off as cold yet has a heart of gold.
Body horror, sci-fi horror | To be posted - In Progress Medium Priority
In a world where citizens are too busy to shower, machines take over the cleaning for them. Machines which may be able to operate on their own one day, but they need your help to train them! Well, that and their clients' data. You as a shower operator will face several strange horrors as you begin your new job in this dystopian society. Just what is the manager not telling you?
Main Characters
You - That's right, did I stutter?
Your manager - A strange man, the job seems to have taken a toll on him.
Queerplatonic Romance - To Be Posted - In Progress Low Priority
In a world full of monsters, the strongest monsters protect the others from humanity and are seen as worthy of respect. This attitude seeps into the school system, where monsters are taught this hierarchy in order to survive. Within one of these schools, a ghost named Preston finds himself getting closer to the ever popular sludge monster named Laurent when on their senior trip. Despite Preston being the stereotypical "loser", he finds he has more in common with Laurent than he would have ever expected. Will Preston manage to figure out Laurent's intent before the trip ends, or will he always be left wondering about that strange Summer?
Main characters
Preston - A shy ghost who keeps to himself, terrified of being bullied.
Laurent - The ruling sludge monster of his class, known for being a party animal yet also extremely studious.
Wattpad | AO3 - Completed - Oneshot
An art enthusiast finds himself face to face with the individual who broke his beloved stained glass window. He struggles between two desires; the desire to punish them, and the desire to find out why they'd do such a horrific thing. He practically worshiped that stain glass window, taking the time to understand why it was made, even though he himself lacks the passion the artist had. In his eyes, anyone who would destroy it must be some kind of monster. Yet, discovering the destructive individual, he realizes that description is far from the truth.
Main Characters
The art lover - A protector of the arts because he himself struggles to make them.
The art destroyer - Someone who may not know any better.
Wattpad | AO3 - Complete - Oneshot
One shot pertaining to my original characters the Metz family, including their teasing mother Mrs. Metz, the grumpy oldest Rainer, and his hyper younger sister Frida. When they're making breakfast together, Rainer is horrified when his sister Frida gets involved.
Wattpad | AO3
Stories set in an open fantasy world where different types of fantasy cats try to survive under the goddess' rule.
AO3 - Complete - Oneshot
An unnamed narrator reflects on why they could never sleep in an old friend's house.
Horror mystery | Three books - In Progress High Priority
The lone jogger, Quentin, ends up befriending the devil of Chiffon street, Bradi, and his girlfriend, Nicky. Though their neighbors tend to misunderstand them, Quentin finds himself connecting to them outcast to outcast. Yet, the more Quentin gets to know them, the more he suspects they may be involved in something occult. Ironically, while diving into this mystery, Quentin struggles to hide quite few secrets of his own. A tale set in the suburbs of a cult ridden California where every shadow and creek in the night hints at something greater, something more terrifying.
Main characters
Quentin - The mysterious jogger whose personal life is a complete mystery. Kind, though a bit awkward and stone faced.
Bradi - The devil of Chiffon Street, a bratty college student who has been known to terrorize his neighbors using his hose.
Nicky - The girlfriend of Bradi, extremely sweet and playful with an interest in all things occult.
Desiderius - The literal demon of lust, and an extremely mischievous and playful one at that.
Horror mystery | One Book - In Progress Medium Priority
Sawyer moves away from his sister, Alice, and into the small town of Ashvale to carve out his journey of independence. Yet, as the days pass, strange occurrences keep happening. His neighbors act as if they're hiding something, there's rumors about the previous owners of his house going mad, and he swears he hears things going bump in the night. Sawyer begins to worry the town's superstitions may be based on fact. Worst of all, he finds he can not escape his night terrors, and if anything, they begin to worsen.
Main Characters
Sawyer - The POV character, who recently moved into his new home, which was suspiciously cheap. His neighbors, however, are even more suspicious, though that might just be because Sawyer is plagued with nightmares, making him paranoid.
Remi - The person who greets Sawyer, and whom Sawyer feels the closest to. He's the glue that keeps the group together, being kind, playful, and energetic.
Nick - They're a flirtatious artist who the town folk seem to have a particular disdain for.
Jonathan - An extremely stern young man who is always keeping an eye on his friends for reasons he keeps close to his chest.
Cynthia - A shy and sweet young woman with a love for animals.
Horror Mystery | One Book - Revamping Medium Priority
When young Matthew's mom dies, he feels like his world has come to an end. Yet, his hopes sky rocket when the FAI, a discontinued toy, start appearing in his house and playing games with him. He believes his mom sent them to lead him back to her. Unfortunately, they're not alone. As Matthew grows older, investigating the FAI makes him realize his mom's line of work may have been more shady than he ever realized.
Main Characters
Matthew - A young boy who just lost his mother, and is desperate for her return.
Shapey - a FAI toy that looks mysteriously different from the rest.
