Halloween I.F – “Uncanny Valley” Day 4
[Please read the instructions before jumping in!] Tam stared down at the phone, his hands trembling. Immediately, the worst case scenario flooded in: that something had happened to his brother when he was taken by the witch, that it really was from Ash but that Ash didn’t recognize him any more. But as soon as […]
Halloween I.F – “Uncanny Valley” Day 3
[Please read the instructions before jumping in!] Even if he’d just been trying to keep his spirits up, it wasn’t necessarily a completely absurd idea; apparently witches did answer ads. Their family’s case had been twenty-one years ago, so Tam imagined this particular witch must have been looking in the newspaper’s classifieds, but that didn’t […]
Halloween I.F – “Uncanny Valley” Day 2
[Please read the instructions before jumping in!] Tam curled his fingers into fists; even as short and blunt as he kept his nails, he could feel them biting into his palms. The initial shock was making way for waves of helpless anger, and he tried to breathe evenly. He had to keep in control—not because […]
Halloween I.F – “Uncanny Valley” Day 1
[Thank you to those who suggested names! All suggested names will appear in the story. ‘Tam’ was chosen because the name meaning (twin) was, coincidentally, a perfect fit.] [Please read the instructions before jumping in!] Tam woke up knowing what would be waiting for him downstairs: His parents, his twin brother Ashton, and the identical […]
Halloween 2017 I.F. – Instructions
Į̺̩̥̻̠t͉̦̩’̸̭̝̱̲s̸͈ ̲̟̭͍t̨̗̣̖̰̱̣ͅh̩̼̹̩̙̠à͎͖̩͙t̨̲̲ ̝̤ṯ͕͖̞̖͎̖i̤̺̝m̡e͈ ̮̩̀ơ̮̝̙f̭͖̠͈̱ ̬y̘̰͝e̜͈͙̙a̼̙͞r̙͈̳ͅ ҉̺̲̯͓͕͉ḁg̛̪͖̭̱̭̘ͅa͙͖̰̤̥̟i̧͕n̠͓̳̤͓.̢̦͙ ̠̮͕S̶̞̗̖h̖͕a̮͇̼͉͈̰l͏̩̯͙l͈͈̤̻ ͉͇̜͈̰̦w̤̠͈̻̠͖ḙ͉͇̝́ ́p͎͉̪̰̯l͇͇͙̖̫̘͍ą̼͙̱̥͔͙y̢̝̻̝ ̖̻̥a͙̲ ̵̮g͢a̼̘͟m̴̩̮͍̟e̺̖̟̪̹̺̕?̲̦̤̤̬͎ As with last year’s October story, Septimus and Sweet, I thought it’d be fun to celebrate Halloween together with a little bit of fun interactive fiction! This year’s fiction will be a m/m paranormal story about a young man who lives near to a […]