Poop Cruise

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

I watched that Netflix documentary about the Carnival “Poop Cruise” and couldn’t stop thinking, what if they were never rescued?

What if that ship just kept drifting? No radar. No satellites. No coast guard. Just gone.

How long would the non-perishables last?

How long before people started forming factions, hoarding supplies, locking themselves in cabins?

How long before someone snapped?

How long before the entire ship descended into chaos?

Genre: Survival, Psychological Horror

 

[Anonjohn20]

How long would the non-perishables last?

A few more days.

How long before people started forming factions, hoarding supplies, locking themselves in cabins?

They were doing that already on the later days.

How long before someone snapped?

It's a miracle it didn't happen on day 3 or onward.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

What would happen if they stayed adrift for six months or more? No rescue, no contact, just the endless ocean.

What would the state of the cruise ship be by then?

 

[L1aei]

What would happen if they stayed adrift for six months or more? No rescue, no contact, just the endless ocean.

What would the state of the cruise ship be by then?

A Lord of the Flies adrift on open waters.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

The entire "Trainwreck" series on Netflix is incredible.
I'm avoiding "Poop Cruise", (obviously) but "Woodstock 99" and "The Astrodome Tragedy" are also must-sees.
Their style is very reminiscent of the in-your-face and unflinching HBO documentaries of the 90s.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

The entire "Trainwreck" series on Netflix is incredible.
I'm avoiding "Poop Cruise", (obviously) but "Woodstock 99" and "The Astrodome Tragedy" are also must-sees.
Their style is very reminiscent of the in-your-face and unflinching HBO documentaries of the 90s.

I have an idea for Woodstock 1999. A concert that never ends. Once you're there, you will be stuck for eternity. The protagonist must find a way to escape before the music consumes him.

A Lord of the Flies adrift on open waters.

Add sea monsters coming up only at night to hunt the humans on the ship.

 

[L1aei]

Add sea monsters coming up only at night to hunt the humans on the ship.

Talking about the "Poop Cruise" and now monsters reminded me of the shit demon from Dogma.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I have an idea for Woodstock 1999. A concert that never ends. Once you're there, you will be stuck for eternity. The protagonist must find a way to escape before the music consumes him.

They went about it the worst way possible. Not only was the ticket system faulty the food supplies shorted, and half the bands that were going to perform never showed up, but nothing from the original 1969 Woodstock existed. It was a debacle start to finish. It was a lame attempt to imitate greatness and it failed horribly.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

They went about it the worst way possible. Not only was the ticket system faulty the food supplies shorted, and half the bands that were going to perform never showed up, but nothing from the original 1969 Woodstock existed. It was a debacle start to finish. It was a lame attempt to imitate greatness and it failed horribly.

I know. I can't imagine the smell with all the people there...ugh

Talking about the "Poop Cruise" and now monsters reminded me of the shit demon from Dogma.

You should read Leviathan by Lee Gyung Tak :0

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I have an idea for Woodstock 1999. A concert that never ends. Once you're there, you will be stuck for eternity. The protagonist must find a way to escape before the music consumes him.

One of Stephen King's short story collections had a story like that; all the great dead artists - Hendrix, Joplin, Elvis, Buddy Holly, etc. - were in a small town for a concert when the MC and his family get lost and wind up there as well. IIRC, either the MC or his wife does get lost to the music and stays when everyone else escapes at the end (or maybe that was in the TV version done for his anthology series in the 90s and the short story was a little happier).

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

One of Stephen King's short story collections had a story like that; all the great dead artists - Hendrix, Joplin, Elvis, Buddy Holly, etc. - were in a small town for a concert when the MC and his family get lost and wind up there as well. IIRC, either the MC or his wife does get lost to the music and stays when everyone else escapes at the end (or maybe that was in the TV version done for his anthology series in the 90s and the short story was a little happier).

You're speaking my language. I love his short stories. It's good to see another King's fan here on ScribbleHub. What's your favorite?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

You're speaking my language. I love his short stories. It's good to see another King's fan here on ScribbleHub. What's your favorite?

There were a few but probably "The Bogeyman" from Night Shift. Though there are a few others I really liked (two of the three Salem's Lot tie-ins were good, and "I Am the Gateway" and "Gray Matter" both just resonated with me).
Though, ironically, there was an independent studio that took that one and my least favorite story from that collection (The Woman in the Room) and turned them into short films. Their take on The Bogeyman just ... well, sucked. Went a little too direct from the story with no embellishments and a really odd ending. Their take on "The Woman in the Room" though was brilliant, disturbing and just very well done.
My wife stumbled on a full-cast audionovel of "Strawberry Spring" which was pretty good, especially for a story that would have been great if I hadn't read too many similar stories before finding it and predicted the twist.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

I have not seen "The woman in the room" but I have listened to Strawberry Spring. Did you know you can listen to free audio books on Hoopla? I still have audible but most of Stephen King's works are on Hoopla for free if you have your library card's number.

Some of my other favorite short stories:
The Mangler
The Man in The Black Suit
The Boogeyman scared me for a week straight when I was a kid.

