The Black Hole
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A group of friends head out to enjoy a much-deserved night out and paintballing is on the menu. But the team they are playing against has something entirely different in mind.
The friends find themselves in a battle for their lives in unfamiliar terrain against well-equipped opponents whose motivations are both irrational and lethal.
Considered, "… a true trip into the darkest depths of what mankind is capable of at its worst," by Midwest Book Review, this story is a classic tale of prey combined with slasher film "edge-of-your seat" vibes with a little modern-day relevance to keep you unsettled.
Told two ways in this ground-breaking screenplay/novella combo, The Black Hole will keep you guessing, engaged, and very, very scared.
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The Black Hole - L. Marie Wood
The Black Hole
L. Marie Wood
Mocha Memoirs PressContents
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
The Black Hole Screenplay
About L. Marie Wood
Copyright Notice
The story contained therein are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-1-7371320-5-9
Copyright© L. Marie Wood
Cover Art by Maya Preisler
Editor: Alexandra Christian
Proofreader: Nicole Givens Kurtz
Publisher: Mocha Memoirs Press
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1
D amn man, gotta bring a nigga out to the boonies to play souped-up tag,
Shaun said in his best thug impersonation as he looked through the fogged window of Martin’s black Cherokee Limited Edition. It was cold that morning and he could see his breath in the air when he rolled down the window to get a better look outside.
Shaun, what’s up with the window? It’s not like it’s summer up in here,
Martin said.
Shaun was too busy making faces and hand gestures at Gary, Kevin, and Robert in the forest green Jetta following behind them to pay attention to what Martin was saying. He was pointing out the horses grazing in the field on the right side of the car and shaking his head.
Are you sure we’re going the right way, Martin? I don’t see any street signs,
Craig asked as he looked curiously at the bales of hay neatly stacked on the driven land to the left of the car. He poked Shaun and said, Are you seeing this shit? It’s like we drove out of Maryland and into the backwoods of North Carolina!
I’ve followed the directions to the letter. They told me there wouldn’t be any street signs. Nothing but farmland in sight for miles, they said,
Martin picked up the crumpled piece of paper that had the directions on it and double-checked his steps. He had been invited to play 'Capture the Flag' by a guy he worked with. It was a dare, really. Martin had heard about the paintball craze before. A lot of the kids in his area seemed to like to do it on Friday nights with flashlights on their face masks. They would go into the woods and shoot at each other like crazy, until one of the teams surrendered. It was nothing but a little fad that the kids would soon be tired of, he thought. Nothing but a fad.
His co-worker, Jeremy, issued the paintball challenge to him one day during lunch. He said that he and a couple of his buddies go out every once in a while and horse around after work to shake the stress off. He said it was a lot of fun and a damned good release. 'Lord knows I could use that,' Martin thought while Jeremy explained the rules to him. What Jeremy told him seemed