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The Cellist - Featured in Sharing Nightmares by FinnyH
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[Short Story/Historical Horror] He is a young and beautiful aristocrat who has snatched the hearts of hundreds with his playing. Nobody knows anything about him except for the one night every year, October 31st, that the cellist performs a recital of ghostly melodies that bewitch the soul. Far more disturbing about this eerily charming and silent recluse is that his cello plays with no strings... • Featured in the "Sharing Nightmares" Anthology • Featured in @Fright Bites
The Platform [NOW PUBLISHED] by FinnyH
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[Published/Award-Winning Short Story] This is a published piece that remains free to read on Wattpad courtesy of Henshaw Press. "I've been trapped on this ghostly platform with five other people for hours, waiting for a train with no destination. I know why we're bound here, but one of us shouldn't be." ------------------------------------ Short story 2400 words #46 in Paranormal #47 in Short Story • Winner of HenshawPress Competition. • Published April 2017
The Sinister Fate of Joseph Redding by FinnyH
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[Formerly Featured/Historical Horror] Masquerading as a gentlemanly bachelor living in Victorian England, Joseph Redding is a fraud amongst the living. After splitting from his partner in unspeakable, underground crimes, he must now pay the price for disturbing the dead. When a ghastly spectre reveals itself to him one night in hospital, he finds himself hurled into an abstract streak of mysteries and homicides that will begin to unravel his fictitious existence. And it seems everyone is on to him... So begins the sinister fate of Joseph Redding as he is lured down a one-way path of paranormal horror, of secrets, and wanton desire. Discover why readers call this "brilliant", "classic" and "twisted"! -------------------------------------- • @IncarnateMovie Top Exorcisms Reading List • @ParanormalCommunity Ghosts Reading List • @HistoricalFiction Gothic Reading List • @Adultfiction The Gothic Reading List • @ProjectRefresh Refreshers Reading List • @OnlyTheBestNovels Best Horror Reading List • Wattpad Featured in Paranormal • Highest rank #11 in Horror (Nov 2016) PRAISE FOR THIS BOOK: "...I ate the twisted plot right up, relished in the conflicts throughout -- from Joseph's own internalised woes to the cryptic secret brilliantly built up..." FR "...This has been a terrific departure from the norms of horror convention..." IRC "...I loved this story not just because of the horrifying twists but because of the brilliance behind its plot. I've never read anything like it..." RC "...Classic prose, meticulously written, reveals the promise of a chilling tale that begs to be told..." KN "...I loved this original story. It tapped into so many idols of mine, but just saying that does not give the story the weight it deserves..." MB ------------------------------------- 25,000 word novella
Glass Eye: Confessions of a Fake Psychic Detective by BenSobieck
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Season 1 of Confessions of a Fake Psychic Detective * Her psychic powers are fake, but the kidnapped girl she must find is real. * Zandra is an infamous "psychic" who grifts the gullible residents of her small Wisconsin town using her wits, not anything supernatural. Her skills are put to the ultimate test when the police tap her to help find a kidnapped girl. But there's a catch. The girl's father apparently got away with murdering Zandra's husband years ago. Can Zandra put aside her grudge for the sake of a missing child? Or is this the perfect opportunity for revenge? Also available on YONDER, the next-generation reading app from the Wattpad family. Prequel to the 2016 Wattys winner, "Black Eye" (Featured by @TheGirlOnTheTrain)
IGOR: Tyler, The Creator  by RadicalMisfits
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[COMPLETED] The story of how Tyler and Wyatt came to be, based on his latest album, "Igor." Each short story is based on the title and lyrics of each song. Listen to each song as you read through each chapter; each is made to feel like a realistic experience of what could've happened.
Finding Humanity by NinaMarks
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After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]