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 Martínez
Cat Voleur
Abi Kirk-Thomas
Timothy G. Huguenin
Riley Pierce
Quentin Norris
With 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.
Just 99 cents at Amazon.com
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A sneak peek inside…
INTERVENTION
by Naching T. KassaSubmitted for the 6-minute Audiodrama Challenge, Episode #147
NARRATOR
Lakeland Penitentiary is the oldest prison in use today. It is also the most haunted. Whispers echo in the stone cells, screams pierce the gloom, and unknown phantoms prowl the silent halls. Only one man stands between the specters and the living. He is the prison chaplain and his name is Father Matteo Lopez.
JOHN NOLAN, a young inmate, sits in a chair outside FATHER LOPEZ’S office. Silver threads streak John’s dark hair and the beard which covers his careworn face. He rises to his feet as the office door swings open. FATHER LOPEZ, exits the office and smiles. He is a middle-aged Hispanic man with kind, brown eyes and hair the color of midnight. His dark suit fits his short, stocky frame well and the white collar at his throat seems to glow in the dim light of the corridor.
FATHER LOPEZ
(SLIGHT HISPANIC ACCENT)
Mr. Nolan? Come in, please.
SFX: FOOTSTEPS AS THE TWO MEN ENTER THE OFFICE. DOOR SHUTS.
FATHER LOPEZ
Please be seated, Mr. Nolan. Do you mind if we get down to business?
NOLAN
No.
FATHER LOPEZ
Let’s start with why you’re here today.
NOLAN
I have a problem, Father. One of the inmates on C-Block told me you could help.
He said you’d believe me.
FATHER LOPEZ
What is the problem, my son?
NOLAN
I don’t know how else to say it. Someone is haunting me. She thinks I murdered her.
FATHER LOPEZ
Tell me everything.
NOLAN
It started after my trial. After I pled guilty.
FATHER LOPEZ
What was your crime?
NOLAN
It’s not important. Let’s just say I belong here.
FATHER LOPEZ
This is a first. Ninety-nine percent of the men I see claim they don’t belong here.
But, I digress. Please, continue.
NOLAN
As I said, the haunting started after my trial and has continued every day for six months. It’s horrible, Father. The woman—she’s rotting away. Every time she comes, it gets worse. Last night, I saw shreds of skin over bloodied bone and a face without eyes. She tried to get into my cell.
If she ever does, I know she’ll kill me. You have to stop her…To read more, click here.
Author: Naching T. Kassa is a wife, mother, and horror writer. She lives in Eastern Washington with Dan Kassa, her husband and biggest supporter. Naching is a member of the Horror Writers Association. She took second in Horroraddicts.net’s Next Great Horror Writer Contest. You can find her work at frightenme.weebly.com.
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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 Martínez
Cat Voleur
Abi Kirk-Thomas
Timothy G. Huguenin
Riley Pierce
Quentin Norris
With 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.
Just 99 cents at Amazon.com
******************************************************
A sneak peek inside…
INTERVENTION
by Naching T. KassaSubmitted for the 6-minute Audiodrama Challenge, Episode #147
NARRATOR
Lakeland Penitentiary is the oldest prison in use today. It is also the most haunted. Whispers echo in the stone cells, screams pierce the gloom, and unknown phantoms prowl the silent halls. Only one man stands between the specters and the living. He is the prison chaplain and his name is Father Matteo Lopez.
JOHN NOLAN, a young inmate, sits in a chair outside FATHER LOPEZ’S office. Silver threads streak John’s dark hair and the beard which covers his careworn face. He rises to his feet as the office door swings open. FATHER LOPEZ, exits the office and smiles. He is a middle-aged Hispanic man with kind, brown eyes and hair the color of midnight. His dark suit fits his short, stocky frame well and the white collar at his throat seems to glow in the dim light of the corridor.
FATHER LOPEZ
(SLIGHT HISPANIC ACCENT)
Mr. Nolan? Come in, please.
SFX: FOOTSTEPS AS THE TWO MEN ENTER THE OFFICE. DOOR SHUTS.
FATHER LOPEZ
Please be seated, Mr. Nolan. Do you mind if we get down to business?
NOLAN
No.
FATHER LOPEZ
Let’s start with why you’re here today.
NOLAN
I have a problem, Father. One of the inmates on C-Block told me you could help.
He said you’d believe me.
FATHER LOPEZ
What is the problem, my son?
NOLAN
I don’t know how else to say it. Someone is haunting me. She thinks I murdered her.
FATHER LOPEZ
Tell me everything.
NOLAN
It started after my trial. After I pled guilty.
FATHER LOPEZ
What was your crime?
NOLAN
It’s not important. Let’s just say I belong here.
FATHER LOPEZ
This is a first. Ninety-nine percent of the men I see claim they don’t belong here.
But, I digress. Please, continue.
NOLAN
As I said, the haunting started after my trial and has continued every day for six months. It’s horrible, Father. The woman—she’s rotting away. Every time she comes, it gets worse. Last night, I saw shreds of skin over bloodied bone and a face without eyes. She tried to get into my cell.
If she ever does, I know she’ll kill me. You have to stop her…To read more, click here.
Author: Naching T. Kassa is a wife, mother, and horror writer. She lives in Eastern Washington with Dan Kassa, her husband and biggest supporter. Naching is a member of the Horror Writers Association. She took second in Horroraddicts.net’s Next Great Horror Writer Contest. You can find her work at frightenme.weebly.com.
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Listen to the HorrorAddicts.net podcast for the latest in horror news, reviews, music, and fiction.
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