Creepy America, Episode 12: Don't Fear the Reaper

By Noah Hoffmann

A series of horror short-stories, "Creepy America" recounts the webshow of the same name. Filmed, edited, and published by friends Zoey and Liam, the two traveled from state to state trying to find the truth behind the strange happenings, local hauntings, and urban legends all across the continental United States. Told years later from the perspective of Liam, these tales describe the events that transpired on the show, from the evolving friendship of the two co-hosts to the vast conspiracy uncovered piece by piece as more and more secrets are uncovered.

In this episode, Zoey and Liam investigate a girl who claims her best friend is Death... and the consequences such a friendship brings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Mar 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463276174

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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Creepy America: Episode 12

Don’t Fear the Reaper

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords.

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

The Adventures of Solaire

 fantasy adventure filled with magic, steampunk, and pirates.

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Episode 12

Creepy America

Episode 12

Don’t Fear the Reaper

Birmingham, Alabama

One of the most discussed questions I saw on the old Campfire forums, the website we had for the Creepy America community, was can you use the supernatural for your own goals?, with the implied addition of without being evil?

Most people had the knee-jerk reaction of no, and it wasn’t hard to see why. All they had to do was point to men like Tally Bones and Reverend Jones, and the frothing, raving Little Bookers to understand why messing with things like that was a bad idea. Not only were such things dangerous, the powers they gave warped morals and reason, turning the people who used them into monsters. Whether that was because the powers themselves were corrupting or humans will simply become corrupt once they achieve that kind of power was trivial; the point was that it would turn you into an animal of the worst kind.

And yet there was us. Both Zoey and I would resort to using the arcane several times by the show’s end. I became known for using some of the… darker methods available. Even Archangel showed some capacity to wield it wisely; as much as I hate to admit it, once in a while they actually cared about the ‘greater good’ they kept going on about, and when they did, they did so with every available weapon at their disposal. Surely if we could use the occult with restraint, others could too.

It’s an interesting argument. My opinion on it is yes, you can. I would have to