This all could’ve been avoided if Faye and Rich just took the bus 😣

Stuck in the Present is now on Steam.

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We know Faye’s mom would be proud of how far she’s come ❤️

If you want to know more, Stuck in the Present is now on Steam.

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“This book is as handsome as the author!” 🥹🤣 It really makes me so happy to get pictures from people when my book arrives. Getting feedback as my readers dive into my stories is also one of the best feelings in the world! Thanks for picking it up, I hope you enjoy it! 😊
~E.L.F.
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"The flowers, though they grow so high,
Are pale here, like death;
Only one in the middle
Stands there, dark red.

It did not get its color from the sun:
Its glow was never touched by it;
It got it from the earth,
And the earth drank human blood."

— Friedrich Hebbel

This poem somehow fits the atmosphere of Silent Hill 2 Remake perfectly.
Especially after finding the sheet music for "Einsame Blumen" from Robert Schumann’s Waldszenen in Laura’s room.

#SilentHill2 #DarkPoetry #Gothic #Melancholy #Atmospheric #PsychologicalHorror #RobertSchumann #ClassicalMusic #Romanticism #Waldszenen #Poetry #DarkAesthetics #FoggyVibes #AiArt #Flux #promptography #HorrorArt #Surreal

A journalist claims he knows the identity of a serial killer, but the moment the detective looks up, everything begins to unravel.

A Cold Cup of Coffee

If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.

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https://mtonks.com/2026/05/14/a-cold-cup-of-coffee-the-complete-cut-10-years-later-a-short-horror-story-by-matthew-tonks/

A Cold Cup of Coffee – The Complete Cut – 10 Years Later – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

A disgraced detective meets a journalist claiming to know the identity of a brutal serial killer. Some truths are far worse when they finally stare back at you.

Twisted Horror Stories by Matthew Tonks

There are no right or wrong answers here… only consequences 🫣

Stuck in the Present is available on Steam!

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I find it so difficult to figure out what to say in these posts, which is why I’ve had inconsistency issues in the past. Yes, being exhausted and stressed with the everyday struggle of survival doesn’t help, but that’s not everything. One thing my head keeps going back to is a simple idea that should help with these posts: “Just put out there what you’d like to see from other writers.” I guess one of my problems is I don’t tend to find myself hunting for tidbits from my favorites, so it makes me feel like I lack a basic framework for what I should be doing with social media when it comes to my writing.
It’s alright, I’ll keep at it and get better.
I am going to shoot for one to two posts a week (I know, that’s nothing when it comes to the wild world of social media), whether I just drop a couple of sentences to show that I’m still within the confines of this dimension, or I dive into something longer, like character lore, how my book ideas spawned, my big series plans, or how Vampire Hunter D is one of my favorite characters in fiction. For now, my plan is also to not have much behind my Substack subscription paywall, as I’m working hard to plot out a whole series while also wondering if I need to find a part-time job to give my strapped finances some sort of breathing room.
All that said, I’ve had some coffee, I’ve got some music going (Yama’s Versus the Night album at the moment), I think it’s time to shoot this blog post out into the void hoping it reaches my dear readers (present and future), and work on plotting Chapter 4 of Shadowed Memories: Dark Shadow Volume 3. Maybe I’ll have to talk more about that in the next post…
May your days be wonderful, and creative spirit nourished by Meraki’s unending flames,
~E.L.F.
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Man, this is the second time I've watched a playthrough or analysis of a game we've played on stream where I've come away from my own playthrough feeling like I somehow missed important messages.

Granted, you can chalk it up to the split attention that comes with streaming, but when I had this happen after playing #Mouthwashing it was the first time I ever experienced anything around that game, of course it's going to be hard to absorb/digest the themes/messages of that game when you have a divided attention.

However, when I played #SOMA back in 2022 I had already watched Markiplier's LP before I had decided to revisit the game for myself. I knew there was a philospohical & existential thread woven throughout the game, and while that entire discussion is still very much accurate to my playthrough, one thing I feel I completely missed the mark on is the antagonistic nature that Catherine presents as and how she treats her research and the people of Pathos-II.

There's a non-zero part of me that almost feels like my take on my experience in SOMA is not how I would prefer to present the game, although the rest of me still wants it to exist, even if I may not be happy with it personally.

If you're interested in a playthrough that handles it more as a game with some light philosophical discussions & posits, feel free to check out my playthrough on either of my channels. However, if you're interested in a much more meaningful, philosophical discussion on the nature of consciousness, sense of self, and the value of humanitarianism in scientific endeavors such as this, I suggest giving the playthrough from Dr. Mick a watch. He is able to so eloquently explain what I failed to portray with so much more tact & respect, it's hardly a comparison.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPvuOO4woLPPrNLWFQldb6W6nxa3EttkP

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SOMA with a Therapist

YouTube

This is exactly why we don’t talk to strangers… especially bald ones 👨‍🦲

Find out who the mysterious priest is when you play Stuck in the Present, available on Steam.

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