Start from Part I Today’s lighthearted alternative is a project announcement. Before Catastrophe Theory even had a name, before the author had any intention of making her silly documentation public, there was a sim whose bizarre life choices blew the
Sunshine and Laughter (Part X)
Start from Part I Today’s non-supersad alternative is a redone summary of Book I. Now it’s Kendra and Shu gossiping about the past twenty years while utterly failing to sit in chairs. And yes, it’s a summary, but also a
Sunshine and Laughter (Part IX)
Start from Part I Ok, here’s where the light-hearted alternative comes in. Don’t read the following post unless you’re up for an emotional challenge. Instead, have a shiny new character page. Character page! It’s got evidence that I’m trying my
Sunshine and Laughter (Part VIII)
Start from Part I So, 2020. The year of throwing kerosene on the fire. Massive work deadline drained my juices but I’m back. When I say ‘massive,’ I mean if I disclosed what it was, you’d ask why the eff
Sunshine and Laughter (Part VII)
Start from Part I The glass of juice in Claudia’s hand, she meant to use as a solvent for the frenetic specks marring her composure. It didn’t kick in immediately. The bottle’s base hitting the counter made a louder echo
Sunshine and Laughter (Part VI)
Start from Part I “Come on. Come on, come on, come on.” Claudia spoke to herself with butterfly-wing words, the kind that floated without the hiss of a whisper or the aggression of a murmur, the kind whose delicate timbre
Sunshine and Laughter (Part V)
Start from Part I “Come on. Come on, come on, come on.” This marked the fifth time in three seconds Xiyuan had refreshed his text messages. They hadn’t changed. There was a moment at quarter-to-eight when he leapt to unholster
Sunshine and Laughter (Part IV)
Start from Part I It was a straight path from the Shrieking Llama’s entrance to his preferred spot. The jacket he wore was constrictive in the shoulders, with metal attachments suggesting he wasn’t giving out free hugs anytime soon. He
Sunshine and Laughter (Part III)
Start from Part I “Mom, it’s eight, I gotta make it to school.” Hector, like all members of his species, had an innate sense of time when it came to appointments. Promptly at 8 A.M., when the school day started,
Sunshine and Laughter (Part II)
Start from Part I “Pinche pendejo. ¿Qué chingados cree que está haciendo? ¿Qué chingados?“ Claudia projected her asshole ex onto the punching bag. She shoved it hard with both hands. It’d been a couple days since the breakup. She’d cut