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Three routes to survival. Fifteen paths to a horrible death, or worse! With hundreds of choices, your own decisions will determine your fate in this interactive horror novella, so choose wisely and live!You are a convicted criminal, sold as food to an ancient coven of vampires. You have a chance to escape your hellish prison, but you will need your wits, the few items you have smuggled in, and at least a little luck.You must navigate a lethal subterranean labyrinth while being hunted by the seductive yet cruel Lady Elara Mortilor.Every decision you make determines whether you will successfully escape the castle grounds, succumb to a grisly death, or be transformed into a creature of the damned yourself.Trigger WarningsBloodViolenceSuggestive ThemesDark SeductionGruesome Death…

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🔥Winner: Most Original Concept, FLARE Mini Awards.After seven years trapped in the mind of a wolf, alchemist Declan Laroux returns to the decaying Louisiana town of Vieux Marais to find his ancestral home under a supernatural siege. To stop a coven of vampires from turning the town into a necropolis, Declan must forge a volatile alliance with savage werewolves and a broken brotherhood of swamp hunters. As the bayou's "temporal bubble" begins to sever the town from the rest of the world, the alchemist must discover if he is the region's savior or its doom.Expect a present-day supernatural noir set within the suffocating atmosphere of the Louisiana bayou, where ancient magic and modern legal tactics collide. The story centers on a world where the boundaries of reality are fraying, and the living dead are as dangerous for their political power as they are for their bloodlust.Trigger warningsLanguageBloodGraphic Violence.…

Thomaden

My entry into The Shortys 2026. One sting. One crushed spider. One mistake.On a remote Maine trail, an experienced hiker is bitten by something he has never seen: iridescent, green and violet, the size of a quarter. He stomps it into the dirt and heads home.By morning, the bite itches. By nightfall, something beneath his skin moves.Doctors shrug. Tests come back normal. His sister's voicemails grow desperate. No one believes him, and no one hears the whispers he hears in the dark."Let us out."He needs to get them out. Whatever the cost.But what if the infestation is only the beginning?A claustrophobic body-horror nightmare that will have you scratching long after the last page.Skin Deep. You'll feel it long after you've finished reading**Trigger Warnings**Self-harm…