I Hate It When I Cant Even Write A Poem About Something Because Its Too Obvious. Like In The Airbnb I

Stay?

an interactive fiction game from E. Jade Lomax (ink-splotch / dirgewithoutmusic), the writer who brought you Beanstalk & the @sortinghatchats quiz

Come explore the magical valley of Elaia through a choose-your-own-adventure game. It's got dangers to circumvent, morality to ponder, and folks of all sorts of genders for you to befriend and fall in love with.

What is Stay?

An interactive fiction story

A dating sim wrapped up in a fantasy adventure puzzle

A quest to find your own happy ending in a world where you always get a second chance

How to play?

It's free to play and doesn't require any downloads. Just go to ejadelomax.itch.io/stay on your mobile device or browser & hit "Run Game."

Places where reality is a bit altered:

• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet

If I were a teacher at Hogwarts I would give and take points a lot, but I wouldn’t use multiples of 5.

“Thank you for your answer Emma. 3.76 points to Hufflepuff.”

“But professor, you can’t do that.”

“Shut up Ingo or I’ll take 45.00000001 points from Gryffindor.”

I’m sick even when I dream, Katie Maria

Catherynne M. Valente, The Bread We Eat in Dreams

Clementine Von Radics, from In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive; “The Fear”

[Text ID: “I am afraid / I will love you forever / and we will never be / in the same room / again.”]

"Matilda"

I’m not posting on social media much right now to leave space for more important things, but here’s a tiny post to say that all my pieces for Gallery Nucleus have now been released as prints, including the above, available here.  Stay safe, my friends.