A story written by a true nosferatu head, loved the thrall dynamic- the tease of real mythicism and the life draining realistic twist of Rodney's everywhere
Mysticism?? That’s so cool! I caught the vampire leitmotif, but I must have missed the mysticism angle completely (my bad, I’ve been out of it lately 😅🤪🤓)—please, do tell!
Oh word, I can dig that!! Yeah you could certainly lump vampires & the occult into one neat little package. I’ve also been thinking about AI, as well, like… what if they’re secretly the ringleaders & we’re all clueless as to who our true masters are?? 🤫 Perhaps they’ve been scapegoating themselves so as to pull off the heist of the millennial, and the performative hate toward the machine is simply an elaborate ruse. A bit, if you will. Fully committed, albeit to an eerie extent. One thing I’ve learned from studying the occult is that it’s very easy to commit too hard to a bit & totally derail the whole game (improvisational comedy)—the key is “yes AND/OR/BUT”, as simply saying “NO that’s RETARDED” ruins the fun (NOT in a bad way; as in “retardando” in musical theory: slowing the melody down so much that it facilitates radical change in the whole tune, you dig?).
Nice work! This is a fun read and kept me engaged through out. As someone from NY who lived in LA for a period of time, you captured the nuance so well.
This is so good, Lolo! Your descriptions, pacing, and characters are rich and emotive. Like every sentence in the story feels necessary, you never lose focus. I really like the uneasy tone throughout too.
I think maybe your protagonist is a self-insert bc I've seen some of your tweets lol, but I really enjoyed him especially how you described his anxiety. And it's so fun that the "vampire" character tells the protagonist that he's draining. Funny irony.
I hope you keep writing fiction! You're very good!
I enjoyed this thoroughly, especially because I live in Los Feliz & frequently visit Silverlake - also thank you for Charlotte. It was a fun and edgy ✨
I really enjoyed this piece, and loved the ending. Felt empowered by Charlotte, especially after a date where the man talked about himself the entire time. There are vampires all around!
This is genuinely one of the best short stories i’ve read in a minute, really kept me on my toes
A story written by a true nosferatu head, loved the thrall dynamic- the tease of real mythicism and the life draining realistic twist of Rodney's everywhere
Mysticism* typing on mobile hurts
Mysticism?? That’s so cool! I caught the vampire leitmotif, but I must have missed the mysticism angle completely (my bad, I’ve been out of it lately 😅🤪🤓)—please, do tell!
I was more so pointing to mysticism as simply the magical or otherworldly not necessarily a reference 🫡
Oh word, I can dig that!! Yeah you could certainly lump vampires & the occult into one neat little package. I’ve also been thinking about AI, as well, like… what if they’re secretly the ringleaders & we’re all clueless as to who our true masters are?? 🤫 Perhaps they’ve been scapegoating themselves so as to pull off the heist of the millennial, and the performative hate toward the machine is simply an elaborate ruse. A bit, if you will. Fully committed, albeit to an eerie extent. One thing I’ve learned from studying the occult is that it’s very easy to commit too hard to a bit & totally derail the whole game (improvisational comedy)—the key is “yes AND/OR/BUT”, as simply saying “NO that’s RETARDED” ruins the fun (NOT in a bad way; as in “retardando” in musical theory: slowing the melody down so much that it facilitates radical change in the whole tune, you dig?).
I've never thought about bringing AI into the conversation of the occult but that's some interesting food for thought
this was hilarious lmao. charlotte such a queen i wish i had it in me to call men out to their face like that
Her mouth QUIRKED UP. I’m loving this so far. EDIT: just finished. Tons of fun. Thank you so much for sharing!
“Rodney, you’re the only one sucking the life force out of anyone here”
I see what you did there)
Fun read!
Charlotte would fix me
Nice work! This is a fun read and kept me engaged through out. As someone from NY who lived in LA for a period of time, you captured the nuance so well.
I liked it! Charlotte tore into Rodney but now how you’d expect. She don’t get him physically. She got him mentally.
This was a fantastic read! Great work here!
Loved this story!
This is so good, Lolo! Your descriptions, pacing, and characters are rich and emotive. Like every sentence in the story feels necessary, you never lose focus. I really like the uneasy tone throughout too.
I think maybe your protagonist is a self-insert bc I've seen some of your tweets lol, but I really enjoyed him especially how you described his anxiety. And it's so fun that the "vampire" character tells the protagonist that he's draining. Funny irony.
I hope you keep writing fiction! You're very good!
a big hell yeah to bringing short fiction on here
I enjoyed this thoroughly, especially because I live in Los Feliz & frequently visit Silverlake - also thank you for Charlotte. It was a fun and edgy ✨
A proper fun read! Thank you for sharing.
I really enjoyed this piece, and loved the ending. Felt empowered by Charlotte, especially after a date where the man talked about himself the entire time. There are vampires all around!
I was witness to each moment. Thanks for writing this!