Undercooked Analysis

Allen and David can check out any time they like, but they can never leave… Wait, that’s the wrong hotel. What’s this all about? And is something burning?

"Story submitted by A.C. Silva. Read along here.

David and Allen have no choice at the moment but to read more shortstory1 oddities this time, and a pattern might be forming…

Stories submitted by shortstory1 Read along below:
1. “I love you so much Melissa”
2. “I want my son to be like me”
3. ”I’m so glad you exist”
4. “There is only 1 kind of social interaction that I like”
5. “I didn’t die for you”

A returning writer gives David, Kaela, Seid and Naruli a lot to think about with this melancholy short story…

Story submitted by Oxygen-Thief.

Stay until the end of the episode to hear a sneaky sample of Creative Horror’s newest podcast, The Jaymeson Tapes.

What dry horrors await our readers in this installment? Be prepared for more gripping details of petty gossip among rich old people, long-winded discussions about etymology, and our protagonist apparently manifesting future vision out of nowhere. Also, mongoose.

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We’re back from our holiday hiatus! David and Allen start 2022 with a hot-off-the-griddle batch of short, weird fiction by the mysterious shortstory1.

This unusual final chapter of our Cryptid Writing Challenge comes to a close as the missing four stories are documented and barely survived by our expert team of Kaela, Kylie, Eli and Ben. Which story will leave the biggest impact on our judges?

“Karen” is by Skill Flea.
”Pale Gorgon” is by HyperThermal.
”South Milwaukee ‘Alley Man’ Still At Large” is by Rika.
”Top 10 Cryptids I Just Created to Potentially Win Third Place in a Writing Challenge” is by Zath.

A trio of mysterious entities from the Cryptid Writing Challenge are brought to light by Kaela, Eli, Kylie and Background David as we look at some of the runners up.

“The Halifax Howler” is by Beth Morton.
”Ethylene Oxide and The Swamp Clown” is by Daniel Scamell.
”The Drudge” is by Plaggus.

But these aren’t are only elusive creatures… Check out our Lost Cryptids Challenge for more info.

We asked, you answered. We have sifted through a number of uncanny accounts of strange creatures and eerie beings unclassified by science, with the three stories herein the judges’ favorites. Join Kaela, Eli, Kylie and sorta-there David as the winners of our Cryptid Writing Challenge are revealed.

3rd place - “The Detroit Harvester” by Dylan Walters
2nd place - “Frosty” by Troy Wullbrandt
1st place - “Thyliidae Africanus” by Schultz

Themed drinks and sleep deprivation arrive for this second installment, where the Creative Horror gang have to contend with geology, snakes and a sudden, cringe-inducing reminder that racist caricatures existed in novels like this.

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A new spooky saga begins! Kaela has enlisted the Creative Horror crew to read an infamously maligned horror novel by none other than the writer of Dracula, just to prove that even the most well-known authors can produce duds. The gang is about to find out why, and start plotting how they might drink their way through it in a creative way.

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