The 3 Terrifying Tales
series is a trilogy of horror short stories written by FNW2
All three works take place in the same universe, as the third and final story proves.
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Stories that appeared in this trilogy
Spoilers on this page will be unmarked.
Tropes in this work are:
- Action Survivor: Maggie, as a medic, was only taught how to shoot a pistol. Despite that, she’s the only member of her group who lives.
- And I Must Scream: Heinrich was trapped in limbo while in his coma, feeling the demons clawing at his flesh for months.
- Anyone Can Die: Luke, one of the main characters of 73 Years Later is killed at the end of it, and Michael is killed in Electrocution.
- Arch-Enemy: Michael to Heinrich. It’s so personal between the two, Michael actually joined the military after hearing rumors of his return in the now quarantined New York.
- Arc Villain: Both Heinrich and Vincent are this in Electrocution.
- Asshole Victim: Both Heinrich and Vincent are killed. Twice.
- Ax-Crazy:
- Heinrich Strauss was a sadistic Nazi foot soldier who had many cruel methods of killing others.
- Vincent is a twisted Serial Killer who started his career by killing his own mother as a child.
- Big Bad:
- 73 Year Later: Heinrich Strauss.
- Cold Winter Nights: Vincent North. Also doubles as a Villain Protagonist.
- Electrocution: Natalie Walker.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Heinrich and Natalie are both major enemies to Maggie in Electrocution. Unfortunately for Heinrich, Natalie manages to kill him and all of his men.
- Big Bad Wannabe:
- Vincent, for all his atrocities, is nothing more then a pathetic coward who is easily bested by the protagonists.
- Heinrich to a lesser extent in Electrocution. While he was a credible threat, Natalie managed to kill him and his forces, marking herself as the true Big Bad.
- Bittersweet Ending:
- 73 Years Later ends on a heavily on the bitter side. Heinrich is killed, but Luke and Michael’s grandfather are dead. That said, Michael heard Luke’s voice calling out to him from the afterlife, and he smiles, knowing they’ll be reunited in time.
- In Cold Winter Nights, Vincent’s victims are still dead, but they end their killing before he could hurt anyone else, and their souls are laid to rest.
- While Natalie is defeated in Electrocution, and Heinrich and Vincent are put down for good, Maggie didn’t arrive in time to save her wife. That, and Michael was killed by Natalie.
- Crapsack World: Nazis, Serial Killers, Zombies and cults all exist in this world, and they all want us dead.
- Cruel and Unusual Death:
- The elderly Heinrich is pushed down a staircase, breaking every bone in his fragile body.
- Vincent’s victims are stripped naked and frozen to death.
- Vincent himself is torn apart by the nails of his previous victims.
- Cult: Natalie built one around herself.
- Damsel in Distress: Maggie tragically thought her wife was this. In truth, she was dead long before she even arrived in New York.
- Death of a Child: Both Cold Winter Nights and Electrocution have explicate child murder. One of Vincent’s victims is a little girl.
- Devoured by the Horde: Happened to dozens during the mutants attack on New York.
- Dirty Coward:
- Heinrich is motivated by the fear of death, as he knows Hell if waiting for him if he dies. Instead of seeking redemption, he tries to kill two innocent boys to use as a human sacrifice for ritual that will give him immortality.
- Vincent is a pathetic sadist, who will beg and plead for his the life the second he is in danger.
- Natalie actually pisses herself in fear when held at gun point.
- Enfant Terrible: Vincent was a twisted Sadist even as a child, watching his mother freeze to death with no remorse.
- Final Girl: Maggie is the only one of the main cast in Electrocution who lives.
- Neck Snap: How Heinrich kills the witch that saved him.
- Politically Incorrect Villain:
- Heinrich Strauss is a Nazi, so that goes without saying.
- Vincent North is a misogynistic homophobe who, in Electrocution, carves the word "Faggot" into his gay victims' chests.
- Psycho Lesbian:
- Danielle Drivas in 73 Years Later, a Serial Rapist who preys on her female classmates and crys homophobia if they accuse her.
- Natalie in Electrocution abuses her status as cult leader to turn the brainwashed women under her thrall into Sex Slaves.
- It's worth noting however that these characters are not evil because of their sexuality, as there are a few other lesbian characters, most notably Electrocution's protagonist Maggie, who avert this trope and are portrayed as normal human beings. So this can be considered a downplayed trope.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Danielle lures her "friends" Michael and Luke into Heinrich's trap in order to avoid the evidence of her crimes being released. However, being a Nazi Heinrich has no intention of letting an admitted lesbian live and shoots her dead the moment she's fulfilled her purpose.
- Serial Killer: Vincent North in Cold Winter's Night is a murderer who loves kidnapping women and freezing them to death.
- Serial Rapist: Danielle Drivas and Natalie Walker both prey on other women, Danielle through force and Natalie through brainwashing.
- Spoiled Brat: Natalie was this as a child and teenager. Unfortunately, she never grew out of it.
- Take That!: Donald Trump has a single cameo at the end of Electrocution where he makes an idiotic ass of himself.
- Villain Protagonist: Vincent North in Cold Winter's Night.
