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📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 10/01/2026
Our “Raise Your Voice Threads” are hosted most alternating Thursdays at 12PM ET to offer creators more avenues to uncover exceptional stories on Vocal. As we are continuously searching for fresh creators and inspiring stories, this thread provides an opportunity to exchange and discuss the stories that have moved and motivated us on Vocal.
By Raise Your Voice by Vocal27 days ago in Resources
European Ghosts Slovenia. Top Story - October 2026.
Ghost of Former Castle Servant Bogenšperk Castle , located in central Slovenia near Litija, is a 16th-century castle recognized for its cultural significance and architectural evolution from medieval fortifications to Renaissance residences. It reached its peak during the late 17th century when Janez Vajkard Valvasor resided there, contributing to its legacy.
By Rasma Raisters30 days ago in Horror
A Different World: The evolution of the theme song. Top Story - October 2026.
A Different World: The theme song back story A Different World ran from September 24, 1987 to July 9, 1993, on NBC and aired on Thursday nights at 8:30 PM behind The Cosby Show. The groundbreaking television series followed the lives of African American students at the fictional HBCU Hillman College. One of the interesting aspects of the weekly programs was the theme song which changed several times over the series run. The music was updated but the lyrics remained the same.
By Cheryl E Preston28 days ago in Geeks
Mr. Clean …. Dirty Murderer?. Top Story - September 2026.
Note: This text includes notes to r]the stand up comedian who may find himself doing this tale as a routine for an audience. I wrote a version of this years back and have updated some content and added images to complete the experience.
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a month ago in Writers
The Urban Legend of 100 Steps Cemetery. Top Story - September 2026.
If it were possible, would you want to know when and how you'll die? No? Some questions are better left unknown. Like many aspects of the supernatural world, maybe we aren't supposed to know. The supernatural world will hold its secrets until it's our turn to step onto the other side.
By Jasmine Aguilarabout a month ago in Horror
Sunset Song. Top Story - September 2026.
I've noticed the sun doesn't care for my plans doesn't change its tune for my little demands rising when it must unwilling to adjust the Earth's spin is out of my hands. Do you steel yourself for a simple day? resolute that by morning you will change your ways and be more of what you said before getting out of bed 'til the turnover forges a rosy haze. Give me the time to fill as I need I'll watch the hours slip by with no good deed fall back to the surface what else is my purpose but trying to pluck a fickle weed? I need the daylight though it burns my eyes the bright sun illuminating my disguise revealing failures and faults stopping short or full halts time for everyone else to get wise. The sun sings its song as it winks goodnight aware of the end and of every plight in the between the short hours that we all devour before it's over, grasp the rays with all your might. Yet I have never seen a more spectacular view than the pink or orange or purple hue as the star settles sweetly the day drifting beneath me making way for the world to be renewed.
By Bugsy Watts28 days ago in Poets
The Nothing. Top Story - September 2026.
Blank White Emptiness Stares back, Interspersed with a web of iridescent color. Words I'd typed so meticulously Poured out into nowhere, Forever invisible. Forever silent. Lost to me and to the world. The unknowing care not. Eventually, time will erase them all. Time, feeding on thoughts and emotions And discarding the bland, Leaving no trace, In an alien construct full of nothing. Surrounded by nothing. Some of the words had Meaning. Purpose. Intent. Some never did. Some did and grew tired. Others outgrew themselves, Losing coherence. Some found their own will And fled for freedom. None matter now, in the endless void. Slowly the colors die. ***
By Dana Crandell30 days ago in Poets
The Lotto Ticket. Top Story - September 2026.
Arthur sat with a €4 cup of coffee before him and approximately a quarter billion euros in his pocket. The lotto total the previous night amounted to €260,936,087.86, but rounding down to the nearest fraction proved less threatening. Arthur amused himself with quick calculations in his head; he would be able to buy fifty-million cups of the same just okay dark-oak coloured coffee that now looked up at him, reflecting his own pallid face back at him on its shiny roasted surface. Even blacked, the thinning short hair of strawberry-blond, making Arthur look his thirty-eight years, and then some, his bright cyan eyes which fought against his drooping, black bags, and the lines carving deep ridges across his high forehead were all unmistakable. It wasn’t a great cup of coffee, Arthur thought.
By Conor Matthews29 days ago in Fiction
X as in Madame. Top Story - September 2026.
Lana Turner excels as the sacrificial wife and mother in this superb hanky soaker, released in 1966. Madame X plays like a Sirk melodrama but they couldn't get the master to helm, so David Lowell Rich got the job and it's obvious he knew his way around a melodrama. The source material was a 1908 play that received a few cinematic versions, none as good as this one.
By Marie Wilson30 days ago in Critique