There were a few but probably "The Bogeyman" from Night Shift. Though there are a few others I really liked (two of the three Salem's Lot tie-ins were good, and "I Am the Gateway" and "Gray Matter" both just resonated with me).
Though, ironically, there was an independent studio that took that one and my least favorite story from that collection (The Woman in the Room) and turned them into short films. Their take on The Bogeyman just ... well, sucked. Went a little too direct from the story with no embellishments and a really odd ending. Their take on "The Woman in the Room" though was brilliant, disturbing and just very well done.
My wife stumbled on a full-cast audionovel of "Strawberry Spring" which was pretty good, especially for a story that would have been great if I hadn't read too many similar stories before finding it and predicted the twist.

I have not seen "The woman in the room" but I have listened to Strawberry Spring. Did you know you can listen to free audio books on Hoopla? I still have audible but most of Stephen King's works are on Hoopla for free if you have your library card's number.

Some of my other favorite short stories:
The Mangler
The Man in The Black Suit
The Boogeyman scared me for a week straight when I was a kid.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I have not seen "The woman in the room" but I have listened to Strawberry Spring. Did you know you can listen to free audio books on Hoopla? I still have audible but most of Stephen King's works are on Hoopla for free if you have your library card's number.

That might be the fourth one my wife uses (Libby, PocketFM, a Patreon-based one that was doing "better versions" of stuff on PocketFM and one she doesn't remember the name of).

Some of my other favorite short stories:
The Mangler
The Man in The Black Suit

I don't remember The Man in the Black Suit offhand.

The Boogeyman scared me for a week straight when I was a kid.

The imagery in it led me to make a sequel to it as a Chill adventure - one I've used about eight times to introduce new players to the game. It begins the day Lester Billings is murdered in the insane asylum he went to after the events of the short story (he was accused of the murder of his doctor and receptionist), and the organization fears the monster will be going after his wife and kids next, so the players' characters are sent to protect them. Most groups succeed but with a VERY high body count of other NPCs they drag in (IIRC it claimed five cops and a priest, and got the wife once).

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

That might be the fourth one my wife uses (Libby, PocketFM, a Patreon-based one that was doing "better versions" of stuff on PocketFM and one she doesn't remember the name of).

I don't remember The Man in the Black Suit offhand.

The imagery in it led me to make a sequel to it as a Chill adventure - one I've used about eight times to introduce new players to the game. It begins the day Lester Billings is murdered in the insane asylum he went to after the events of the short story (he was accused of the murder of his doctor and receptionist), and the organization fears the monster will be going after his wife and kids next, so the players' characters are sent to protect them. Most groups succeed but with a VERY high body count of other NPCs they drag in (IIRC it claimed five cops and a priest, and got the wife once).

Is that what you're writing right now on this platform??

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Is that what you're writing right now on this platform??

Nah - my two active stories are the ones also on PocketFM (Between Worlds here, Between Earth and Pyrroth there - kind of a high fantasy/urban fantasy mix/generational quest story and Digital Cowboy here Digital Cowboy Dane at PocketFM - Isekai/Western/Conspiracy sci-fi/anything goes thing).
Semi-hiatus here are the Jack Diamond stories (Diamond in the Rough - completed - and Blood Diamond - stalled) - kind of nor/horror/superhero mashup; Strange Awakening (stalled) - kind of silver age superhero/isekai/gender bender and True Blue - Superhero/Detective series, stalled mid second story.
Any influence from King is infrequent in Between Worlds and peeks out sometimes in Jack Diamond (and that's more likely going back to one of HIS influences, H. P. Lovecraft, but with more gore... or the same gore if you only read Herbert West, Reanimator).

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

Nah - my two active stories are the ones also on PocketFM (Between Worlds here, Between Earth and Pyrroth there - kind of a high fantasy/urban fantasy mix/generational quest story and Digital Cowboy here Digital Cowboy Dane at PocketFM - Isekai/Western/Conspiracy sci-fi/anything goes thing).
Semi-hiatus here are the Jack Diamond stories (Diamond in the Rough - completed - and Blood Diamond - stalled) - kind of nor/horror/superhero mashup; Strange Awakening (stalled) - kind of silver age superhero/isekai/gender bender and True Blue - Superhero/Detective series, stalled mid second story.
Any influence from King is infrequent in Between Worlds and peeks out sometimes in Jack Diamond (and that's more likely going back to one of HIS influences, H. P. Lovecraft, but with more gore... or the same gore if you only read Herbert West, Reanimator).

I've noticed that there's not a lot of horror on this site. I will check out some of your works.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I've noticed that there's not a lot of horror on this site. I will check out some of your works.

I keep wanting to write horror - it was about 1/3 of what I wrote and read from 1983 through the early 2000s - but lost the one story I was working on due to a hard drive crash and keep moving away from the really dark stuff ever since. It never goes completely away, but it always refuses to stay front-and-center long.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

I keep wanting to write horror - it was about 1/3 of what I wrote and read from 1983 through the early 2000s - but lost the one story I was working on due to a hard drive crash and keep moving away from the really dark stuff ever since. It never goes completely away, but it always refuses to stay front-and-center long.

Please do. Even short stories are good as well.

 

[Xiaobai_xoxo]

I keep wanting to write horror - it was about 1/3 of what I wrote and read from 1983 through the early 2000s - but lost the one story I was working on due to a hard drive crash and keep moving away from the really dark stuff ever since. It never goes completely away, but it always refuses to stay front-and-center long.

Could you check out my horror short stories and tell me what you think? https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1746457/one-last-story-original-work/