Jon Phillips is a motion graphics artist, writer, and director.

Spooktober Stories

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October 1, 2019.

SPOOKTOBER STORY #1:


“He’s been doing this for five years. He just told me.”

“Five years!?”

“I know, it’s really sad, I don’t even like him and I’m really sad for him. Five years of Spooktober Stories, Jesus Christ. It’s pathetic.”

“Pathetic. What is he hoping to accomplish?”

“Oh my god, he just texted again.”

“Should I look? I don’t want to look.”

“It’s a link.”

“To what?”

“Oh no.”

“What? What is it? Show me.”

“You don’t want to know.”

“I want to know!”

“It’s a link… to all the Spooktober Stories. On his personal website. He archived them.”

“Oh my god. Oh my god.”

“They’re not even searchable. It’s just a list of dates.”

“This is a nightmare. I want to wake up.”

“You can’t wake up. This is all there is. An endless nightmare. Direction has no meaning. There is no up, there is no uʍop, there is only…


https://www.32radians.com/spooktober-stories-archive


…ʎluo sᴉ ǝɹǝɥʇ 'down ou sᴉ ǝɹǝɥʇ 'dn ou sᴉ ǝɹǝɥ┴ ˙ƃuᴉuɐǝɯ ou sɐɥ uoᴉʇɔǝɹᴉp ˙ǝɹɐɯʇɥƃᴉu ssǝlpuǝ u∀ ˙sᴉ ǝɹǝɥʇ llɐ sᴉ sᴉɥ┴ ˙dn ǝʞɐʍ ʇ’uɐɔ no⅄“

”˙dn ǝʞɐʍ oʇ ʇuɐʍ I ˙ǝɹɐɯʇɥƃᴉu ɐ sᴉ sᴉɥ┴“

”˙sǝʇɐp ɟo ʇsᴉl ɐ ʇsnɾ s’ʇI ˙ǝlqɐɥɔɹɐǝs uǝʌǝ ʇou ǝɹ’ʎǝɥ┴“

”˙poƃ ʎɯ ɥO ˙poƃ ʎɯ ɥO“

”˙ɯǝɥʇ pǝʌᴉɥɔɹɐ ǝH ˙ǝʇᴉsqǝʍ lɐuosɹǝd sᴉɥ uO ˙sǝᴉɹoʇS ɹǝqoʇʞoodS ǝɥʇ llɐ oʇ …ʞuᴉl ɐ s’ʇI“

”¡ʍouʞ oʇ ʇuɐʍ I“

”˙ʍouʞ oʇ ʇuɐʍ ʇ’uop no⅄“

”˙ǝɯ ʍoɥS ¿ʇᴉ sᴉ ʇɐɥM ¿ʇɐɥM“

”˙ou ɥO“

”¿ʇɐɥʍ o┴“

”˙ʞuᴉl ɐ s’ʇI“

”˙ʞool oʇ ʇuɐʍ ʇ’uop I ¿ʞool I plnoɥS“

”˙uᴉɐƃɐ pǝʇxǝʇ ʇsnɾ ǝɥ 'poƃ ʎɯ ɥO“

”¿ɥsᴉldɯoɔɔɐ oʇ ƃuᴉdoɥ ǝɥ sᴉ ʇɐɥM ˙ɔᴉʇǝɥʇɐԀ“

”˙ɔᴉʇǝɥʇɐd s’ʇI ˙ʇsᴉɹɥƆ snsǝſ 'sǝᴉɹoʇS ɹǝqoʇʞoodS ɟo sɹɐǝʎ ǝʌᴉℲ ˙ɯᴉɥ ɹoɟ pɐs ʎllɐǝɹ ɯ’I puɐ ɯᴉɥ ǝʞᴉl uǝʌǝ ʇ’uop I 'pɐs ʎllɐǝɹ s’ʇᴉ 'ʍouʞ I“

”¿¡sɹɐǝʎ ǝʌᴉℲ“

”˙ǝɯ ploʇ ʇsnɾ ǝH ˙sɹɐǝʎ ǝʌᴉɟ ɹoɟ sᴉɥʇ ƃuᴉop uǝǝq s’ǝH“


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