I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Short Story • 1967 • Sci-Fi  

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Does the dog die?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A character is hung upside down by his heel
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone spit?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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One character is turned into an ape-human hybrid and is frequently tortured by AM and ridiculed by some other characters
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
The narrator describes eating worms. A locust swarm is referenced.
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Assault
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Yes, Ellen gets slapped by Gorrister when she is crying about Benny early on in the original short story. She then falls down and he kicks her.
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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One character eats another character's face out of desperation
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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One main character is described being hung upside down by his heel
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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All 5 main characters are tortured
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Does someone fall to their death?
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One character has his eyes melted out of his head when trying to escape
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Is someone stabbed?
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4 of the 5 main characters die by being stabbed with icicles
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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One main character accepts her fate at the end and kills herself to save another main character
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All but one of the main characters are killed
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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All 5 main characters are taken to AM's complex unwillingly
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Literally the opening page
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there audio gore?
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Well, in the radio drama version of the short story, there is iirc. But just the writing itself or the audiobook? Nope.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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doggirlbutler
no one *dies* as a result of suicide, but it's explicitly stated that AM's captives have tried to kill themselves before and he's stopped them from succeeding
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there aphobia?
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The representation of the one woman character is not great.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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jiraibong
One character frequently likens AM to God and has religious hallucinations
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It is mentioned many times that the main characters are in some form of Hell, though it's not literal.
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Sex
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Is there bestiality?
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A character is transformed into a chimpanzee and has a sexual relationship with another character.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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There are no nuclear explosions. It is mentioned that the Earth is uninhabitable because of AM, but it is not stated or implied that it was caused by a nuclear explosion.
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Is there gun violence?
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