Knifepoint Horror

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)…

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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…

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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…

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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:…

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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),…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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 before anyone noticed that such a place had…

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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…

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