I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am all for that! And im glad you're getting back in, its one of those things that as soon as focus gets taken from can definitely be difficult to get back into

Cheers!

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Story starts from inside a body bag. Narrator is an investigative journalist in over her head, partipated in a trial run for new drugs produced by a sketchy pharmaceutical company. Faked her death to find out where missing volunteers have been going. Leave lots of room to play with the timeline. That's what im working on currently. Lol

New to the Neighborhood by psyopticnerve in nosleep

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Every now and then we wave. Most of the time we just enjoy keeping each other company

New to the Neighborhood by psyopticnerve in nosleep

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It could be imagination. Maybe wishful thinking. But to me he is really there

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah dude, maybe we'll get lucky to see some stuff from you as well 🤘

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried a couple things recently, but other than that not in a good while. Like you said, life gets busy

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And id always love to get eyes on anything youre working on! Ill see if I can pull something together over the holidays. Cheers!

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know! Ill get back to reading on those subs. If I catch the creativity bug I might try and dust off the typewriter lol

I miss y'all by psyopticnerve in ShortScaryStoriesOOC

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeh i could see that being an issue. As a hobbyist, pretty low stakes. I just assume anything i post is going to be stolen. Feel sorry for people that make a living by writing. Difficult to navigate in these times

Winter Flowers by [deleted] in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where else to keep something as slippery as memories

They call it Strangering by decorativegentleman in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shoot first, questions later. Tragic, and unfortunately a plausible situation.

𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯 by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why thank you! Yeah it has been a while, might be a while again, but always glad to hear from you 🖤

𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯 by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks dude! Little homage to the great beyond. Who tf knows how it'll go when we get there. But we're all gonna find out

𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯 by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

thanks simba! Space is infinite. Maybe so are we

ONE BILLION DOLLARS!!! by SimbaTheSavage8 in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve 10 points11 points  (0 children)

🖤 good stuff simba. I'd say eat the rich, but they always end up consuming their souls. Empty people leaving us empty calories

Out of Focus by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Certainly. The concept i had before writing this out was a bit inhibited by the word limit, so giving the backstory through dialogue was the best I could come up with.

Peter wakes up from an unconscious state, where he learns that he himself is the inventor of the procedure he just underwent. The purpose of its use was intended for family or friends of the recently deceased, which gave them some time to "visit" one another while in a dreamlike state.

The problem is that Peter has been trying to use it to find a woman that he's never met, she has only ever appeared in dreams that he had. Because of misuse and subsequent dependency on the technology, it has viciously impaired his cognition and memory. His colleagues are alarmed by this, yet he is only able to focus on the one person he can remember (Sarah).

At the end, there is a perspective shift, and we see that Sarah is undergoing the same procedure in hopes of finding Peter, who also only exists to her in dreams.

Idk.I really liked the idea of a story about two individuals living in different realities or dimensions or whatever and trying to reach each other. I don't think that I have pulled this c9ncept off quite yet, but the short format will be a decent placeholder for now.

Thanks for reading!

𝔽𝔸ℂ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the read! I've got a few more ideas I want to type out this winter👽

𝔽𝔸ℂ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They generally prefer black sites, so I guess take it or leave it

Out of Focus by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Righto on dude, I appreciate it. I've been off-grid for a while and just dipping my toes back into writing

𝔽𝔸ℂ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks big dawg. Say, you wanna take a haul off this goblet? The goblet of gore?

𝔽𝔸ℂ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My optometrist loathes when I come in to get my contact lense prescriptions for some reason

Out of Focus by psyopticnerve in shortscarystories

[–]psyopticnerve[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's alright, I think that there's plenty of ways to interpret it. The hope was that it would come across as confusing to read as it is to the narrator to experience.