Vicki Lawana Trusselli
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I am a storyteller. This is where memory meets mysticism, music, multi-media, video, paranormal, rebellion, art, and life.
I nursing, business, & journalism in college. I worked in the film & music industry in LA, CA.
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Eyes Half-Closed, Flame Half-Lit: A Riverside Morning Blues
Eyes Half-Closed, Flame Half-Lit: A Riverside Morning Blues I woke up today intending to write a "purge story" something to drive the Shadow Man spirits out of the corners. But the system was not ready for the dark, so I ditched the ghosts and looked at the sunshine instead.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli a day ago in Poets
Sweetie Bird’s Beak-Moving Blues
Introduction: Sweetie Bird’s Beak-Moving Blues By Vicki Lawana Trusselli "I’ve heard the whispers in the writer's groups. I’ve seen the headlines. According to the internet, AI is currently busy plotting a global takeover while simultaneously stealing our creative souls. It’s a great script for a sci-fi thriller and having worked in the film industry, I know a good plot when I see one.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 4 days ago in Poets
The Ghost in the Machine. Content Warning.
Introduction: From Steam Engines to Silicon By Vicki Lawana Trusselli "If you listen to the chatter in the writer's groups today, you’d think we’re living through a sci-fi horror film. The headlines are full of sensationalist stories about AI 'taking over the earth'. But as someone who spent years in the film and music industry, I’ve seen this script before.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 4 days ago in Futurism
The Malfunctioning Time Machine Part One. Content Warning.
PART ONE The Malfunctioning Time Machine Opening Prose: When the Marble Remembered the Century The revolving doors exhaled her into the lobby like a secret the building had been holding too long.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 10 days ago in Fiction
Rant of a Human Being Trying to Survive 2026. Content Warning.
Rant of a Human Being Trying to Survive 2026 This is my first draft that I wrote. I thought it was too potent, raw, and political. However, it is not political. It is about human suffering, dignity, and living each day on Earth.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 14 days ago in The Swamp
THE FREE PRESS. Content Warning.
The $35 Sentence: How Predatory Hospice Schemes Silence Seniors By Vicki Lawana Trusselli For years, I worked in the film and music industries in LA and Austin—I know a script when I see one. But the script being handed to seniors in Riverside and other cities today is not just fiction; it is federal fraud.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 20 days ago in The Swamp
Discarded Souls: The Old Woman & The Old Robot
INTRODUCTION In the year 2230, faces are no longer fixed things. People shift. Machines shift. Even memories shift, flickering like old film reels caught between timelines. The characters you meet in these fragments — the Old Woman and the Old Robot known as Echo — may appear in different forms, bodies, or styles, depending on which recovered file you’re viewing. This is not a mistake. It is the nature of shape‑shifter stories.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 22 days ago in Poets
