Well, it's getting close to one of my favorite times of the year. Okay, yeah… so it's still two months away, but the sooner people are aware of it the more likely other people will even enter.

promised me that he's going to win this year, but I'm not going to let him take that title away from me so easily. Think you got what it takes to knock me off my throne and break my two year winning streak? Then by all means enter…

If you dare…

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The 13 Laws of the Challenge

1* Each Writer may only write ONE Story. No making multiple stories or changing entries.

2* Writers may start on Sept 1st, but submitt their work by the 28th of September. MIDNIGHT (mountain standard time).

3* The theme of the tale must be “Horror”. It must be a scary story. Any theme after that will be acceptable, but PLEASE keep it clean.

4* Must have at least one Protagonist and ONE CLEAR Antagonist or Issue. None of that Steven King crap where you never see the monster or it’s just a creepy feeling. The antagonist does not have to be another living being, but it can’t be a total enigma.

5* The Story MUST have at least one TWIST that would fit in with the story itself.

6* Must be less than 10,000 words (or twenty pages with 14point font), be self-contained and have a clear ending. Or at least as clear as any horror story can be.

7* Original Work ONLY. No fanfics. This means absolutely no Worlds or Characters that already exist or belong to another writer. Writers must Create completely new Characters specific for the story they write.

8* The submissions cannot have art of any kind (this Includes the Thumbnails), but must be submitted as a PDF.

9* The winner will be decided by a point system. 5 points for Each Individual who Comments & 10 points for each “Favorite”, But the total of these points will be transformed into percents and reduced varying upon the amount of Views it receives. In the very rare case of a tie, it will be decided based on all participant’s personal votes.

10* No Parody, please. As such, entries that begin with “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Imagine if you would…” and the like will not be considered.

11* Stories should be written in English or translated into English. It is the language used by most people around the world. Feel free to post the story in your native tongue after contest winners are decided and announced on Oct 31st.

12* One author per story, no co-authoring. You may bounce around ideas, but each writer is on his, her, or whatever own.

13* Each entry must provide proper url links to the other entries as well as a link of these of Regulations. However, Tricking people into viewing your story is not allowed. If caught, you will be disqualified. This includes links to your story from outside sources. (We suggest posting the link to your in a comment here, then if you want to share then share the link to the contest rules instead.)

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