For this story, I took a cue from riding a roller coaster. I was so afraid when I was riding it that I kept my eyes shut during the entire ride. Afterward, I thought of how it felt to be afraid and shutting out the world. I started thinking, what if…
At this point, the last story took me into the realm of phobias. I came across Oenophobia, which is the fear of wine. I thought, what does a person do who has this fear when they are invited to a party? I wanted to address the fact that phobias are …
Digital Sleep was inspired by a time when I was struggling to stay awake in front of my laptop. My head would dip forward, almost touching the screen. Staring at it, I thought of someone entering the computer world and encountering strange scenes as…
Totem was a flash fiction that I wrote for a writer's association competition. I liked the story but felt that it needed more to it. The first and very last short paragraphs are the original story. It required some research on the locales.
I wrote this during the slowest day I have ever worked, so it's kind of a true story, except the whole mobster part. During that time, I was watching The Irishman. It took me a few days to watch it because it's quite a long movie.
Leshii is a type of Slavic folklore monster who lives in the forest. I was so upset over the war in Ukraine that I imagined monsters joining the fight. I did some research on Slavic monsters, and I came across Leshii. I combined it with the news of …
The new season kicks off with an absurd idea of a zombie story. Similar to the novel titled "Warm Bodies," I thought about how a zombie can be able to revert back to being human as long as they can afford it.
I wrote this story some time ago and was inspired by this real event that happened in California where a woman got into a car accident, left the scene, and jumped off a cliff to her death. It stayed with me as to why she would do such a thing...
This story was written by my husband, who has contributed many times to the podcast as a voice actor. He's a Stephen King fan and was influenced by his writings and the fact that we've hiked some parts of Colorado with our dog.
Taking Place was inspired by a story about a character wanting to jump off a bridge. In the story, a random person convinces the character not to jump. In my mind, I twisted that story into a ghost, influencing the main character to do it for their …
Somewhere, I saw this line, it's more like a tagline for most romance novels and movies. Not that there aren't any stories about nightmarish dates and/or lovers, but I decided to take a shot at it.
I recently got over COVID-19 and for the first few days, I had this terrible pain in my throat. It was quite hellish. It burned and ached. It came to me during my aspirin and cough medicine-fueled days the story of having Hell's gate in my mouth.
Again, this is an old story that I revisited and put in my mind to finish. I wanted a slick, non-stop Sci-Fi story with some heart. I was influenced by a nature documentary I saw that featured desert lizards.
This was an old story idea that I had with some inspiration from Beetlejuice and The Good Place. Two totally different things, but some how it gave birth to this story.
I was thinking about how cats have such a "bad rep" for being nasty pets and wondered about the connection between humans and cats.
This episode was based on the story trope of being able to cheat death, but I incorporated having the character see her own death in her dreams every night.
