Is there anyone out there that has written surreal stories/plots?

L1aei · Feb 10, 2026

TinaMigarlo said:
I vaguely remember watching that movie at my buddy's house. I remember seeing parts that were really cool. Like, they sit around shooting holes in the walls. But, as a movie? It lacked choerence. It was like, I don'tknow. A bunch of scenes strung together and they just *called* it a movie.

next thing you know, there was a movie called "Twister". NOT, the famous tornado movie. This, was some weirdo flick. It made *no* sense, and it starred among others? Crispin Hellion Glover. It was just... the movie *ends*, and you were still waiting for a plot.

Adam Sandler made a weirdo movie, "Punchdrunk Love". Watched it starft to finish, never did see a point or a plot.

if that's all surreal? Whatever.

Yeah, pretty much like a fever dream.

TinaMigarlo · Feb 10, 2026

not sure if I'm the butt of a joke or not.
but *&^% it if I am, roast away.
lol.

L1aei · Feb 10, 2026

TinaMigarlo said:
not sure if I'm the butt of a joke or not.
but *&^% it if I am, roast away.
lol.

If you haven't done anything to warrant being the butt of a joke, then I am not making fun of ya, but laughing alongside you.

TinaMigarlo · Feb 11, 2026

L1aei:

pretty much like a fever dream

my own example, was my MC had a bad fever going septic, and everything was going surreal and hallunicnatory on him. which made it funny you said those movies were like a fever dream.

CharlesEBrown · Feb 11, 2026

LovellSu said:
"The Mask", 1889 short story by French author Guy de Maupassant

Think I read that (English translation) but not sure.

LovellSu said:
"The Mask" (Chambers short story), 1895 short story by American author Robert W. Chambers, part of the book The King in Yellow

Definitely read that. Think The King in Yellow was one of the first books I bought for my Kindle.

LovellSu said:
"The Mask", 1912 short story by F. Tennyson Jesse

"The Mask", 1915 short story by Bernard Capes, featured in the 1989 book The Black Reaper

"The Mask", 1925 short story by Vernon Knowles, featured in the book The Street of Queer Houses and Other Stories
"The Mask", 1934 short story by Henry de Vere Stacpoole, featured in the book My Grimmest Nightmare

"The Mask", 1974 short story by Sydney James Bounds
The Mask (Lem short story), 1974 short story by Polish science fiction author Stanisław Lem
"The Mask", 1994 short story by Michael Swanwick, featured in the 2000 book Tales of Old Earth
"The Mask", 1985 short story by Joan Clark
"The Mask", 1998 short story by Gary Myers

Read at least one of those, probably more.

LovellSu said:
The Mask, novelization of the 1994 film by Steve Perry

That seems somehow redundant

LovellSu said:
The Mask, a comics character based on Black Bat appearing in Exciting Comics, published by Standard Comics

I knew there was a character based on Black Bat (and it wasn't Batman - timing suggests both were inspired by the same opera but went in different directions) or Daredevil (who has more in common with Black Bat than Batman does) but didn't know the title.

LovellSu said:
The Mask (comics), a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics

Read two issues (well, one issue from each of two series IIRC).
Not sure what the point of your Wall of Text was, unless you're trying to make a surrealist post...

LovellSu · Feb 11, 2026

I was talking to someone else.

L1aei · Feb 11, 2026

LovellSu said:
I was talking to someone else.

That's a challenge to keep a private conversation between each other when in an openly public setting, isn't it?

JordanIda · Feb 11, 2026

Still going on? This thread reaffirms my decision to take my work down here. I may change my mind, but the only "views" were spammers, trolls, cranks, children.

As to the last: doesn't this place have a minimum age constraint? I left Wattpad and Quotev because they were kiddy playpens. Scribblehub more of the same? I suppose age rules are hard to enforce.

L1aei · Feb 11, 2026

JordanIda said:
Still going on? This thread reaffirms my decision to take my work down here. I may change my mind, but the only "views" were spammers, trolls, cranks, children.

