Horror
Date Published: 4/26/23
Publisher: Deadbolt Books
Welcome to Slashtag, the most immersive horror reality competition series
in history! Tag along as seven of America’s favorite celebrities step into
the infamous Propitius Hotel, home to one of the most prolific serial
killers in history – Arthur Wilson.
Arthur built and operated the Propitius Hotel from 1905 until 1928 when
dozens of bodies were found in his hotel, along with countless hidden
torture rooms throughout the hotel. Arthur disappeared, seemingly never to
be caught. He then returned – nearly 40 years later – under the guise of a
priest leading a congregation of 100 people back to his hotel, where he once
again committed mass murder.
Enter Tawny Howlett – a top-tier lifestyle influencer who is in the midst
of the crappiest week of her life. Her brand new health drink turned out to
be tainted, and now thousands of her followers want nothing more than to see
her social media empire crumble. In order to rehabilitate her image, she’s
agreed to take part in “Slashtag: The Ultimate Horror
Experience”.
At first it’s all fun and games, until the team of seven celebs discover
that the ghost is very real, and out for blood. In order to survive the
three-day live-streamed event, Tawny and her fellow contestants must band
together to try and send the spirit of Arthur Wilson straight to hell.
“I suddenly wish that I were just crazy. A hallucination would mean my
brain is broken, which is something I’ve spent my entire adult life
attempting to accept. If we’re both seeing this, it means the world is
broken in a way my brain is not prepared to confront.”
While Tawny has her hands full trying to survive a weekend at the Propitius
Hotel, it’s up to her younger sister April to work from the outside to try
and find a way to save her sister, and uncover the dark truth behind the TV
network that continues to air the deaths of some of America’s top
talent.
Together these seven doomed souls must solve the puzzles hidden within the
hotel in order to vanquish the spirit of Arthur Wilson.
The light flickers overhead, and then suddenly, a man is standing in the far corner of the room. There’s a hacksaw in his hand. He’s wearing a surgical apron, with a medical mask over his mouth and nose. Even behind the face coverings, it’s clear that it’s Arthur Wilson, given away by his thick, bottle cap glasses and brown suit underneath the apron.This has to be some sort of trick, a bit of Hollywood magic, but I can’t figure out how he just materialized like that. My heart surges in my chest, and I try to rationalize the man who just appeared before me. What’s most impressive, and also terrifying, are his eyes. They have a shining, mirror-like reflectiveness to them, something I’ve never seen in a specialty contact lens before. This just went from “fun scary” to “actually scary” in the span of about two seconds.
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