Knifepoint Horror

By Soren Narnia

What's Knifepoint Horror about?

Tales of supernatural suspense written and produced by Soren Narnia.

The text of these stories is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

Also by the author: the podcast 'Those Snowy Nights You Read to Me, They'll Never Be Forgotten.'

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Devils Everywhere You Turn

10.13.2023

On the hurting streets of Claysmith, Connecticut, a hideous comedy of errors engulfs the innocent and guilty alike. The cast (in order of appearance) Barb Solomon: Linda Wojtowick Sheriff Pat Solomon: Richard Werner Mitzi from the Detention Center: Beth Abdallah ...

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10.13.2023 Devils Everywhere You Turn On the hurting streets of Claysmith, Connecticut, a hideous comedy of errors engulfs the innocent and guilty alike. The cast (in order of appearance) Barb Solomon: Linda Wojtowick Sheriff Pat Solomon: Richard Werner Mitzi from the Detention Center: Beth Abdallah ...
09.25.2023 chains It seemed like a simpler time, and the problems faced by the people in that small rural town seemed simpler too... or maybe it was a dreadful blindness that just made it appear that way. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Art by Allison ...
08.24.2023 sideswipe There's usually a moment as you drive alone late at night on a long, desolate country road when you succumb to a brief bleak thought of all that can happen to you out there. Maybe you become nervous about your ...
06.11.2023 endgame For sale by Baltimore County: 3 BR, 2 BA single family dwelling on 1/3rd acre in residential section of Seven Bells, Maryland. Demolition arrangements offered by county at no cost to buyer. Strict confidentiality agreement must be signed by all ...
05.19.2023 rink In a suspiciously quiet and unspoiled setting, three friends are beckoned by the liberation found within their darkest impulses. Music: “Flare Star” by Michael Vignola, all rights reserved. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia
04.10.2023 bots The story of Joel and Sammie, a young couple suddenly divided by something terrifying—and then bonded more strongly against a bizarre and inscrutable enemy. With the voices of Caity Roberts of the Darkest Corners podcast and Robert Cantelmo. Music: “Peaceful ...
03.17.2023 Late Checkout In the world of short-term rentals, the personalities bound to the transaction sometimes briefly clash. Ninety-nine percent of the time, there’s not enough there for anything to seriously ignite. The one percent is called 418 Ulmus Street. Sadie: Currer Hathaway ...
01.17.2023 hole Things were already tense inside a house in the middle of nowhere, and then at the wrong moment, there was a casual glimpse out the living room window. MUSIC: 'Close' by Eleven Tales, all rights reserved. https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Art by S. ...
12.06.2022 gifters As a small town struggles to defend itself against cruel interlopers, the hour of vengeance draws ever closer. MUSIC: "Hallowed World" by EJRM and "Advent" by Ben Winwood, all rights reserved. https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Art by S. Patrick Brown, https://www.instagram.com/scalawagarts/
11.07.2022 colony Year by year, step by quiet step, a well-intentioned collective of great minds evolves into something to be feared. MUSIC - ‘Through the Past’ by Michael Vignola, ‘Gazing Wide’ by Palm Blue, ‘Where the Wind Blows’ by Sean Williams, and ...
10.01.2022 A Compendium for Halloween Eight very different stories for the season. 1. hitcher (0:00) 2. Is It That Time Again? (6:03) 3. prodigal (17:37) 4. panophobe (23:05) 5. legalese (33:39) 6. contestants (41:57) 7. A Bitter Pill (48:39) 8. blueberries (1:10:48) 'Is It That ...
08.21.2022 cleanse There are reliable narrators, there are unreliable narrators… and then there are outliers like the one heard here. 'Clearly guilty of murder, he somehow remains committed to his narrative,' one journalist wrote of him. 'I wasn't sure whether to look ...
07.15.2022 D.N.K. A filmmaker recalls the details of his darkest project: the people who endured it, the illusions he lost to it, and the horrific force that set it all in motion. With: Donald Kokoschka – John Jorgenson Noah DiLeo – Corey ...
04.22.2022 pride Many is the band that wishes they could have a second chance at what turned out to be their final performance—maybe they could have brought more energy to that night, or savored it just a little more... and then there’s ...
02.06.2022 The Smoke Child No one in attendance at the talk on that December night in New England, 2021, really knew what they would hear from the presenter, though they certainly knew his name. And while no video exists of his methodical dissection of ...
