Dark Recesses Press - Submissions

Cash prize:

Haven't I read that story before? Of course not. It's just a touch of clichethat has us thinking that. We, at Dark Recesses, have not seen enough stories of serial killers, vampires, schizophrenics with imaginary friends, confused ghosts in haunted buildings or creepy countrysides, and those who sell their soul to Satan for a righteous cause. We are starving for more of these. Yes, we are sadomasochistic. We want CLICHE!

Torture us, please! This is the official Dark Recesses DejaVu Contest. There are two ways to play:

Take our prompt, set it up, and make it the most clichestory ever! Show us how cheesy clichecan be. Make it a parody of cliche. Think 'Scary Movie' and dazzle us with your skills to point out the obvious.

~Or~

Take this prompt and create a masterpiece. Make us entrench ourselves so deep, that we forget we've read this plot many, many times before.

The winner will receive $100 hard cash, a signed collector's edition book by a selected author and publication in Issue Two of Dark Recesses Press.