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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

These two stories, The Dark Within Us and Beat Inside My Soul, all come together to build the world in a sci-fi teen superhero comic book, Anomaly. It's an upcoming comic book co-created by Cormac McCarthy and I.

Seth Gibson aka Anomaly, by Cormac McCarthy

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It led to the tale I've written, Beat Inside My Soul. It's an animated music-drama set to and inspired by EDM and shonen anime, with fights and battles blending with beats and music.

Beat Inside My Soul, written by Sameer Diab

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Basically, this story is a story that I've been working on for years. In grade school, we'd be given writing journals for school. They were meant to be tools to help just learn the fundamentals of writing; I skipped all of that and wrote about boys hunting monsters.

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

fun!!! I miss these trends hehe (I just like kara a lot, I didn’t even watch the film guys it’s okay)

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"The series is new and inventive in its style, its setting, mainly for the tone in which it's all presented. It's high fantasy, but the story is for the reader who got high. The heroes are heroic, but not in the stoic sense; solely for personal gain, as we see at first."

Comic cover for Corey Pruitt's "Afro-Punks"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"It's giving Dungeons and Dragons; you know, with the sessions where the group bickers about which fun and careless way to spend idle time as they stumble their way to their next quest objective."

Art of Corey Pruitt's "Afro-Punks" comic

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"The notable blend between the fantasy characters and the world you and I know of bleeding into these characters is what makes these heroes stand out in a fun and neat way. They're a rock band, and they each fill a role in this group for the sake of questing and survival."

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"The designs of these characters are immaculate. You absolutely see the love and care for the fantasy style of storytelling..."

Page from Corey Pruitt's "Afro-Punks" comic

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"Afro-Punks is set in a world of Dungeons and Dragons, with Final Fantasy-styled lore, and a rock band that goes hard as fuck."

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

"...Maybe the darkness isn't just a scary story, but a malicious force that is only now seen by you, because the story is real, happening to you, and the darkness wants to take your life."

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

"You come to find that your world is not what you remember. Maybe you are a character playing a role in this episode of horror, or maybe the horror is real. Maybe your life is in danger..."

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Agatha All Along is the first show I've enjoyed in a very long time that dives deep into the supernatural, the fantasy, and the scary side of fiction, let alone have it set in the superhero Marvel world. I don't mean this lightly. More at Stars and Monsters! www.patreon.com/posts/it-was...

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

I can’t imagine how else a vampire, a ghost, two demon hunters, and a music bender could get by together, but, the possibilities are percolating at least. #writercommunity #screenwriter

random excerpts of pages that I have written

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Despite whether these stories converge or if Stars and Monsters becomes a bigger imprint for stories by others, ultimately, these are stories meant to be felt in your soul. I hope y’all enjoy!

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

so to sum up Stars and Monsters as a whole, I’m just one comic & screenwriter developing sci-fi stories based around young heroes stemming from superhero to supernatural genres and everything in between. (all art was commissioned, none done by me because I can’t draw😔)

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

the animated tv pilot I wrote and three inspirations behind it 👻

“Beat Inside My Soul” TV Pilot script cover page, written by Sameer Diab

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"Some of the best stories, I believe, are the ones that are heavily rooted in truths from the creator...Mertz touched on both light-hearted memories and heartbreaking moments."

Comic panel from "A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts"
Art by Alex Diotto

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"As for when the superhero story unfolds, I do find that secondary to the character moments and that’s certainly by design." - Oliver Mertz, writer of "A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Between the heroes, the villainous drug dealers, hit-men, corrupt businessmen, & even more enemies, this tv pilot showcases a colorful, yet dark world, & an exciting sci-fi adventure set to an exhilarating soundtrack featuring top EDM artists & up-and-coming artists as well.

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

A story was then written; a story of a diverse cast of free spirits, damaged hearts, and lost souls in the sea that is Night Wave City’s PLUR scene. Ravers & EDM lovers join together after discovering an exotic party drug that allows the user to manipulate sound waves.

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

This story hit different. I wrote this during the formative years of me finding my favorite music. I gained a deep love for EDM after the genre blew up in the mainstream radio & Top 100 Charts. I took up music, learning to engineer & produce my own beats, basslines, & melodies. 🧵

Beat Inside My Soul, upcoming animated TV series

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Dead Boys works for the story, the type of world that's built, without becoming the insanely mind-bending story of celestials that The Sandman is, but pulls inspiration from more unhinged, bizarre story beats that feel more like Gerard Way's "Umbrella Academy".

Charles, Edwin, Crystal, Esther, and the Cat King in "Dead Boy Detectives".

