Sleepkast
By Kacie Sharon Willis
Have you ever experienced Sleep Paralysis? Your eyes dart, connecting dots on a popcorn ceiling as something looms just beyond your line of sight. You can not move. You can not speak- but only for a moment or two. Are you / / are we / / is this… or are we waking up?
Remodeling White Interiors Or Burning Down the House that Shame Built
By Melissa Word
Let us imagine Whiteness as an inherited house,
built on stolen land by the labor of a stolen people.
A shelter passed down through the generations, once assumed to be sturdy, now requiring an assessment of what’s been left to languish and rot in the basement.
What is this foundation really made of?
There’s a leak in the roof now, and storms raging outside come pouring in, they shall be felt.
Walk with me through these corridors, and let us see what we have here.
Teeny Tiny Town
By Jake Krakovsky
Look around you. Listen closely. Does your home feel lonesome? Lacking that special buzz of friends and family, comings and goings? Look a little harder. Listen a little closely-er. There’s friends all around you, you see, if you just know how to find them…
Similar to Angels
By Suehyla El-Attar
They're invisible, they live amongst us, and they can be just as evil as we are. Best get iJinn, the world's first state of the art Jinn* removal service. Rid your home of what you can't see, now, and protect your family forever. Just because you don't believe, doesn't mean it's not true.
*Jinn are beings of flame or air who are capable of assuming human or animal form and are said to dwell in all conceivable inanimate objects, found in Arabian and Islamic mythology.
STREAMING
By Rita Nicole Leslie
Arianna Stevens saw something she can't unsee but she can't go to the police because she shouldn't have been there in the first place.
She's hoping her therapist can help her find some peace.
Who knows you better than you know yourself?
What if it was someone you've never met?
Your privacy is assumed but in actuality it's being consumed— day in and day out by complete strangers.
The intimacy is unearned but you're none the wiser.
Which begs the question, who's watching the watcher?
Come To Bed
By Joanie Drago
It’s 2am. I wanna talk.
Choosing Compassion
By Minka Wiltz
When we are working parents with little ones at home, it can be a challenge to keep them engaged while trying to accomplish other tasks. It becomes important to negotiate how we divide our time between our precious babies who are absorbing new experiences every moment, and the work that is so necessary to meet our day to day responsibilities. In this piece, a working mother shares how she is choosing compassion and how that choice reminds her about her true self ever day.
NTMC
By Emma Yarbrough
The antidote to chaos is connection.
Do you feel untethered in these anxious times? Are you suffering from an acute lack of human connection? Do you miss sharing whispered words of comfort with friends and loved ones? During moments of chaos, it is common to feel disconnected from the rest of the world, like a small vessel tumbling and helpless in a vast sea of uncertainty.
Introducing NTMC (pronounced intimacy), a revolution in interconnectedness. The first service of its kind, NTMC spins a web of platonic kinship between the lonely and isolated. Simply sign-up to join our community and receive a random, anonymous message from a fellow solitary soul.
After you listen to your message, you may record your own to be included in our archive; just email NTMC.submission@gmail.com. Participation is not required.
Close Your Eyes
Do you ever wonder who previously lived in your home? Who were they, what were they like, and did they hear the same noises you do in the middle of the night? Listen as a former resident of your home, leads you room by room through the experiences she had long before you moved into your current address. (Headphones are encouraged.)
CULDESAC
By Elizabeth Jarrett
Culdesac Corporation - the nation’s premier smart home software manufacturer, is looking for Beta Testers for a brand new, state-of-the-art program. Designed to virtually transport you to locations beyond your wildest dreams, Foundation™ recreates your home in 4D, enabling you to live in a virtual world without geographic limitation. Connect with one of our specially trained Foundation™ Architects today for a free consultation.
This experience has two options for your comfort and convenience, though making an appointment and speaking to a live representative is the best way to get the most out of this story. Both require participation via guided movement throughout your home. Communication is encouraged.
This experience is intended for one participant at a time.
1. To speak to a live representative, please schedule your appointment above.
2. For a pre-recorded version of this experience, please click “play” on the media player below.
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