You see a trail of what appears to be hair running down the alley between two buildings. Against your better judgement, you follow it down a small staircase and through an unlocked door. Inside the door is a dark basement. You fumble for the light switch, then yelp when the harsh fluorescent light flickers on.

On the wall is a message, written in elegant cursive. It is written with hair.

"Hey, it’s Ben. Benjamin Gray. The Wolf in the Woods is in fourth place in the Horror Contest! Because of this, I have released a story called "All the Walls are Rotten." 

There’s only about a day left in the contest, and it would take a miracle to get into third place or higher. To be fair, it was a miracle that I got into fourth place, but I’m out of Miracle Juice. 

I’ll let you know what happens, but for now, just enjoy your Halloween. And, if you’re a holdout, please pre-order The Wolf in the Woods! It’s Halloween, for dread’s sake-- do something impulsive."

You switch off the lights and close the door. "This has got to stop," you mutter to yourself.

Still time to order, but the contest has one more day. Being in the top twenty-five out of over 100 other contestants for the contest. I’m still glad to be part of the contest. This will be the last time I will try to fund for this year. Unless another contest comes to fit my other stories. 

Thank you all for following along and helping where you could. I was not able to get a voice actor for "mirror house " also I have not had any free time to voice another story. Things are still crazy around here. 

Thank you again. I know it will be a close contest for the top 5 contestants,  help out where you can. 

Joshua L. Covarrubio