Creepy America, Episode 18: Clovercreek

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 revealed.

Spurred on by Archangel, Zoey and Liam travel to Clovercreek to discover why it's been isolated from the rest of the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Mar 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005881634

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 18

Clovercreek

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords.

Copywrite 2021 by Noah Hoffmann

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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 18

Creepy America

Episode 18

Clovercreek

Clovercreek, Indiana

I remember the discussions Zoey and I had at the side of her hospital bed leading up to our journey to Clovercreek, all centered around the same questions: should we go? Was it a trap? Was it a good idea? Was it even worth it, whatever it was? A million angles , a million pros and cons, a million discussions about blood money and right and wrong and devil’s advocates to all of them, all backed by the quiet beeps of hospital monitoring equipment and the steady drips of an IV tube.

We didn’t make a verbal decision until that day, when we went to visit that witch one last time. But we’d made our decision long before anyway, because in the end, it was simple:

If there was something there, how could we not?

Do you think we’re ready? I asked.

Zoey didn’t answer. She stared at the large ‘ROAD CLOSED’ construction sign illuminated in our headlights, blocking the pathway beyond. Anderson had assured us that, should we slip past this barrier, we would make our way into the town of Clovercreek, a town that, for reasons we didn’t know, was quarantined by the scariest, most powerful organization that we’d ever encountered to keep something potentially dangerous locked inside.

And we were planning on going in.

"I think we’re stocked , I said. We’ve got the baseball bat, the fire extinguisher, the spellbook..." I pulled out a small spiral notebook. After the ‘Hungry’ episode, we’d started writing down what we knew about magic and how to defend against it. So far it contained my notes on ‘Hecate school’ spells, my ‘Pure as Snow’ spell, and Jones’ instructions about lifting curses.

That’s just it, Zoey replied, voice quiet.

I frowned. What’s just it?

Those are all things we’ve used against other things before, but this… she shook her head. Archangel isn’t worried about things like Red Eyes or Jones or the Hotel California, but whatever this is, it’s scared them enough to close off the entire town.

I didn’t respond.

Are you sure the suitcase didn’t have any information about what’s happening in there? she asked.

I looked down at the brown leather object leaning against my leg. The suitcase had appeared propped up against the driver door of our RV one night after turning the vehicle towards Indiana, and we’d taken it inside after seeing the very large winged ‘A’ branded into the leather. Inside, it contained two lab coats, a pair of badges with our faces on it, and a stack of papers, explaining that we were junior researchers with the CDC interviewing townsfolk to see if any of them had developed any physiological symptoms from the horrible hazmat spill that had occurred and quarantined the residents inside their town. Failure to maintain this cover, the document warned, would warrant swift and immediate removal from premises of Clovercreek.

Nothing besides that cover story, I replied.

The silence hung for another moment.

You know we don’t have to go, I said. I didn’t continue the statement, because we both knew the implications that followed. Without Anderson’s promised hundred grand, money he would only give us if we entered Clovercreek and filmed what we found there, everything would be over. We’d have to pack up Creepy America, go back home, and find a way to continue with our lives where we’d left them.

Yes we do, Zoey whispered.

I sighed. Yeah, I guess so.

"We have to be extra careful in there , Zoey continued. We can’t split up. For any reason. Anything weird we find, we have to assume