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Stories with keyword: fear

The Peach Badge of Courage

Living in LA with his girlfriend, Michael has gotten used to agreeing with plans that he’s not at all enthusiastic about, because he figures that most of the time, they’re not going to happen. So when his two close friends … Continue reading →

Keywords accelerated free fall, airplane, claustrophobia, desert, fear, hand signals, jump, jumpmaster., LA, Live story, Los Angeles, parachute, peer pressure, plane, puke, rip cord, sick, skydiving, terror, The State, vomit

Unbreakable

Melanie moved to Taos, New Mexico to work on the book she was trying to write. While there, she worked at a pizza parlor and started a relationship with one of her co-workers — a handsome, outdoor-adventurer type who quickly … Continue reading →

Keywords abuse, abusive, adventure, anger, codependent, date rape, dating, dough, drifter, escape, explosive, fear, gaslighting, homeless, love, manipulation, New Mexico, outdoor guide, outdoors, outdoorsy, pizza parlor, Radio, rage, rape, relationship, sex, suicide, survival, survivor, Taos, threat, threatening, travel, traveler, unpredictable, violence, violent, volatile, writer

What Kind of Friend

It’s 2010, and Hank is living in NYC post grad school, and is in deep credit card debt. He becomes friends with a fellow actor, Walter, who’s so broke he’s living in his van. Hank invites Walter to be his … Continue reading →

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Personal Best

Kevin decides to combat his nagging insecurity that he’s the weakest member of his comedy troupe, The State, by getting away for a while, and taking a cross-country “hippie bus trip” from NYC to San Francisco. Amidst much joviality and … Continue reading →

Keywords beards, Boy Scouts, bus drivers, bus trip, campground, Colorado, Colorado River, crabs, cross country, current, drowning, drugs, fear, Gay storyteller, German, GLBTQIA storyteller, Green Tortoise, hippies, Host story, Kevin Allison, Live story, mud, naked, near death, New York, NYC, queer, raft, San Francisco, show host, showers, swim, swimming, The State

A Little Help From My Friends

When his comedy troupe The State breaks up, Kevin has to start a solo career, and creates a weird, elaborate, performance-art style comedic character monologue that centers around possibly being (or not being) Charles Manson. He tries it out at … Continue reading →

Keywords agent, audience, blank, body surfing, career., character, Charles Manson, comedy, comedy club, failure, fear, gig, Host story, Kevin Allison, Live story, Luna Lounge, memorization, monologue, New York, NYC, onstage, script, scripted, show host, solo, stage fright, standup, The State, think about it Jackass, vulnerability

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