Dear Diary

Four years ago, Frank sealed himself and his cat Pickles inside a bunker to escape the alien invasion that decimated humanity. Armed with solar panels, water filtration, dried goods, and his sarcastic wit, he thought he was ready to wait out the apocalypse. But surviving isn't as easy as he planned.

At first, the bunker feels like a fortress-a place where Frank can mock his enemies from a safe distance. But as the years drag on, cracks begin to appear-both in the shelter and in Frank's mind. The grow lights flicker, the air system falters, and the hatch refuses to stay sealed. Even worse, Frank isn't alone.

It starts with faint noises outside. Then the shadows appear on the camera feeds. And finally, they come-tall, pale, translucent beings that stand silently in the yard, staring directly into the lens as if they know Frank is watching. Their slow, deliberate movements chip away at his sense of safety, leaving him trapped in a constant cycle of fear, paranoia, and dread.

The only other human voice comes from Whisper, a cryptic presence on the HAM radio who insists the world outside is safe. But can Frank trust him? Or is Whisper working with the beings to lure him outside?
As the hatch begins to fail, Frank faces the collapse of everything he's fought to hold together. With the beings closing in and the bunker no longer safe, he must decide: stay and die, or leave and face the unknown.

Told in a diary format that spans 1,460 days, Dear Diary: Aliens Suck is a slow-burn psychological survival story that explores isolation, paranoia, and the human will to endure. Frank's dark humor and raw reflections pull readers into his crumbling world, leading to a haunting and ambiguous conclusion that will leave them questioning what it truly means to survive.