Story+ Week One Exercise

I usually don't enjoy exercises like this (I'd rather focus on a particular idea than take a broad inventory), but your presentation was charming and made this approachable. so here goes:

Genres you enjoy consuming:

Books/TV/Movies - Horror (especially cosmic, SF, gothic, folk), SF, Mysteries, Thrillers, Fantasy, Action, Korean Netflix imports, Sports Anime, Documentaries (especially science and disasters)

Nonfiction - Ancient History, Medieval/Renaissance History, Maritime History/Pirates, Religious History, Early American History, Tech (especially as it relates to society), Parenting, Health and Aging, Law, UFOs, Cryptozoology, Conspiracy Theories (especially Templar and Illuminati shenanigans) 

Themes which resonate with you: 

Coming of age, fatherhood, masculinity (nontoxic please), mortality, madness and mental health, justice/injustice, corruption and hypocrisy, wealth and privilege, Faustian bargains, science gone wrong, cosmic time/scale

Types of media that inspire you the most: 

Novels, Limited TV Series, Movies, My Reddit Feed, Podcasts, Music, Comics/Graphic Novels  

Personal hobbies and passions:

Kettlebell training, nutrition, tea & boba, K-pop, boardgames, finding new restaurants (especially Asian, Mexican), current news, Spider-Man, Robert E. Howard, Zen, Taoism

What If? 

What if psychic interdimensional parasites used social media to feed on us? 

What if a dentist used people’s extracted teeth in black magic rituals? 

What if a cult used airbnb to recruit new followers (or sacrifices)? 

What if an HOA board resorted to murder to enforce their CC&Rs? 

What if a K-pop group encoded an apocalyptic ritual into their latest hit song? 

What if an exiled duke of hell became a pirate captain on the Spanish Main? 

What if the mystery airship sightings of the late 1800s were the start of an alien invasion? 

What if Alexander the Great rose from the dead on the third day as a vampire?