Hollow Woods
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Ongoing, First published Aug 25, 2023
Mature
*Halloween Special of Hollow Grave*

This short story is a little Halloween short from the story of Hollow Grave. 

I don't DO fun. I don't have the time to. I have shit to do and places to be. I only do 'fun' when I'm being paid to. But when Darla, the office manager, decides we need some good, old-fashioned, mandatory 'bonding' over some scares, she buys tickets. 
It's a one-night-only show. 
Halloween Horror Nights. 
Anyone who knows anything horror knows that this is the place to be scared. Only showing up in select cities for one night only during October, Halloween Horror Nights is the party of the YEAR. 
Or so they say. 
But some of the actors seem to be a TOO into the scares. 
What will it take to get through the night intact just to get my paycheck? Withstand a few too-intense scares? Hang out with my pervy coworker Mark?
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