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Just finished up the story Mac and Millie and that one has definitely been the best story so far

"Friday Night in Damascus " By the brilliant Bryan Keene is a cleverly written story which explains the traditional wisdom that defines "Friday night" accompanied by well written examples of the way citizens all over enjoy it. The rhythm is broken when he inserts "Friday Night in Damascus" and
examples of its stark horror. The notes by the author are a painful plot twist.

"Leave" By Christopher Ruffy is a variation on the greedy business man wants to persuade a reluctant party to accept his monetary offer or else , the "else" being terror tactics or death threats. Absolutely loved this terrific example of flipping the script. In this bloody tale the boss sends his two sons and additional muscle, all four men armed and dangerous, to confront an old lady in her 90's.

"Do You Have Splatterpunk" by Carver Pike. The story is confusing since the narrator's telling about a trip to a Coffee shop with a book section. He is hiding from crazed maniacs repeatedly posing the question Do you have Splatterpunk? The unkempt killer has an axe chopping everyone up in bloody pieces and the soup shop is even worse.What is really happening is senseless violence in the city.

"A Little Something" by Scott Cole is a laid back story about happily married Ellen and John. They are considerate and courteous to each other after many years of marriage. One day John comes home with a surprise gift.She loves it. Ellen has always wanted to be a mother and on that very night they decide to try. "Let's make a baby".

"Eaten Alive" by the late J.F. Gonzalez is the story of Cyndi who loves spiders.Her pets include 17 Goliaths (Bird Eating Spiders). Authorities had stated they would not eat anything larger than themselves. Cyndi disproved this false conclusion using hubby's house cat. She was verbally abused and beaten over Betty. But he made it up to Cyndi by helping her disprove that the Goliaths would not attack really large prey

"Something Pagan" by Lucas Mangum was an interesting short story about a young woman taking a taxi to an isolated gothic style dwelling in the middle of nowhere. She was uncertain what to expect but what she did not order happened to be on the menu. She also made some new friends and dinner companions.

Tonight's script was intended to be a horror movie and in particular "Found Footage" By Patrick Lacey. An enterprising young man was able to assemble all of the prerequisites for same and off to a haunted island they went.Cat Island was occupied by feral felines and lots of spooky atmosphere. It had been the home of Satan worshiping lepers. Our film crew learned the real truth was a killer plot.

Our story tonight is about fine dining from respected horror author Robert Essig and is titled "Moches". Chef Fontaine has built a reputation of bold creations that serve to elevate the culinary dining experience. He will be serving his Moches to a famous food critic tonight and if the review is as great as he predicts, it will launch his name and new appetizer Moches like a super nova. This is a good one!!!

"Blue-Plate" Special" By Wile E. Young was on the menu for tonight. Several regulars were patronizing the Juniper Flavor Diner, located in the southeastern US in California, on the evening our dismal tale unfolded. Everything is as normal as apple pie, the waitress taking orders, chatting with customers. Sci-Fi Horror story of how the world ends in the middle of eating a stack of pancakes.

Tonight's tale of terror ("GPS") is from the twisted imagination of Glen Rolfe, the author of "Blood and Rain". Like its title, it was a comparatively short entry but packed a powerful punch. The gist of this truly grisly story is that of three friends going fatally off course due to a faulty GPS. Rolfe's imaginative monsters and deft delivery of torture, mutilation, and horrific deaths were A-1.

Tonight's story was Mac & Millie by the talented Jeff Strand & Bridgett Nelson. It is the story of an online dating experience which resulted in the meeting of Mac & Millie. The narrative is unfolded in alternating first person narrators.I laughed so much my chest hurt.The first half of the story is absolutely hysterical. Black humor gave way to torture murder,explicit sex, and a flip the script ending.Top shelf.

The second story in this anthology was titled "Skin" by the widely known horror writer Candace Nola. It was not my favorite work of hers, but it is an intense tale of a young woman whose gradual descent into madness left her concluding that no matter what costume, shell, or "skin" she used to disguise her real self it left her with hatred and self loathing.Think Buffalo Bill from SOL on steroids.