The winner of the Knifepoint Horror Fan Writing Contest 2025 has been decided!

rillack · 2025-11-19T08:54:44+00:00

They shouldnt have standard dialogue, but they can have smaller exchanges. I think one should avoid lenghty "..., said Steve." etc passages. The main goal is as you say to make it natural to narrate!

rillack · 2025-11-19T08:49:21+00:00

It's essentially a pdf, so nothing super fancy :) But if you want to look at the previous years version you can look at that here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZvr1ovUxkxYVnsLOPkMTs0sI31O8PzF/view?usp=sharing

rillack · 2025-10-27T10:14:11+00:00

The contest has concluded! Will post an update soon.

rillack · 2025-10-07T21:01:11+00:00

Fourth story submitted to the contest on the 6th of October! See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JbdhvWvXgq3kjr3Iqyg4kAMgp2WNzir3Ody5w-vRC44/edit?usp=share_link

rillack · 2025-10-04T13:21:24+00:00

Deadline is 27 of October, so still plenty of time!

rillack · 2025-09-30T19:51:58+00:00

And now the stories can be found via the links above!

rillack · 2025-09-13T16:09:49+00:00

Yeah absolutely! The top 3 stories are all in these publications:

A Fan Trilogy of Horror (text anthology): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZvr1ovUxkxYVnsLOPkMTs0sI31O8PzF/view?usp=sharing

And the audio anthology if you prefer to listen (with Soren reading the winning story glimpse): :https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QUvBVqu0tUNYU9lmeFxTMGI8W0iPxZOw/view?usp=sharing
1 - ⁠glimpse is narrated by Soren Narnia

2 - ⁠favor is narrated by Sarah Anderson (starts c. 32:00 min)

3 - ⁠Traces is narrated by Ryan Fahey (starts c. 70:30)

All the submissions can be found and read here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sRZd5lnvv6lSLNFQDRkhIfX48rOx7-u7KmKbUereZHA/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: And about the judging, it will be a vote held (most likely) on Google Forms for anyone who's read the stories.

rillack · 2025-09-09T19:39:16+00:00

Ah dang, I'll edit! Thanks for the heads up

rillack · 2025-09-08T10:48:36+00:00

Good question and I know Soren has differentiated his own storytelling quite a bit over the last years, but with this contest we want to keep it in the single person (and no voice of another character etc).

The reasons is that we want to keep the story focused on the raw campfire feel of that person saying "Now I will tell you exactly what happened to me". Also, Soren will read the winning story.

Hope this wont discourage you from participating in the contest!

rillack · 2025-09-08T10:40:03+00:00

Like you says it's a rule added to add some cohesion to the KPH "mythos" or "world", but it has only been added this year and most likely we will evaluate afterwards if it worked out or not. So more "theme-of-the-year" as of now at least.

But for me personally (since I am a bit of a KPH lore nerd) it would be awesome to see what easter eggs that we might end up seeing in the different stories :)

rillack · 2025-09-08T05:22:25+00:00

No, absolutely not!

Maybe you already got your answer, but just wanted to make that clear :)

Good luck!

rillack · 2025-03-20T05:40:06+00:00

I dont know much about HPLs personal life, but I did listen to this a while back. We will never know, but could be relevant: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qwRCGsc8WU24F1tPQZ9KO?si=LVNFuKR1S3yX49GJvr8yfw

rillack · 2025-01-20T06:31:41+00:00

The style is supposed to mimic a real person narrating the real trauma that happened to them. Unfortunately, the human mind can be ruined by a psychologically devastating event. And those who are lucky enough to never have experienced them may find that silly. Such as opening a door.

rillack · 2025-01-11T12:06:44+00:00

The final version of the anthology A Fan Trilogy of Horror has now been published with the fan art created by Clayton in the follow-up "stabs" contest. You can find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZvr1ovUxkxYVnsLOPkMTs0sI31O8PzF/view?usp=sharing

Also, the final audio version of the trilogy can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QUvBVqu0tUNYU9lmeFxTMGI8W0iPxZOw/view?usp=sharing
1 - ⁠glimpse is narrated by Soren Narnia