12.06.2021 surveillance The tomb would soon sit unnoticed, perhaps forever, in the wild grass of the lonely cemetery. But on its first night of occupancy, one man would keep a careful watch over it. Just in case. Wilhoit McCrail: Hugh Pierce Music: ...
10.01.2021 attraction You are invited to a place in the mountains where one man decided that no matter what the date, it will always, always be Halloween night. (And after 'attraction,' keep listening to experience the very... well, ROUND terror of a ...
09.24.2021 I Was Called Anwen A documentarian’s celebrity puff piece takes a dark turn when her subject reveals the story of a friend’s haunting. The documentarian Patricia Close : Mig Windows, www.migwindows.com Art by S. Patrick Brown, https://www.instagram.com/scalawagarts/ Music: ‘Mysa’ by Laurel Violet, all rights ...
07.09.2021 prisoner There is a curious fact about the tiny railway station mentioned by the teller of this story that he would never know: Almost sixty years before the events he describes, the station was partially demolished in the night by someone ...
05.10.2021 A Convergence in Wintertime Someday, when you find yourself alone in a place like the one where this story occurred, take note of what happens to your footprints as the minutes tick by. As one of the narrators claims, the wind shifts things around ...
02.15.2021 digs What’s the shortest time you’ve ever lived somewhere before you left in frustration? What was the problem—bad neighbors, leaks, noise problems, lousy plumbing? Something worse? Something mystifying? The trashman: Benjamin Gilmour Audio mastering by Les Lentz Soren Narnia can also ...
12.03.2020 vacancy Within every grandiose scheme, there lies the seed of possible disaster. Some of these disasters are loud, chaotic, and violent ... but sometimes they only sound like the wind sighing through haunted ruins. Music: ‘Between the Noise’ by Kyle Preston, ...
10.16.2020 thresholds For Halloween, a tale of two people dwelling among the monsters who own the night. Music: 'Altered Communications' by Emanuele Errante. Intro music by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast. Soren Narnia can also be heard on the podcast ...
10.03.2020 occupiers The letters and diaries of several 19th century soldiers allude to “the terrible Demon of Moscow” that once haunted the city’s streets. One witness alone told the entire story of the ghostly force most still believe was not truly of ...
08.07.2020 excursion 'What about the forest where this terrible thing happened?' people sometimes ask when they hear the story of the small town that became so precariously balanced between true evil and unexpected hope. 'Is it still there?' The answer is yes... ...
07.08.2020 drop-ins Each nighttime visitor to the tiny house in the country was more unwelcome than the one before ... but the fourth was truly unimaginable. Music by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast. Art by Scott Brown, https://www.instagram.com/scalawagarts/ Watch the ...
06.07.2020 compulsion Conflicting feelings about a banished relative lead to a visit a long time in coming … but each step toward her house reveals more warning signs. The detectives: 1. Hugh Pierce and 2. Reginald Baskerville Music by Federico Nardella, “Il ...
04.10.2020 Twelve Tiny Cabins A college professor has a mysterious story to tell to a prized student, but his timing and motive are no less cryptic. With Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast, Linda Wojtowick, Elena Vega, and Cal Butera. All music by Anthony ...
12.21.2019 The Lockbox For the people in a small town in upstate New York, what happened was just another sordid true crime story. But they would never know just how frightening and surreal things became in its aftermath, or what one woman chose ...
10.03.2019 Three for Halloween The featured story of this brief trilogy imagines that perhaps, Earth's final confrontation between good and evil will take place so quietly you'll be able to hear a caterpillar crawl through the blood-soaked grass. Before this tale comes an appetizer ...
08.02.2019 laborer Nothing that has four walls and a roof can be eliminated as a possible breeding ground for the supernatural -- nothing. Music: "Dream" by Jahzzar, SoundExpress, Getty Music. "Mourning Song" and "Past the Edge" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under ...
06.03.2019 transit Memories of three weird occurrences that cannot be explained merge for their living witness into a common theme. Other audio horror by Soren Narnia: “Outcall" - Episode 15, Alexandria Archives podcast “Paranormal Appraisal 151" – Episode 20, Alexandria Archives podcast ...