The FAI - A discontinued toy set that appear in Matthew's house. They feel frighteningly lifelike.
The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]
approaching the wip carefully from the side like a skittish animal. speaking in a low, gentle voice so it doesn’t run away
I refuse to let this stay in the tags, because it's so fucking good:
#'well I KNOW bad from good so i can't be affected by media!' #'everyone else also knows bad from good and defines it the exact way i do!' #'so if i think this is bad then the author must also think this is bad!' #i have bad news ....
You have perfectly described why I hate these responses when it comes to criticizing romanticized CSA. People will roll their eyes at you as if it's implausible the person writing it might not actually view it as bad. I am genuingely concerned about people who will defend romanticized CSA to their dying breath, all while refusing to acknowledge some groomers and predators write this content because they genuingely view their relationships as cute and harmless. It's usually not even intentional, because these individuals don't even blink an eye at these themes in their work. Not every person who writes this content is a groomer or predator, but that does not mean those who do suddenly poof away like magic. Refusing to ackowledge the writers that are and behaving as if their victims are just "lying puritans", like I see so many folks do, is so childish and harmful.
Like, I really wish people understood breaking away from purity culture is not this magical remedy that makes shitty people suddenly go away. Using the idea that believing the exact opposite of purity culture somehow erases all evil is falling into the same trappings that purity culture does. Like, purity culture refuses to acknowledge predators within their community because, so long as someone has specific beliefs and follows specific rules, they can't be bad. I am concerned seeing people who claim to believe the opposite pushing the same beliefs. Aka "so long as you think fiction never affects reality, you can't be a predator!". It's just purity culture repackaged.
In summary, great post OP. I know this was posted in 2023, but it's still extremely relevant right now.
I love how on Tumblr, "media literacy" has become "Um, just because someone writes about this doesn't mean they're endorsing this. I hate all these media puritans ruining everything."
I'm sad to inform you that knowing when and whether an author is endorsing something, implying something, saying something, is also part of media literacy. Knowing when they are doing this and when they're not is part of media literacy. Assuming that no author has ever endorsed a bad thing is how you fall for proper gander. It's not media literacy to always assume that nobody ever has agreed with the morally reprehensible ideas in their work.
Sometimes, authors are endorsing something, and you need to be aware when that happens, and you also need to be aware when you're doing it as an author. All media isn't horny dubcon fanfic where you and the author know it's problematic IRL but you get off to it in the privacy of your brain. Sometimes very smart people can convince you of something that'll hurt others in the real world. Sometimes very dumb people will romanticize something without realizing they're doing it and you'll be caught up in it without realizing that you are.
Being aware of this is also media literacy. Being aware of the narrative tools used to affect your thinking is media literacy. Deciding on your own whether you agree with an author or not is media literacy. Enjoying characters doing bad things and allowing authors to create flawed or cruel characters for the sake of a story is perfectly fine, but it is not the same as being media literate. Being smug about how you never think an author has bad intentions tells me you're edgy, not that you're media literate. You can't use one rule to apply to all media. That's not how media literacy works. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Aheem heem. Anyway.
"I know adverbs are controversial, but "said softly" means something different than 'whispered' and this is the hill I will die on."
to summarize: you have the moral backbone of a flatworm if your response every time harry potter comes up is to make it about your inability to give up a book
I am continuing to write Sleep Laughing slowly but surely. I'm getting caught up in making the logs detailed, and trying to get myself to realize, "you need to write the skeleton of this idea before you can go into the depths of this character's suffering". And also, during the first logs he's so weak/in so much pain he's barely concious or thinking straight, so it makes sense why they're not as detailed.
Still, I managed to get extremely good progress for logs 7 and 8. Here's my favorite snippet (tw body horror and agony):
I've come to a conclusion. Even if I am in Hell, it really isn't such a bad thing. It just means I'm being punished, and, if I'm being punished, that means there's a chance to redeem myself, right? Every single agony I experience is a debt being paid, a sin washed away. This pain isn't a curse. No… …this pain is a blessing! It's giving me a chance to repent for everything. Oh God I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I'll never do it again. So please, just let the light take me!
Also, I am looking for beta readers for my stories The Diary of Spinel Bramford and The Breeding Grounds. You can find their descriptions here. If that'd interest you, please let me know!
Taglist: @aweirdshipp
Btw, I am in the process of making a more detailed survey for this.
Speaking of, tempted to make a community myself, but since I have a variety of unconnected works, I have no idea what that would be a community for. Kind of reminds me of the idea I had to try and get myself posting again, mainly making like, a sort of dating sim kind of group of characters to play around with.
Y'all want me to make object head people for you to kiss? SFUIHSFU
behold, honse
went through a lascaux horse phase and the results are uhhhh *checks list* bumper stickers, bookmark, sticker sheet, and die cut sticker
[shop] - honses will be released into the wild on May 3 (2025)
Big fan of tragedies where nobody died but these people will haunt each other forever
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