HorrorAddicts.net continues our Horror Bites series with a bundle of new fiction by our Next Great Horror Writer Contestants.
Featuring work by:
Jonathan Fortin
Naching T. Kassa
Daphne Strasert
Jess Landry
Harry Husbands
Sumiko Saulson
Adele Marie Park
Feind Gottes
JC MartÃnez
Cat Voleur
Abi Kirk-Thomas
Timothy G. Huguenin
Riley Pierce
Quentin Norris
With an introduction by Emerian Rich.
HorrorAddicts.net is proud to present our top 14 contestants in the Next Great Horror Writer Contest. The included stories, scripts, and poems are the result of the hard work and dedication these fine writers put forth to win a book contract. Some learned they loved writing and want to pursue it as a career for the rest of their lives. Some discovered they should change careers either to a different genre of writing or to a new career entirely. Whatever lessons came along the way, they each learned something about themselves and grew as writers. We hope you enjoy the writing as much as we did.
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A sneak peek inside…
CONSUMPTION
by Jonathan Fortin
Submitted for the 6-minute Audiodrama Challenge, Episode #147
SFX: OFFICE BACKGROUND NOISE—PHONES RINGING, PAPERS SHUFFLING, ETC.
AMY: This is Amy, how can I help you? No, sir, this isn't the phone number you want for that. You want—I'm sorry, sir, I know it's very frustrating. I want to help you, but the phone number you want is—Okay, fine, hang up.
DORI: Another irate customer?
AMY: Yeah, nothing but angry people all day. Is it always like this, Dori?
DORI: Not always. Don't worry. You'll get used to it. You'll be part of the team sooner than you think!
SFX: PHONE RINGS.
AMY: Orntech, this is Amy, how can I help you?
SFX: STATIC HUMMING FROM THE PHONE, FOLLOWED BY A STRANGE GROWLING NOISE.
AMY: Hello? Anyone there?
VOICE ON PHONE: We can smell you.
AMY: What?
SFX: CLICK. LINE GOES DEAD.
DORI: Are you all right?
AMY: (NERVOUS) Fine...I'm fine.
SFX: OFFICE NOISE FADES OUT TO SILENCE. FADE IN FOOTSTEPS IN AN EMPTY STREET.
AMY: (MUTTERING TO HERSELF) No need to get worked up, Amy. It was just a weird phone call. Aaaand now, of course, I'm in a deserted street, but no need to get worked up about that either. You always walk home this way. You've never been mugged before and you probably won't be now.
SFX: CELL PHONE VIBRATES.
AMY: Yeah, not going to answer that.
SFX: PHONE VIBRATES.
AMY: I really hope this isn't an important call from work though…
SFX: PHONE VIBRATES.
AMY: Ugh, fine! Hello?
SFX: STATIC HUM. THEN A CREEPY CLICKING, THROBBING, WRIGGLING NOISE IS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY THE SAME DISTORTED GROWL AS BEFORE.
VOICE ON PHONE: We can hear you.
AMY: (NERVOUS) Who is this?
SFX: LINE GOES DEAD. RUNNING FOOTSTEPS ECHO ON ASPHALT.
AMY: (PANTS AS SHE RUNS)
SFX: DOOR SLAMS.
AMY: (BREATHES HEAVILY IN RELIEF, HAVING JUST GOTTEN HOME)
BLAKE: Honey, are you all right?
Author: Jonathan Fortin was named the Next Great Horror Writer by HorrorAddicts.net, and is a graduate of the Clarion Writing Program. His novel, Lilitu: The Memoirs of a Succubus, is a forthcoming release from Crystal Lake Publishing. You can follow him online at jonathanfortin.com and on twitter @Jonathan_Fortin.
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