As to the last: doesn't this place have a minimum age constraint? I left Wattpad and Quotev because they were kiddy playpens. Scribblehub more of the same? I suppose age rules are hard to enforce.

Who's that directed at? I'm 41.

JordanIda · Feb 11, 2026

No no not you, lol. I'm referring to the little imp who doesn't know what surreal means, doesn't know what genre means, doesn't know what literature means, and apparently doesn't know even what stupid means. (yawn)

I really do have to decide whether or not to post fiction here. And as long as I'm on the fence, I should stay off these forums for my own good. But I really enjoy chatting with many of you. Yourself Darth Vader, Eldoria, and Charles, and many others. Even this funny little guy who started this thread. When the mood strikes me this is fun too. For purposes of confusement. I've left so many other places. I should try to make this work. (sigh)

As to my interest in this thread: I write my novels in surrealist style. That's my interest. I just wish the thread hadn't been started by a 10 year old who's never held a real book.

L1aei · Feb 11, 2026

JordanIda said:
No no not you, lol. I'm referring to the little imp who doesn't know what surreal means, doesn't know what genre means, doesn't know what literature means, and apparently doesn't know even what stupid means. (yawn)

Carry on.

I'd give you a laugh reaction but...

LovellSu · Feb 11, 2026

If I apparently didn't know what stupid meant, I wouldn't have to put 'book' in bold text for you, but that's fine; everyone on earth has to consider a person that doesn't know comics and picture books are literature the opposite of stupid... Except for me.

Also, what are you talking about? 'The Audumn of the Patriarch' is my favorite book ????. Fix your grammar mistake because you actually typed that, and it's still up; it's Autumn, not Audumn, it's extremely difficult to acknowledge an opinion from somebody like you. Try to make yourself look like the 10-year-old instead of me. I guess you don't know what The Mask by Dark Horse Comics is due to the clear deflection, obviously.

Avarice_Of_The_Seven · Feb 11, 2026

Guys, chill out.

Scribble Hub forums/ community is famous for being chill and friendly. It's okay to fight and all, but please don't drag it out.

LovellSu · Feb 11, 2026

JordanIda said:
No no not you, lol. I'm referring to the little imp who doesn't know what surreal means, doesn't know what genre means, doesn't know what literature means, and apparently doesn't know even what stupid means. (yawn)

I really do have to decide whether or not to post fiction here. And as long as I'm on the fence, I should stay off these forums for my own good. But I really enjoy chatting with many of you. Yourself Darth Vader, Eldoria, and Charles, and many others. Even this funny little guy who started this thread. When the mood strikes me this is fun too. For purposes of confusement. I've left so many other places. I should try to make this work. (sigh)

As to my interest in this thread: I write my novels in surrealist style. That's my interest. I just wish the thread hadn't been started by a 10 year old who's never held a real book.

Use this and move on, or sign out; nobody's there to stop you.

CharlesEBrown · Feb 11, 2026

LovellSu said:
Also, what are you talking about? 'The Audumn of the Patriarch' is my favorite book ????. Fix your grammar mistake because you actually typed that, and it's still up; it's Autumn, not Audumn, it's extremely difficult to acknowledge an opinion from somebody like you.

Psst: That is a typographical error, a spelling mistake, not a grammar one...

LovellSu · Feb 11, 2026

CharlesEBrown · Feb 11, 2026

LovellSu said:
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Note the answer does not say a GRAMMAR mistake. It is a SPELLING mistake. Spelling is separate from grammar (schools still teach spelling, or did the last time I checked, in the 90s; they stopped teaching grammar, except as an advanced elective, in the 70s).

unlaumy · Feb 11, 2026

The OP is a surreal existence for sure... or is it us? Nevertheless, I'm waiting for an art exhibition where OP will show this whole thread as their work (though I doubt visitors will consider us as the main attraction).

LovellSu · Feb 11, 2026

justabot · Feb 12, 2026

Looks like it's gone off topic. Locked.

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