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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.

The Demon Eski’s Origins

The young Rita was liked in the village she was living in and was described as having luscious locks of black hair, an hourglass figure, and a face to stop even the nastiest of men from committing sins. Rita skipped merrily up towards her little home, whistling a favorite tune of hers and her partners. As the battered, but strong, bright blue coated house came into view, Rita increased her tune speed and her skipping pace. This was because today was a day Rita had been looking forward to for weeks, and one that would be spent entirely with her love Rio. He was the perfect lover in Rita’s eyes, as he was  incredibly loyal and was a shy atheist who enjoyed reading just as she did. He was also very muscular, and kind, with blonde hair and blue eyes. This mattered little to Rita though as she cared for his persona much more. What put Rita on the nonbeliever path was that Rita had seen her family murdered for no reason and had decided that no such god would let that happen if they were real, and Rio had chosen this path due to believing in logic and science before anything else. Upon finally making it back to her house, Rita began planning dozens of joyous things that the two could do for the day now but then she saw a note and it was written in blood. Rita read the note, and next Rita rushed to the crowded town square and saw something that broke her inside. There, hanging upon a cross was her beloved, his fingernails ripped out, his head shaved and stabbed, his feet nailed together, his once muscular body ripped to shreds by sharpened tools, and finally his eyes plucked out. Rita broke down right then and there, sobbing and sobbing as she had lost the only thing she had cared about in this world and was all alone. The villagers noticed and moved towards her but were stopped by an unseen, chilling presence. Suddenly a voice spoke to Rita saying that she could have all the power to have her revenge on the world she wished, if she became their human host. Rita agreed with little fight wanting to kill and make everyone in the town pay for their actions. Suddenly she felt her control over her body leave her as her formed turned bony and slender, her hair floated all around her, and her hands turned into claws. Next her teeth mutated into fangs and she grew dark, ebony wings from her back. During all this, Rita felt strangely happy and calm well until the voice from before said thank you for your body girl, I will make good use of it and just, so you know our new name is Eski, we shall become a revenge loving demon. With that Rita watched the possessor of her body start massacring the townsfolk and felt satisfied as her conscious drifted into a sleeping state.

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