Josh Czuba

How to replace doomscrolling with creative writing

I have nightmares every single night

Every night I wake up at 4:48 on the dot. I try to go back to sleep, but I can’t. I’m drenched in cold sweat. My heartbeat is loud in my ears. It’s fast and arrhythmic.

I fell in love with my 49 year old neighbor.

Happy Saturday :) Here’s the latest short story. 18 year old Jeremy has a thing for older women. That becomes clear when he falls in love with his neighbor. You’ve he

I have not left my house in 6 years (short story)

The latest short story. Video included if you want to watch or listen while you read. Hope you enjoy :) Interior LifeI have not stepped foot outside my home in 6 years

Fragments of a Total Loser's Telephone Conversations

A story told through a series of uncomfortable phone conversations. To read the full written story, there's a PDF you can download at the bottom of this post. Hope yo

American Insomniac (short story)

I have not slept in three and a half weeks. That’s 25 days and 25 nights. 600 hours, almost. Maybe it’s been longer than that. I don’t know. What I do know is I am we

The Boy Who Lives In The Basement

When I was a kid in school there was a boy I knew who disappeared off the face of the earth and to this day no one knows where he went. He was the only child of the Leav

Confessions of a Pyromaniac

It started when I was a kid. I stole matches from the kitchen junk drawer. Birthday candles. Anything with a fuse. I gathered bundles of dry twigs from the yard and kept

The Vicious Cycle of Self Improvement and Self Destruction

The cycle of self improvement and self destruction has kept me trapped for years. I'm only now learning to let go of the strict, black and white duality of "locking in,"