04.08.2019 The Copper Cup A man who insists on the existence of a relative no one else has ever seen delves dangerously into the swirling fog of his own youthful perceptions. Radio host played by Currer Hathaway.
10.24.2018 elements A man blinded by infatuation learns the object of his desire has intentions to become something from which he may have already missed his chance to escape. Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast. MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from ...
07.25.2018 circles Maybe your own town holds one: a folk tale, discredited and in many ways absurd, that nevertheless will not die. Here is a glimpse into one such tale ... and the rare destructive force it happened to carry with it. ...
06.11.2018 impound A man in trouble, wanting only an escape from a crisis, stumbles across a mystery which leads to another... and yet another, demanding a return to a dangerous place and time. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Shadowlands 1: Horizon" licensed under ...
03.29.2018 The Crack Another tale of lands touched by both enigmatic beauty and dormant, uncategorizable cruelty. The narrator: Justy Gee, the Starless podcast The poem reader: Jes Echo Gail Greenlove: Amy Paonessa, The Bloodlust podcast The truck driver: Cal Butera Michael Spinell: Soren ...
01.24.2018 family For the haunted, any calm explanation of a supernatural phenomenon is a comforting one, no matter where it comes from. But it is never more important than in that very moment to remain watchful and mistrusting. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ...
11.12.2017 moonkeeper A man thrust onto the streets must navigate their disturbing sights and sounds, all the while living under the threat of a monster moving relentlessly through their shadows. Music by David Temyik ("Afterlife" and "Mystic Dark Background"), Getty Music. _____________________________________ ...
10.13.2017 Four for Halloween Two tales of Knifepoint Horror, and two radio plays. 1. thrifting (00:38) 2. radio play: “Report on an Unidentified Space Station,” adapted from the short story by J.G. Ballard (8:39) 3. west (25:54) 4. radio play: “The Cleaver” (44:45) The ...
08.16.2017 tarp A boy growing up in post-Depression Kansas learns there are no truly innocuous objects as long as the human imagination can infuse them with fearsome properties. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Shadowlands 1: Horizon" and "Shadowlands 4: Breath" licensed under Creative ...
06.29.2017 mother Built as a place of solace for those who could no longer fully fend for themselves, the house should never have been disturbed or even noticed. But then one summer night, unfamiliar footsteps approached. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under ...
05.17.2017 attic A conflict in memory between two brothers leads to a return to a place where childhood may have been hiding something too ghastly to retain in the mind. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). "Past the Edge" and "Mourning Song" licensed under ...
04.04.2017 A Quick Decology of Terror These 10 stories were originally produced as video monologues for YouTube over the course of a year as a slight change of pace. Some have been partially re-recorded. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License ...
12.10.2016 Let No One Walk Beside Her Here's a horror tale told through a different format. In a mysterious, undefined era, a desperate foot journey traverses a winter wilderness that promises a lonely death--perhaps a natural one, but likely not. With Kalem Murray, Teddy Ray Bullard, Melinda ...
01.22.2016 fields The next time you take a long country drive, look to your left and right as the scenery rolls by, the forgotten places where no footsteps tread for weeks, months, maybe years at a time. How long would it be ...
10.29.2015 guest He was a teenager who suddenly had no place to sleep, no money, and no options. The world had quickly become a very scary place ... and then shelter appeared much too conveniently. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative ...
09.11.2015 chasm In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of enviable tranquility to blinding terror. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Producer and photographer Jeffrey ...
07.19.2015 landmark Somewhere near your house it stands, one of those decaying places that people always whisper about as they pass by. For every day you age, it seems to age three. But it may well live beyond you, silently daring you ...
06.01.2015 sleep There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It strikes a surprising number of people, and none of us are safe. And if it comes for you, it will come at the most ...

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