The 2025 Video Music Awards are made to be wild. The show organizers themselves try to plan chaos for the cameras before they start rolling. But the celebrities know what time it is, and Doja Cat was in on it with Mac Cosmetics this year. All part of the plan, Doja Cat arrived on the …
Michael Allen
The author of A River in the Ocean and The Deeper Dark. his next novel is being published chapter by chapter on Patreon, Joker Joker Deuce is a thriller about an internet stalker who knows how to find his victims anywhere and anytime.
There’s always that one critic, half a pizza in his mouth, yelling at the screen, who has the audacity to criticize cheerleaders. The same man who gets winded bringing in the groceries suddenly becomes an expert on athleticism, choreography, and fitness. He points at the screen like he’s grading a final exam. “Not synchronized enough!” …
It was 6:30 in the morning, and Jamal’s alarm clock hadn’t even gone off yet when his neighbor burst through the door yelling, “Bro, grab your sneakers, we’re late for the coffee rave!” “Coffee rave?” Jamal muttered, still wrapped in his blanket burrito. “It’s not even breakfast time.” With only zero dark early energy, Jamal …
This is not just another wild fan theory. This is the truth nobody wants to admit. Richard Castle never really retired from crime-solving. He didn’t just fade away after Beckett’s death. He went underground, built himself a new identity, and resurfaced in Los Angeles as the rookie Officer John Nolan of the LAPD. You know …
The river wrote its name on me a long time ago. Not with a pen. With rocks, cold shock, and that deep, thunder-in-your-ribs sound you feel before you hear. The Rappahannock River signed me in permanent ink. Back then we were a crew of water-dumb kids who thought gravity was a dare. We’d climb, count, …
It started with a joke about jeans. Not a great joke, maybe not even a good one, but certainly not the kind of thing anyone expected would launch a wave of backlash. Sydney Sweeney, in a playful American Eagle ad, made a pun about her “genes,” a nod to family and heritage, while wearing blue …
Julian Brown stood in front of a classic truck with a gas can, and a crowd gathered around him, everyone with a phone in their hand. In fact, he invited them to record this historical moment where he was going to fuel the truck with Plastoline, gasoline made from plastic. Groundbreaking work that would greatly …
Named Hawk Tuah from a viral video that went crazy, Haliey Welch has seen the ups and downs of stardom. While the internet has launched many a meme into orbit, few have flamed out quite as spectacularly as her crypto career. Spoiler alert: she’s okay now. But let’s take a look at how a factory …
Franken-Laptop was born on a particularly challenging day for me because I was up against a deadline. I was not only burning the midnight oil, but I was putting some major wear and tear on the machine. This is how it all happened. I was writing and burning through the keys like I always do. …
Sometimes you know exactly how you’re supposed to feel. You know the mature, emotionally intelligent emotions that you should have. And then your actual feelings walk in and do a completely different thing. You might nod and smile like everything is fine. You might even repeat little phrases to yourself like “this is okay” or …