Thread:DominusMortem/@comment-24111404-20150826024000/@comment-1496755-20150901110021

"Boy, you'd better turn in the triple-censored version, or we'll be having another talk with the counselor."

For my Creative Writing class, I wrote a mildly disturbing story that took place in the dark dystopian future and described the university as an evil corporate prison camp. A lot of people loved it... even some people from the university administration read it and they liked it (I was a little worried they might get angry).

There was this big research conference where various students and professors presented their work. And I was invited to read this story in front of a small audience. And I did (I even used different voices and accents to differentiate the characters). It was received well, despite being so dark and nasty :P

Can't say the same about high school, though. At some point hte lit teacher asked me if I wanted to contribute something to the school magazine (containing stories, poems and essays written by students) and I showed her some of my stuff. But she said it was "too dark" for such a publication - "I'm not sure these catacombs and despair would fit in" she said.