From unhinged parasocial obsessions to the quiet horror of being ignored, left on read is a fearless, savage exploration of the chaos that unfolds when desire, ego, and digital culture collide.
g.c. mckay's stories pull back the curtain on modern loneliness, the thirst-traps of online validation, and the dark side of human connection in a world where everything is content, and content is everything.
aftertaste - a belle delphine wannabe accepts a lucrative proposal from her most generous simp. But is he really her biggest fan, or does he just get off on watching her fall?
I'm__years old and I've never had a girlfriend - g.c. mckay comes clean-no cope, no sugarcoating. A raw confession, in both video and short story format, on what it means to be invisible to women in the age of hypergamy... and what it feels like to get ghosted before getting ghosted was even a thing.
tribute. - Todd #nofap Stevens is convinced Lana Del Rey's Video Games is really about homemade hubcontent. As his obsession with a girl from his past spirals, his thirst-and sanity-are both on the verge of breaking point.
bus catching - if you know, you know. And if you don't... buckle up.
at turns darkly hilarious, deeply unsettling, and eerily relatable, left on read captures the existential dread of modern relationships and the isolating nature of digital life-where love, lust, and humiliation are only ever one click away.
reader discretion advised.
Content Warning: SA, SH, self-deletion and its ideation, incels, parasocial obsession, bad poetry, bathtub streams, e-flesh-peddlers, and the inescapable horror of being forever ignored.
not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.