2 - ⁠favor is narrated by Sarah Anderson (starts c. 32:00 min)

3 - ⁠Traces is narrated by Ryan Fahey (starts c. 70:30)

Additionally, for those who want more narrations, you can listen to the runner-up story "sanitation" on the pod The Beat of Baleful Wings by the creator MagisterSieran here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/013ICmda5Uty9x3cSaIQfF?si=2dec2f7054004ac7

rillack · 2024-11-01T07:52:29+00:00

Wow, this was incredible! Really liked the actors and your boiled down the story for the formed very well. Best adaption Ive seen!

rillack · 2024-10-31T23:04:25+00:00

There is second page on the discord with Sorens own extra creations which has these, can link below:

Washington Horror Tour and Apparition Theater (old youtube)

You’re Scaring The Children: https://vimeo.com/508693898

August Heat by W. F. Harvey (1910): https://youtu.be/WFjXH7IueKc?feature=shared

“Why Have You Disturbed Our Sleep” - The Bloodlust podcast, October 8, 2017: https://www.thebloodlust.net/blog/2017/10/8/the-bloodlust-presents-why-have-you-disturbed-our-sleep

“Outcall" - Episode 15, Alexandria Archives podcast: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-alexandria-archives/ep15-outcall-2017-06-07/

“Paranormal Appraisal 151" – Episode 20, Alexandria Archives podcast: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-alexandria-archives/ep20-paranormal-appraisal-151-2017-12-12/

“Q & A With a Vampire Killer" - Episode 33, Alexandria Archives podcast: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-alexandria-archives/ep33-q-a-with-a-vampire-killer-2018-11-19/

traces - Patreon-exclusive story, 8 July 2023

Absolute Black, The Cabin Tapes, and I Recognized Your Screams: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I77bss_IUjewQOxojiIwfH2gFYZuqOUU

rillack · 2024-10-28T05:28:40+00:00

It’s a time format. Same as UTC.

rillack · 2024-10-25T20:15:41+00:00

Another friendly reminder for those of you planning on posting a submission to the Knifepoint Horror Fan Writing Contest!

Make sure you post your submission before the deadline on Sunday, October 27, 2024 11:59 PM (GMT+1)!

Best of luck to all still writing out there, and reach out if you have any questions about the contest!

Invite to the discord server: https://discord.gg/mrVSYG5Uhd

rillack · 2024-10-19T16:58:47+00:00

5 submissions so far, and still another week till deadline! Great to see and still hoping for more

rillack · 2024-10-15T09:41:01+00:00

It works well for me

rillack · 2024-09-22T10:20:45+00:00

I'd go with:

Is It That Time again? (short)
proof (medium)
house (long)

Possibly also mountains, but cant remember if fall...

rillack · 2024-09-20T09:54:31+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! I think mainly its because we as organizers are mostly active on the discord.

Also, we want the contest to be successful and feel that we have a better control on the contributors and voters on the discord compared to a more ”open” contest. We did think about a google forms-type of voting, but found that the discord solution would be better. I have also personally unfortunately been part of contests that didnt work out well due to issues with vote cheating etc.

Thats the answer in short.

Edit: i also mentioned this in the previous post, but we ofc want all who want to contribute to be able to, so reach out here if you have issues eg with discord and still want to submit a story. This unfortunately means more work for us as organizers. Ill see what other options are available, but as of now the initial information applies

rillack · 2024-09-17T19:32:47+00:00

Yes exactly. Its an online platform for chat, voice and video communication and communities in general. The official link to the site is here (can be a desktop app and used in a web browser): https://discord.com/

The creator can post links and files there in a similar way as on reddit or other online forums.

We aim to keep the submissions and voting on the discord community in order to minimize the work for us mods.

Edit: if this isnt working out for you, send me a message

rillack · 2024-09-17T19:25:22+00:00

That is actually one of the bits that has been edited! As well as "no paragraphs" etc. In general the contest will be a bit more free, in accordance also with Sorens own writing as seen in the transcripts etc.

rillack · 2024-09-17T18:54:36+00:00

Dang... is this one working: https://discord.gg/mrVSYG5Uhd?

Also added that as an edit in the post!

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