Once upon a time…something broke.
And the horror got in.
A chilling reimagining of fairy tales in an anathology rewritten by fear, technology, vengeance and obsession.
It's what you think you know, corrupted by the algorithm
Welcome to the dark world of fairy tales where myths meet malware, folklore feeds on followers , and happy endings? Well, that would be a no...
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Thirteen stories that blend familiar characters with psychological horror, contemporary nightmares and digital dystopia.
These are the stories that used to send us to sleep, now back to keep us awake.
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"They caught the girl on the house CCTV.
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Barefoot, hem soaked with blood, lips the shade of overripe fruit. Not running away, but almost gliding. Performing for the cameras she knew would be there.
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No fear.But body language bristling with something.
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Next morning, the cleaners found the reality producer who lived there with his wrists opened lengthwise and his Emmy rammed down his throat.
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The headlines called it a psychotic act.
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The underground knew more, and whispered her name with a kind of sinister reverence.
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most truly f***** up of all."
Glitching, pulsing, bleeding…
Red the live horror streamer who trends on fear but whose watchers want more.
The whistleblower exposing the corrupt truth tech fuelling an ‘’Emperor’s” nightmare ambitions.
The influencers perfect crimson stilettos that feed on more than followers.
The grieving scientist who builds a boy from code and skin but whose lies have inhuman repercussions.
The off grid ‘bears’ whose home harbours horrific secrets and memories that have no place returning.
Reality Tv’s ‘fairest’ star, and biggest victim , who turns her trauma into bloody vengeance.
Murphy Gray
Murphy has always liked a twist in a tale. A dark edge to a drama. A need to be surprised and unsettled. From reading the Omen books when too young, to discovering Ray Bradbury's early dive into tech with a social bite. And now the just-around-the-corner fears that Black Mirror owns and the late story reversals that Inside Number 9 celebrates. Bring on the unexpected...or go home.
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The day job involves copywriting, talking too much and not being shy of an opinion. Reasonably successfully. The old day job that is, because this is the new one.
So i hope you enjoy. And maybe leave me an Amazon review?
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Or i'll come looking for you.
Maybe. Probably. In some form or other.
