Tales From Beyond: The Haunted Letter Challenge: The Entries
The Entries: Winners will be announced on Thursday November 13, 2025
Greetings to the demented, the disturbed, the deranged. The entries for the “Tales from Beyond: The Haunted Letter Challenge” have been received and are festering in the dark deluded dungeons of the supernatural judges who are currently being haunted and disillusioned as we read each and every entry. There are 34 spooktastic letters in total.
The bewitching hour is nearing and on Thursday November 13, 2025 the losers ‘er I mean winners will be decapitated or uh announced.
The Bloody Prizes are as Follows:
- First Prize = $70
- Second Prize = $40
- Third Prize = $30
- Four Runners Up = $5 Each
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Each judge took a solemn vow to read each entry and judge them in an unbiased manner. We each agreed that we would not let those entries from friends or foe alter our judgements or influence our ratings.
The judges ratings are based solely on quality of writing which includes originality, creativity, focus, and a properly proofread and well-structured finished piece.
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The rating criteria for this challenge is as follows:
- Originality/Uniqueness/Creativity
- Well-Structured and Engaging Content
- Adherence to Theme/Prompt
- Proofreading/Grammar/Punctuation/Structure
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xxx WARNING! What follows is not intended for the faint of heart. Before reading you may want to brace yourself for a grueling and shocking experience! WARNING! xxx
The following are the spooky, daunting entries… Enter at your own risk! 😈👹🚪
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Mariann Carroll - Dear Ghost Hunters
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Hope Martin - I’ve Always Been Near 💫(Top Story)💫
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Vicki Lawana Trusselli - RN #74: Vitals in the Veil
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Vicki Lawana Trusselli - The Morgue that Dreams
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Marilyn Glover - Dear Ouija Enthusiasts 💫(Top Story)
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Novel Allen - Old Hags and Lovely Witches 💫(Top Story)
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Paul Stewart The Virgin’s Offering
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Stephanie Hoogstad - The Woman in the River
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Antoni De ‘Leon - Ms. Darling Refuses to Die
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Susan Payton - Address In a Cemetery
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Katherine D. Graham - Fu or Fubar
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Matthew Fromm - Letters From The Front 💫(Top Story)
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Stephanie Hoogstad - The Bloody Benders
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Lightning Bolt ⚡️(Bill) - Electrocuted at Dawn ⚡️
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Lana V Lynx - Free Me, Please!
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Susan Payton - You Thought I Was Gone 💫(Top Story)
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Katherine D. Graham - Invited to the Devils Table
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Cristal S. - Miss Me?
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Archibald Thorne - A Letter from Beyond the Grave
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Tanya Rosa Maria - Dear Bobby
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Sandy Gillman - Welcome Home
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Novel Allen - When Count Dracula Calls
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Rachel Robbins - Dear Susan
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Julie Lacksonen - Regrets?
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Julie Lacksonen - Afterlife
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Dana Crandell - Ready for a Really Hot Time? 💫(Top Story)
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JBaz - Sleep My Dear 💫(Top Story)
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Tim Carmichael - Letter from Zona Heaster Shue
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Gabriel Huizenga - What Remains
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Sara Wilson - One Last Love Letter
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Mackenzie Davis - One of Four
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Teresa Renton - A Letter from the Third State
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Harbor Benassa - I’ve Watched You Become Like Me
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Mackenzie Davis - i ████ the messenger
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Tales From Beyond: The Haunted Letter Challenge
Greetings Ghouls, Demons, and Banshees!!! 🙂 I want to begin this by saying that I am so grateful for the honor of being part of the Vocal Media community. This community has been a Godsend for me and gives me the opportunity to explore my creativity and share it with like minded individuals.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 months ago in Writers
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (21)
Sorry I missed this one
I just now saw this and I have to say first off, congrats on top story and second- the witty way you wrote this is awesome! I read most of the entries, I'm gonna go look at the ones I hadn't gotten to get! So many awesome writers here and such great stories!
Reading away, good luck , these are great so far, gonna be hard to choose. and kudos on TS.
👻 34. That was a lot. Congratulations to all the judges, for such a successful unofficial challenge. - it does well at giving us the intense vibe within the deluded dungeon you judges are located 👌🏾 👻 'Decapitated or uh announced' 🤣 - unfortunately I could not manage my time very well, in order to enter 👻 The solemn vow was a nice thought. I'm sure it settled their hearts. - cateGORY love that! 👌🏾 👻 You even included the grading system. Fantastic. ❤️ - Most of these I haven't read yet. Maybe I will be able to get to them before Nov 13th. But it is great that they are all here in one place, for me to come back to. 👌🏾🤗❤️🖤
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
https://shopping-feedback.today/fiction/haunted-vn19v306nd%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E I thought I'd make it...
Congratulations on a well deserved Top Story.
Returning to congratulate you on your top story, Rick!👏👏👏
Such a fun and difficult challenge! I'm impressed by your judging criteria too, especially the bonus 3 points for the judge's favorite ;D Looking forward to reading all the ones I haven't yet, but it's looking really fantastic so far. SO many different takes and clever entries. 👏🏻🤗💜
Chillingly brilliant stuff, from what I've had the courage to peek at so far!! I'm glad so many folks showed up for this challenge - awesome to see so many recognized as Top Stories, too. Thanks again for all you've put into hosting this, judges! :)
I love it!!! I’m gonna read them all too. Good luck everyone!!!!
I cannot wait to read them all. This is a readers hunted hayride for sure! I had fun writing my entry! love this unofficial Challenge!
I gotta come back to read the stories that I've missed. Looking forward to the losers decapitation hahahahaha
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Congrats on the top story. I’ve been out of it and didn’t know this was even out there. Looks like some great entries.
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I’m excited! Congrats on the TS for this!
I can't wait to see who the winners are!
You get points from me for your witty banter Love this: ‘ cateGORY‘ Thanks for putting them in one area I’ve been reading as many as I can and …wow the judges have their work cut out for them. They are all so Boo-tiful. I don’t know ‘witch’ one will win. Ghoul luck to all
Remarkable entries! Rick & Co. of judges, I don’t envy your job.
Thanks for linking everyone's entry, Rick! I haven't gotten to everyone's yet, but I will surely read them all. Geez, I'd hate to be judging this group. Best of luck, everyone!