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  Foreword Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. The next short story in the Declutter collection is here! As a reminder, since it's been a hot minute since I've been able to post anything to this blog, Declutter is my short story collection that I am releasing for free on Patchwork and then later on through Amazon's self-publishing.  The following is a much more... personal story. Most of my short stories are ideas that I have either from day dreaming or night dreaming. This one is inspired by my own struggles with depression and anxiety but eventually changed into a simple conversation between myself and a character - something my lady love does to help herself work through some of her own struggles. It was something I have never tried to do and figured why not give it a shot. The following is that experiment.  A Conversation With Angelica The cold metal of my apartment's front door felt comforting against my forehead. I let my skin remain against the portal to my personal space for...

  Foreword Hello! It's another short story for the collection, Declutter! Light Bulb Inc. - as I have explained numerous times on the blog here - was the club that my cousin, my brother and myself created when we were all small children. Originally directionless, my brother and myself decided that LBI should be a kind of online gaming police force. We would be a gamer's best defense against cheaters and hackers and, to immortalize our little club forever, I decided to create a short story based on those adventures. I did initially write this from the point of view of a little kid explaining what happened in a video game to his parent. Hopefully I capture some of the childhood innocence or, at the very least, made a fun read! Light Bulb Inc: Initialization I proceeded to check my loadout for a third time. I knew everything was in place but my nerves compelled me to check anyways. Dragon Skin battle armor? Check. M1 rifle, fully loaded? Check. Revolver loaded with six rounds? Che...

Foreword      Hiiiii. Excluding the Ed, Edd, N Eddy review that went up last week, it's been awhile since I wrote for you. How have you been? Hopefully you've been taking care of yourself. The following story is another short fiction story that occurs in the From Dawn to Dusk series – the main series that all (probably more accurate to say most) my fiction stories take place in. The Caravan takes place near the end of the timeline. Before I treat your imagination to a fun, young adult fantasy story I would like to give an announcement of sorts.      As has been discussed over on my twitch channel (twitch.tv/BradicalRadical) I stated that I recently quit my regular 9-to-5 job in hopes of doing... well... this. Writing, streaming and online content creation has been a passion of mine ever since I was an awkward teen watching countless hours of 2010s YouTube. Now I'm awkward adult watching countless hours of 2020s YouTube but also with enough income to have m...

Foreword Hello! Here's another short story for you to chew over while I make preparations to release my first novel. In the spirit of Halloween, the following is a horror story that has some great violence and descriptions of gore. If any of that happens to be triggering for you, or simply not your thing, you won't break my heart too much by skipping over this one. This particular story is another one I've been mauling over for a bit of time now. The main story, that I'll get around to writing eventually, is heavily inspired by Stephen King and, more specifically, "Under the Dome". That should give you an idea of what you are in for; allow me to present: The Games They Play A young boy and a teenage girl stood still on the black top of the grocery store's parking lot. The boy had his hand tightly wrapped around the girl's, squeezing it for comfort. The girl stood confidently, almost slightly annoyed by the little one's apprehension. "It...

  Foreword (Hey, I spelled it correctly this time.) Hello, folks! For those who read "Aimless", you'll know that From Dawn to Dusk is the fantasy world that I've been crafting for the better part of 6 years now. It is a series that begins with the Dawn of Creation and ends with the Dusk of Apocalypse. It features fantastical creatures such as elves, werewolves, faeries and so on, doing battle against Hell after it, quite literally, broke loose. "Aimless" took place near the beginning of the series, near the start of creation; this story will take place near the end of the series, during the apocalyptic future. Keep in mind that this is still very much a work in progress and, as such, details are not set in stone and can be changed at any moment before the full story is released. Basically, I got the itch to write in the setting that I've been dreaming about for past several years and I'm finally going to scratch that itch. With that, I present to y...