Sometimes you face certain forces in life that basically behave like the Terminator. They can’t be bargained with, or reasoned with, they don’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and they absolutely will not stop. That’s what “Hell Bent” is all about.

But you know what? Sometimes you’re the one who’s hell bent. Sometime’s you are the unstoppable force.

That’s the spirit.

Too often disabled stories are filtered through nondisabled actors, writers, or cultural narratives that reduce disability to tragedy, inspiration, or spectacle. VAMP: Flipping the S'CRIP'T is about bringing stories that validate the depth, complexity, humor, grief, creativity, and expertise that already exist within disability communities and creating a space where those experiences can be heard directly, honestly, and without compromise. And we want YOU to submit!

The spooky season is here. And we don’t mean the 2026 midterms.

We mean the petrified, the mortified, and the stupefied. We mean the things that go bump in the night … or the things that go bump in our relationships with others, our encounters with life, and our deepest darknesses.

Have you ever been able to see the whole picture? Those rare moments when the universe just makes sense. So what if psychedelics were involved! That’s not cheating, that’s enhancing, as far as we’re concerned.

Tonight’s Long Story Short is all about disentangling the complicated, getting on the same page, and finding a path forward.

Or it’s about seeing weird s***, man. Either way, we want to hear those stories.

Let’s hear it for the bean spillers and the tea spillers. The ones who dish it out and the ones who speak in hushed tones. But this month’s Long Story Short isn’t about the rumor mill or the gossip market. It’s a veritable grab-bag of truth telling.

In short? Dealer’s choice on what story you tell. Drop your name in the hat, take the mic, and spill it.

Try not to read too deep into the admittedly apocalyptic sounding nature of this month’s VAMP theme. We’re looking for stories on the fleeting, the ephemeral, the cursory. We’re looking for true tales of those moments and memories and relationships that come and go, never to return.

Or, yeah ok perhaps we’re looking for stories of The End. Whatever that means to you.

Let’s see what you got.