paper cult

Turn on the lights/appliances and try to make it look like the place is busy/operating. A quick flip of the light switch and a handful of cobwebs goes a short way toward making the place look operational. The front door opens, and stepping through the door is your stepdad, Darryl, who is also the w...

TAKE>KNIFE KNIFE is added to your inventory! It's sharp. It'll definitely deal more damage than your library card. ME>Briefly consider a series of ill advised antics with the various fixtures of the local environment in a fashion more befitting of a significantly sillier and more self indulgent pro...

ENTER>KITCHEN While the kitchen shows obvious signs of disuse, it also feels less abandoned than the entry way. A refrigerator and freezer hum, the sink is free of grime, and the table shows only a thin layer of dust. Basically your average kitchen! Outside, you hear the sound of a large car pull u...

CHECK>PHONE It's broken in half, but your last text message is still visible: mom: please be careful and don't attract the spirits of the bog you: LOL CHECK>LIBRARY CARD WAYNE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM It has a barcode and your hold number. You signed it when you got it, but the signature smeared away ...

You awaken in the grass outside the World Famous Cod House, a large house shaped, due to inventive use of stucco, like a large cod. The air is a cool 67 degrees Farenheit. The sky is clear. In your inventory is a broken Nokia flip phone, a lighter, $23.19 USD, a library card, and a pair of nunchucks...

I used to be big into comics. HUGE into comics. I bought the best superhero stuff, the hot literary stuff, the acclaimed manga, the little gay minicomics from young queers at zine fests, old stuff, new stuff, and everything in between. I no longer work at a bookstore, my disposable income is current...