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Netflix's "Dead Boy Detectives" is EXCEPTIONALLY good. It's worth a watch, especially considering this is the type of show to absolutely drop on Netflix, and be cancelled despite having a good story and a fanbase hungry for more.

The cast of Netflix's "Dead Boy Detectives".

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

His sister gets attacked at a house party by a new street gang, Erebus. Their leader, Adonis, makes his name known in the city of Chaseville. Seth decides to take matters into his own hands; if nobody will help save his home, he'll have to do it himself.

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

So, I decided to decide to write a story. A young boy in the West Coast, in a small city, decides to stop taking antidepressants and self-medicate instead. Hours later, he's walking through walls, floating, and turning invisible. What the hell is happening to Seth Gibson?

Concept art, done by @malikaa on deviantart

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

This is a story I developed recently. Comic book media skyrocketed, feeding the inner childhood nerd in most of us, & brought others to dive into the comic book world for the first time. I dove, finding myself immersed in stories that resonated with me.🧵

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Book I of "The Dark Within Us" has released all but one last chapter, and an epilogue. It's not a long story whatsoever, and that's intentional. This novella is only a third of a trilogy, and precedes the true ending by decades. There's more, and will be coming very soon.

Mock Cover for "The Dark Within Us" by Sameer Diab

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"In Suicide Squad, where the shooter mechanics are blended with super-speed or aerial traversal, in a setting with DC characters, the average shooter fan won't want to play it. Meanwhile, DC fans who aren't interested in a shooter, rather wanted a more character-focused DC game."

Deadshot in DC's "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"You can buy tokens to get the battle pass, and use it to get cosmetics, emotes, and miscellaneous things. You'll also be able to unlock Joker, Mrs. Freeze (a gender-bent Mr. Freeze), and Deadshot's daughter, named Lawless, as new playable Squad characters."

Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, Joker, Mrs. Freeze, and King Shark of DC's "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

Deadshot's daughter, Zoe Lawton, a.k.a. Lawless, from DC's "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"You beat the 'story', and are tasked with additional missions that can get you bigger, better gear and weapons, but at the cost of upping the difficulty in search of these gear pieces. The level of difficulty in endgame that you can increase to is seemingly infinite. For real."

King Shark in endgame gameplay for "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"You can equip a gun that will do double the amount of damage to big brutes, but no damage to smaller enemy types. You can equip a grenade that increases damage by 1,000%, but you will lose the ability to have three grenades on you at any time and only have one at a time."

Episode 1's Loot in "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"The mechanics behind the game, once you beat the short story and make your way to endgame content where things ramp up in difficulty and grind-like playthroughs, start to get really complex."

Harley Quinn's loadout in "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"Rather than a third-person action game with close quarters combat, like the Arkham games, we got a third-person looter shooter, where gear is constantly dropping to maximize your skills, damage, & you're flying, zooming, jumping, swinging around the city shooting aliens..."

King Shark in gameplay for "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"...and while the story itself does do its best to emulate the stakes, the story beats, and the visual cinematics of the Arkham franchise well enough, it...just wasn't a Batman game. Does that mean the game was bad from the get-go?"

Evil Batman from DC's "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"So what was the actual problem with the game? Well, it seems the story itself was one that didn't appeal to fans of the previous games in the series. You don't play as your favorite hero, but rather a favorite bad guy..."

Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and King Shark of DC's "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League"

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"Is the game good, though? Well, let's get into it. The announcement of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League garnered a lot of controversy. Everyone said 'Cool! There's Deadshot, Harley, Shark, Boomer...b-but we have to kill Batman?' Well, that is the name of the game."

Cover art for "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League".

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

"So, there's a video game out right now. It's called Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. You play as members of DC's Suicide Squad, and have to, you know, kill members of the Justice League." 🧵

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Book 1 is out on Patreon. Book 2 is being written still. Can’t wait for others to check this out.

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Then, I decided to really try to get this story out. One that is horror as hell, & a love letter to the dark fantasy stories you’d see on TV in the early 2000s, but it’s something else. It’s about brotherhood, fatherhood, & a lesson in what it means to do right by your blood.

Crude cover art for “Son of the Dark: Book II”

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

This book was a long time coming. It was something I got the idea for during my time in grade school. These writing journals that were meant for practicing general writing skills, ended up becoming troves of chapters of essentially fanfics about my own original characters.

Crude cover art for “The Dark Within Us: Book 1”

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sameer’s got a story for you @sameerdiab.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

It’s cute here but boy I’m hoping more people hop onto bluesky eventually, but in the meantime, uh here’s a thing here’s hoping I actually write a bit more in the meantime 😪

Screenshot of the title page for Beat Inside My Soul - “Pilot” episode 1x01, by Sameer Diab

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