COSMIC HORROR • SCIENCE FICTION • DARK COMEDY
CJ Maylock writes through the rift.
When nonsense is the only thing that makes sense.
Strange classrooms. Impossible universes. Haunted lesson plans. Stories about ordinary people trying to hold themselves together while reality spectacularly fails around them.
The symbolism in this novel clearly represents...
This sentence was definitely not generated by AI.
Monday: Close interdimensional rift.
Tuesday: Vocabulary quiz.
copies, coffee, cosmic emergency
FACULTY MORALE: LOWER
LESSON PLANS: STILL DUE
Survive until dismissal.
ROOM 214 // NORMAL OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED
The English
Department
vs. Chaos
and Nonsense
CJ MAYLOCK
THE FEATURED NOVEL
The English Department
vs. Chaos and Nonsense
Sage Lyken is a high school English teacher who thought the worst part of her day was grading essays that were clearly written by AI. That changes when interdimensional rifts begin opening around the school.
With the help of her two coworkers, Sage must close the rifts, protect her students, uncover what is happening, and somehow still have her lesson plans submitted by Monday morning.
ABOUT CJ
The ordinary collides with the impossible.
CJ Maylock is an Ohio author and educator who writes stories where the ordinary collides with the impossible.
Inspired by classrooms, cosmic horror, science fiction, and absurd humor, her work explores friendship, identity, and what it means to keep going when the universe itself seems determined to fall apart.
When she is not writing, CJ teaches students with autism, creates YouTube videos, and laughs at videos of basset hounds.
“When nonsense is the only thing that makes sense.”
INTERACTIVE FACULTY TRAINING
Survive until dismissal.
Collect useful teaching supplies. Avoid cosmic nonsense. The district has not approved additional planning time.
How to Play
Objects will appear around the classroom. Click the useful teacher items to earn points. Do not click the rifts, cursed paperwork, or suspicious AI essays.
Make it to dismissal without ending reality.
Mandatory Faculty Training
The English Department is experiencing a minor cosmic emergency. Collect the supplies you need and avoid anything that threatens reality—or requires another meeting.
Dismissal Achieved
CONTACT CJ
Contact CJ before reality closes again.
For interviews, events, publication inquiries, media requests, or other professional communication.
cjmaylock@gmail.com ↗