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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]

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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, sealed since Harrod was the kindest man she knew, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]
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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from. Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]

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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from. from Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]
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FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from. Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]

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* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from. Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: This is a very tragic aspect of many of the stories. Had the protagonist not done one simple, seemingly harmless thing, they could have avoided the horrors that leave them traumatized and in some cases, their once promising lives completely decimated.
** In ''eyes'', Wesley likely would have gone on being an upstanding public servant had he not decided to go on a crusade against fake psychics taking advantage of people in mourning.
** The protagonist of ''possession'' had secured a full-ride scholarship to grad school when a demented woman stabbed him in an alleyway. He got addicted to the pain killers meant to help his recovery and things just went downhill from there.
** The main character of ''tunnel'' has had to deal with insomnia and depression for years because of what he saw on what was supposed to be an ordinary train ride.


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FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler: Shirley from "eyes" was tortured and murdered by a demon conjured by her paranoid husband.]] She had sought help from. Wesley Harrold before her fate was sealed, knowing that he intended on harming her, but since he barely knew her and the things she talked about [[spoiler: such as her husband using a demon to torment her]] seemed downright delusional to him, so he declined to help. Because of this, [[spoiler: she blamed Harrold for her death and chose to haunt ''him'' for the rest of his days.]]


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The plot of ''possession'' is kicked off when a demented woman stabs the narrator in the leg one night. She's seemingly unrelated to the supernatural happenings that plague the narrator afterwards, but if she had chosen another victim on that night, he likely would have gone on to live a normal life.
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* ApocalypticLog: The story "plague" [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]
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* PocketDimension: The forest cemetery the coachman takes Sean to

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ApocalypticLog: The story "plague" [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]

EyeScream: Wesley Harrod removes his own eyes with a broken liqueur bottle.

HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house"

ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle is stated to have "a history of necrophilia", and that's the least creepy thing about him.

ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler:The narrator of "visitation"]]

MissingTime: This is suffered by John Gray and several other characters in "vision".

NunsAreSpooky: The nuns in "sisters" are more victims then villains, but that doesn't stop the from being scary as crap.

OnlyOneName: Duke never tells the reader his full name, despite every other narrator doing so.

ShowWithinAShow: The "Their Thousand Hands" series, a popular zombie movie series

BadHabits: [[spoiler: "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest as a way of getting close to his intended victims.]]

TownWithADarkSecret: Certain people in Robin Song, Virgina are protecting the entity which causes such strange occurrences in the town.

TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Gray discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: the trauma of seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

ZombieApocalypse: The plot of "undead"

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* ApocalypticLog: The story "plague" [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]

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* BadHabits: [[spoiler: "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest as a way of getting close to his intended victims.]]
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EyeScream: Wesley Harrod removes his own eyes with a broken liqueur bottle.

bottle.
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HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house"

"house"
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ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle is stated to have "a history of necrophilia", and that's the least creepy thing about him.

him.
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ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler:The narrator of "visitation"]]

"visitation"]]
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MissingTime: This is suffered by John Gray and several other characters in "vision".

"vision".
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NunsAreSpooky: The nuns in "sisters" are more victims then villains, but that doesn't stop the from being scary as crap.

crap.
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OnlyOneName: Duke never tells the reader his full name, despite every other narrator doing so.

so.
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ShowWithinAShow: The "Their Thousand Hands" series, a popular zombie movie series

BadHabits: [[spoiler: "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest as a way of getting close to his intended victims.]]

series
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TownWithADarkSecret: Certain people in Robin Song, Virgina are protecting the entity which causes such strange occurrences in the town.

town.
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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Gray discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: the trauma of seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

]]
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ZombieApocalypse: The plot of "undead""undead"
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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Averted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series.
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BadHabits: [[spoiler: "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest as a way of getting close to his intended victems.]]

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BadHabits: [[spoiler: "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest as a way of getting close to his intended victems.victims.]]
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SinisterMinister: [[spoiler: Father Hall has less than holy intentions, though this is somewhat subverted when we discover he isn't actually a priest.]]

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SinisterMinister: BadHabits: [[spoiler: Father Hall has less than holy intentions, though this is somewhat subverted when we discover he isn't actually "Father Hall" pretends to be a priest.priest as a way of getting close to his intended victems.]]
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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Gray discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Gray discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: the trauma of seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

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ShowWithinAShow: The "Their Thousand Hands" series

TownWithADarkSecret: Robin Song, Virgina

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ShowWithinAShow: The "Their Thousand Hands" series, a popular zombie movie series

SinisterMinister: [[spoiler: Father Hall has less than holy intentions, though this is somewhat subverted when we discover he isn't actually a priest.]]

