QSFer Matt Doyle has a new queer horror short out: Surreality. And it’s on sale at the Publisher link for Pride Month!
Tony Cork and Benny Marks were ‘The Princes of UK Paranormal Television.’ Then, while investigating an urban legend for their 2015 Christmas Special, the couple found themselves torn apart by tragedy. Told through a series of blog posts written by the fans that loved them, this is Tony and Benny’s story.
Three murders over three days, the same time every year. These were the final days of the paranormal investigative show, SurReality.
Warnings: Murder (mentioned, but not shown), Violence, Trauma
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Excerpt
Thread: Anybody remember that Jackie Taylor show?
Hey. So, I was talking with this guy, and we both kinda remember something about a homeless woman called Jackie Taylor. We thought there was maybe a TV show about her, and the hosts got killed, or attacked, or something. Anyone else remember that, or are we totally misremembering this?
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
Yeah, Jackie Taylor was an urban legend. They covered her on that old paranormal investigation show, SurReality.
Posted by TedLanza81
SurReality! That’s it! Is it really that old though? I thought it only ended in 2017.
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
Yeah. Sorry, thought it was from 2001, for some reason. But you’re right, the hosts got kidnapped and one of them went missing. Barry, I think his name was.
Posted by TedLanza81
Benny, not Barry. Benny Marks. He went missing, and so did the show’s audience.
Posted by balkedonawednesday
To be fair, it was a really big deal when it all happened. Hey, CRYPTOzoologist, how’d this come up, anyway? Seems like a pretty niche convo.
Posted by KCrowe
Date talk. We both liked spooky stuff, and kinda remembered being freaked out by the story. The episode was filmed near us, back in 2015, I think?
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
That was the first episode. Did you watch the follow-up in 2017?
Posted by KCrowe
There was a follow-up?
Posted by TedLanza81
Like Ted said, “There was a follow-up?” I wasn’t a big fan of the show. I remember it being kinda cheesy. I mean, reality TV isn’t real, obviously, but this was all sorts of ridiculous. I only watched that one because it was a local story.
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
Oh yeah, they revisited it in 2017. It was like a big story arc, right?
Posted by PDUnreleasedOFFICIAL
PDUnreleasedOFFICIAL, I guess you could look at it that way.
CRYPTOzoologist, you seriously don’t remember all the news stuff between the two episodes? Or the murders?
Posted by KCrowe
MURDERS? NO?!?!? What happened?
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
Wow…A lot happened. I covered it a few times when I blogged more regularly. I think I still have a bunch of archived stuff about the whole mess if you want to see it.
Posted by KCrowe
Wait, wait, wait. Are you Kayleigh Crowe, from Chicken GHOULash?
Posted by xox_stillfalling_xox
I would totally love to see that! It’d give me some good material for date #2.
Posted by CRYPT0zoologist
Mods, can you do something about xox_stillfalling_xox, please? She posts this every time she spots something by me. I haven’t even mentioned the blog for months now. It’s getting ridiculous.
CRYPT0zoologist, I’ll put it all into a readable format and post it up later. Seriously, though, if this sort of thing is good date talk, I think I’ve been swiping right on the wrong people.
Posted by KCrowe
Okay, here it is. I grabbed stuff from a couple of different news sources covering the build-up to the first Jackie Taylor episode, all the way up to…well…you’ll see. Enjoy!
Posted by KCrowe
Author Bio
Matt Doyle is a speculative fiction author from the UK and identifies as pansexual and genderfluid. Matt has spent a great deal of time chasing dreams, a habit which has led to success in a great number of fields. To date, this has included spending ten years as a professional wrestler, completing a range of cosplay projects, and publishing multiple works of fiction.
These days, Matt can be found working on multiple novels and stories, blogging about pop culture, and plotting and planning far too many projects.
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