The forest that screamed back

The forest that screamed back

By. Kanyon Bell Dempsey

Originally written; 02-25-2021

Characters;

Richard-15

Emily- 16

Ross-16

Tracy-17

Mike- killer

Officers- vampires

Plot

In the summer of 1972, four teenagers—Tracy, Ross, Emily, and Richard—venture into the woods outside Orlando, Florida, looking for adventure, unaware they are stepping into a nightmare woven in blood and silence. What begins as a harmless walk turns into a living horror when they stumble upon an abandoned house hidden deep within the forest. There, they witness something impossible—a girl drenched in blood fleeing from a man named Mike, who emerges from the shadows wielding an ax. When the group is discovered, the night shatters. Separated and hunted, the teenagers face unspeakable terror. Mike is no ordinary killer. Inside that rotting house, he carves bodies like ritual, caging his victims like trophies, but the horror only deepens when Tracy escapes and brings the police—only for the officers to fall victim themselves, but death in these woods doesn’t last. The forest has secrets older than any of them imagined. The officers rise again, twisted by something ancient—something that turns blood into hunger and life into a curse. As Emily begins to change, infected by a vampire’s bite, Ross is forced to make an impossible choice: trust the girl he loves, even as she becomes something inhuman… or leave her behind to stop Mike and the undead that now roam free. The forest screamed once—and now it screams back.

Date-

August 23, 1972