It’s a long-ago established idea in science fiction that we might live in some computer program. And thinking about it can lead down so many roads of thought. What does that mean about our lives, about our personalities? Who are we outside the simulation?
Words have so much power, dear reader. Apple. Car. Battery. Simply by reading that, you likely pictured some or all those objects.
In human history, the things people regularly drink have profoundly affected the course of civilization.
After that harrowing multi-part story, we figured it was time for something more lighthearted. A little more whimsical.
If you’ve read this far, then you know the cats are about to show their full plan. The price for all of Bethany’s good luck.
The longer they stay in Plain House, the stranger things get. Bethany’s new and improved life is showing some more of its… changes. Its costs. Its cracks. And soon, she may need to face the full scope of this supernatural house.
Jeff has been such a good boyfriend to Bethany, but there is something strange about him. Something that doesn’t make sense.
Bethany’s life is going much better now—but she doesn’t remember where or how she got so many cats.
Today’s story is only the beginning. In a neighborhood you’ve never visited, there’s a house. It’s called Plain House, for it is not worth describing how it looks.
You may have read this introduction before. I cannot speak for certain. Time can be strange like that. Sometimes it doesn’t move the way you would expect it to move.
In every tale of rules that must never be broken, someone breaks them. Humans, it seems, are sometimes too curious. And now our protagonist, Jeremy, has stayed up too long. And can hear the humming.
Today, we have a type of story that’s been with humanity forever. There have always been stories of things children must not do or risk terrible danger.
