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Stalker Farms 1st Annual Horror Short Contest
I work for a haunt attraction in Snohomish WA called "Stalker Farms". It is an immersive experience haunt with story lines and characters, so we are looking for stories, back stories, tall tales, feverish recollections, bad dreams haunting memories... Write a horror story that creates a tale of horror around one, two, or all of the characters described herein. We will link from our Facebook to your entries on Prose to get you more readers! These are short stories, we are looking for up to 500 words max. Our staff will pick a winner. If anyone lives in Western Washington then we will comp tickets to anyone that enters a submission and wants to come out. The winner gets $100. Good luck! Write a story about any or all of the following characters: Suzie - The golden child of the Slasher family. She is spoiled rotten to the core. Her demented giggles taunt her play mates. Over 30 years old but she still doesn’t look a day over eight. Chuck - A butcher that takes a lot of pride in his cuts. He is known for his barbecue, just don't mind pulling a few human hairs out of your teeth. Make sure you don't complain or you will find yourself unlucky enough to be served next. Eski - No bloody sacrifice is enough to appease the terrible craving for blood demanded by this horror, born of a thousand tortured soul's tormented screams.
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SharondaBriggs in Horror & Thriller

Neighbors From Hell

I lived near a family that causes me not to sleep at night.

With one eye open and full cup of coffee with a pot still full, I refuse to sleep near them. I'm exhausted. My sister is friends with our creepy neighbor's daughter. She does weird things like scratches her and laughs this demented laugh that makes your skin crawl up your neck. To make it worst after she scratches her, she licks it because it makes them close friends. My sister asked her when was her birthday she said Halloween day and laughed that excruciating laugh. She said they are friends because, if anyone bullies her, Susie would tell them that her brother Chuck would kill them and sell their body parts from his butcher shop. I met Chuck. He kept asking me to come to their cookout. At first, I told him no, because he seems to be really jittery and he spoke slowly like an old horror movie. If I didn't go and be neighborly he would tell his dad Eski and he would kill me. Eski is tall with a bend like Lurch from Adam's Family and he always wears black. When he shakes your hand he would hold it while he sniffs at you, as if he is sizing you up for his next meal. He laughs like his daughter and he's creepy like his son. So as I was saying, I went next door to the cookout, Chuck gave me a big plate of meat. It smelled like old meat from a deep freezer that had been left in the garage for years. I tried eating a piece but it had a long piece of hair on it. Blonde hair. Susie's hair was reddish, Chuck's was brown, and Dad's was black. Who was blonde? I gagged. I asked Chuck did their mom live with them. He said, "Not anymore". I asked him why. He said,

"she left to get me some meat for the grill and never returned". I asked, " Did you call the police".

He said, " Dad, told me not to worry about it because she already had plans to leave". I said, "Well, I would have loved to have met her ". He said, " I will show you a picture." He reaches under the grill and pulls out an apron with a picture on the front. The lady on the apron was pretty and BLONDE!!

All at once, my blood rushed to my head, it was time for me to go.

Just as I was leaving, Eski and Susie came out of the house and asked me did I want to lay on their sofa until I felt better. I said "NO THANKS!" I ran and wobbled home fast as I could and locked our doors in fear. The Slasher Family was cooking their mom and I was meant to be desert. This is why I will not sleep near this family until my family moves. I'm delirious!