TownWithADarkSecret: Certain people in Robin Song, Virgina
Virgina are protecting the entity which causes such strange occurrences in the town.
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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Grey discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Grey Gray discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

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MissingTime: Suffered by John Gray and several other characters in "vision"

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MissingTime: Suffered This is suffered by John Gray and several other characters in "vision"
"vision".


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TraumaInducedAmnesia: John Grey discovers a gap in his memory was caused by [[spoiler: seeing the devil appear over the horizon.]]

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ApocalypseCult: Palliser's Children



HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house".

ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle, and that's the least creepy thing about him

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HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house".

"house"

ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle, Settle is stated to have "a history of necrophilia", and that's the least creepy thing about him
him.
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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Averted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series

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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Averted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series
series.



ApocalypticLog: The story "plague". [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]

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ApocalypticLog: The story "plague". "plague" [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]



HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house"

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HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house"
"house".



OnlyOneName: Duke never tells the reader his full name, despite every other narrator doing so

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OnlyOneName: Duke never tells the reader his full name, despite every other narrator doing so
so.
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NunsAreSpooky: The nuns in "sisters" are more victims then villains, but that doesn't stop the from being scary as crap.
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MissingTime: Suffered by John Gray and several other characters in "vision"
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EyeScream: Wesley Harrod removes his own eyes with a broken liqueur bottle.

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Knifepoint Horror is a horror short story series by Soren Narnia. The stories are stripped of stylistic pomp and frill to leave only grim first-person narratives.

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Knifepoint Horror is a horror short story series by Soren Narnia. The stories are series is probably best summed up by the author's own words:

"These tales of supernatural suspense adhere to the most primal element of storytelling: a single human voice describing events exactly as it experienced them without adding the stylish techniques which dilute, stretch, and burden horror fiction with unnecessary detail. Here you will find no entry into the thoughts of any characters other than the narrator’s, no standard passages of dialogue, no humor, no romance, no profanity, no extraneous gore. The stories,
stripped of stylistic pomp even proper titles, spill forward as taut, uninterrupted confessions. Knifepoint Horror leaves nothing but the story’s riveting spine to compel and frill chill you to leave only grim first-person narratives.
the core."



and available in book-format from amazon.

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and available in book-format both print and e-book format from amazon.
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The stories are available as pod casts at this address:

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The stories are available as pod casts podcasts at this address:
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OnlyOneName: Duke, the narrator of "retaliation" in the podcast he has no name at all

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OnlyOneName: Duke, Duke never tells the reader his full name, despite every other narrator of "retaliation" in the podcast he has no name at all
doing so



TownWithADarkSecret: Robinsong, Virgina, though not the whole town is in on it.

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TownWithADarkSecret: Robinsong, Virgina, though not the whole town is in on it.
Robin Song, Virgina
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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Subverted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series

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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Subverted, Averted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series
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ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle has "a history of necrophilia"

ISeeDeadPeople: The narrator of [[spoiler:"visitation"]]

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ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle has "a history of necrophilia"

Settle, and that's the least creepy thing about him

ISeeDeadPeople: The [[spoiler:The narrator of [[spoiler:"visitation"]]
"visitation"]]
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ApocalypticLog: The story "plague". [[spoiler:It actually ends with the apocalypse.]]
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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Subverted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series,

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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Subverted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series,
series
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AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists: Subverted, the fact the narrators write like real people is one of the best things about the series,
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\nApocalypseCult: Palliser's Children
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Knifepoint Horror is a horror short story series by Soren Narnia. The stories are stripped of stylistic pomp and frill to leave only grim first-person narratives.

The stories are available as pod casts at this address:
http://knifepointhorror.libsyn.com/
and available in book-format from amazon.

Due to the suspenseful nature of the series, beware of unmarked spoilers.

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!! Knifepoint Horror contains examples of:



HauntedHouse: The Poldrice House, the house from [[spoiler:"visitation"]], and you guessed it, the house from "house"

ILoveTheDead: Irwin Settle has "a history of necrophilia"

ISeeDeadPeople: The narrator of [[spoiler:"visitation"]]

OnlyOneName: Duke, the narrator of "retaliation" in the podcast he has no name at all

ShowWithinAShow: The "Their Thousand Hands" series

TownWithADarkSecret: Robinsong, Virgina, though not the whole town is in on it.

ZombieApocalypse: The plot of "undead"

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