Anchor: Good evening, and welcome to tonight’s edition of Global News Network. I’m your host, Sarah Williams. Our top story tonight: the rising concern over AI-generated avatars, known widely as simulants, on the popular cam-site, VirtuaCam. Recent reports suggest that an increasing number of users are abandoning the platform, feeling deceived by artificial performers posing […]
“I’m surprised you guys are open.” I shrug, shaking a mixer and turning to face the newcomer. It was a cop who sometimes patrolled outside the club. I’ve heard stories about him from Leeroy, the bouncer. The Final Pour is a bar that serves people from the fringes of society, and a lot of cops […]
⌚ Approximately 6 minute read ⚠ Content Warning: violence, death, deception, betrayal “Come closer, Yawo.” The old man motioned for me to step forward. I walked toward him, leaving the other apprentices standing near the wall, sure to walk in the slow, methodical pace of Yawo I had worked so hard to perfect. I had […]
⌚ Approximately 15 minute read ⚠ Content Warning: gender identity, bullying, emotional abuse, physical abuse, forced medical treatment, ableism, cult-like behavior, kidnapping, and violence The girls and women at the well were already gossiping about him like a legend. “He was so handsome,” they said, going on about his perfectly kept beard; his long, flowing […]
⌚ Approximately 10 minute read ⚠ Content Warning: Death, Romantic Situations I had dreamt of him for years. His age seemed to change with mine; as I grew older he did as well. His face, I could never quite glimpse, or if I did it was forgotten as the foggy light of dawn broke through my […]
⌚ Approximately 10 minute read ⚠ Content Warning: demonic possession, addiction, sacrifice, occult themes, horror elements The clicking of the typewriter resounded in the late evening air, creating a discordant beat with the softly playing country music. Mark didn’t have to use a real typewriter to write his manuscripts, he had a computer sitting in […]
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