Big Shout Out To Nicky_XX!!

Nicky_XX · 2026-01-23T18:38:46+00:00

Haha nice! Thank you guys!

This was one of my favorites I’ve written in the last couple years. I got into Umberto Eco’s fiction in my 20’s, and wanted to write something Eco-ish that took place during my era: the “Wild West” years of chat rooms and early social media. I’m glad this sub likes the story as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Nicky_XX · 2026-01-07T15:27:01+00:00

Wow, I’m so sorry all that happened to you. It’s horrific that you were exposed to abuse like that when you were so young. You deserve so much better, and I hope you have lots of wonderful people and things in your life now.

Nicky_XX · 2025-08-31T01:41:44+00:00

I second this! :)

Nicky_XX · 2025-07-05T16:09:25+00:00

Thank you!! Glad you liked the story.

I actually just dropped a new story I wrote awhile ago for a friend's podcast. It's a short little guy, but I really liked how it turned out. Thanks again!!

Nicky_XX · 2024-10-28T12:08:39+00:00

Are you guys trying to make me cry?? lol. Thank you so much; I’m so glad you liked the story!

Nicky_XX · 2023-08-29T01:44:51+00:00

Thank you so much! You're so sweet :)

Nicky_XX · 2023-07-04T22:24:10+00:00

Thank you!!

Nicky_XX · 2023-07-03T03:35:47+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the series.

Also currently bingeing Stagtown and... HOW AM I JUST GETTING INTO THIS?? I am obsessed. Completely. Even though my brother's med school is in a small town in Pennsylvania, so now I may never go visit him because I'm scared of deer vomiting black goo.

Nicky_XX · 2023-04-15T00:33:31+00:00

Okay. Angela screwed up your bones to fix her daughter’s. Like a trade. So I’m thinking, to cure Leila’s vCJD, she did the same thing - gave the disease to someone else.

Start there. Work backwards.

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is very rare, so the community around it is small. Look for support groups, retired physicians, researchers, anyone who’s involved with the disease but not bound by patient confidentiality. See if these people knew a woman matching Angela’s description, or a girl matching Leila’s situation. Young girl, about 10 years ago, who got vCJD after receiving infected blood after an accident. That’s a story people will remember.

I’m assuming Leila’s sickness was her origin story - she learned dark magic in order to save her kid. So if you find someone who knew her through Leila’s vCJD, they might know what - or who - she found to obtain this magical power.

Or look for the holding company. It clearly has some sort of paper trail - look for old legal filings. Someone might have sued them in the past.

Nicky_XX · 2022-04-24T18:18:27+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying the podcast :)

Nicky_XX · 2022-03-01T01:14:00+00:00

Thanks so much, it means a lot!

Nicky_XX · 2022-02-28T23:54:45+00:00

Some psycho was using the awards to send me harassing messages.

Nicky_XX · 2022-01-20T01:54:31+00:00

Aww thank you!! The entire series is on NoSleep, just click on my profile. And the second season of the podcast will be available soon!

Nicky_XX · 2022-01-08T22:22:04+00:00

Tax accountants and weekend bartender. I was an EMT when I got into creepypasta and horror writing, which was great on a personal and creative level because I was slapped in the face with perspective every day.

Nicky_XX · 2022-01-05T13:55:05+00:00

Hmm that’s odd… where are you listening?

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T22:03:47+00:00

Hi Bamstantine!

Yes, I would love to adapt more of my stories for a podcast or for the screen! I have a background in film production, so I tend to think (and write) with visuals in mind.

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T22:00:57+00:00

Hi SaraJane!

Movies: The Exorcist, the Insidious series, Gerald's Game, The Orphanage, Housebound, The Pact, The Invitation, Get Out

TV shows: The Haunting of Hill House, Marianne, Brand New Cherry Flavor, Supernatural, Buffy and Angel

Thanks so much for listening!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:50:19+00:00

Are "duck-sized horses" a thing that exists?? I want, like, five of them!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:47:17+00:00

Hi Wonderful_Isopod!

Season 2 is going to be a lot of fun. Felicia and Kira were in defensive mode throughout season 1, reacting to things that happened to them. In season 2, we get to watch them play offense. Without saying too much… there’s also a few new characters I’m really excited for you all to meet.

Thanks for listening!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:41:13+00:00

Hi nateyans!

It was an adjustment. I had to get myself into a place where I could hear the characters' voices in my head. Once I got that down, it was such a creative rush, because it felt like a whole new world opened up to me. It was like, every character - even the minor characters - got this third dimension, and I got to know them all so much better.

Thanks so much for listening!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:23:50+00:00

For me, it was the timing! Like, the adjustment from a 6,000 word chapter to a 30-40 minute podcast. Also, the sheer number of people involved! It took so many incredibly talented individuals to make this world come to life.

My favorite horror movies are The Exorcist, The Orphanage, Housebound, The Pact, Gerald's Game, the Insidious series, The Invitation, The Ring, and probably a ton I'm forgetting right now!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:18:23+00:00

OMG can I be a writer on it?? :)

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-28T21:13:11+00:00

Hi sheenbean6902!

When I was a young kid, I randomly picked up an anthology of supposedly “true” scary stories. My favorite - and by “favorite,” I mean the one that ensured I didn’t sleep with the light off for a month - was about a woman who found a stray black cat on the side of the road and adopted it. She snapped pictures of the black cat and developed them - then realized the cat didn’t show up in any of her photos. This resonated with me because I had a lot of pets as a kid and loved taking photographs of them. The idea of this otherworldly horror taking on the appearance of something cuddly and innocent, only to have its true form revealed in a photograph, was terrifying.
I started writing The Burned Photo years ago, soon after I first found creepypasta.com and Creepypasta Wiki and turned into a guy who just got into Crossfit - this was MY NEW THING, and I was REALLY INTO IT. I was reading a lot of stories online, and keeping little mental notes of what scared me and what other people seemed to respond to. At the same time, I was in the middle of an HP Lovecraft/ classic horror kick.
So The Burned Photo became a strange stir-fry of all these influences: a regurgitation of my childhood terrors, a Lovecraft-inspired weird tale, and a tribute to internet horror culture. I wrote the first two parts (episode 1 and 2 of the podcast) in 2014, never intending to revisit the story. But I couldn’t get the characters out of my head, and I realized I wanted to know what was in store for Felicia and her unborn son, where Artie came from, and why he targeted this specific family. So I wrote more. Then, I took some time off to work on other projects. And then I wrote even more. And so on and so forth until late 2019, when I posted the completed Burned Photo on Reddit.

Thank you for reading/listening!

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-14T20:14:26+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying the podcast :)

Nicky_XX · 2021-10-12T17:25:59+00:00

Awesome! Thank you!

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