Football Kills: A Short Story

Name: Football Kills: A Short Story
Price: 9.99 USD
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ISBN: 9798201397456

✍️ Dean Shearer

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🏛 Dean Shearer 📅 2021 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9798201397456

📝 Description: Football Kills: A Short Story

Lewis Culbridge is sick and tired of unpacking boxes and moving furniture around. So when he hears of the new football league in town, claiming the title of WORLD'S FINEST FOOTBALL, he can't help but drag he and his family off to the stadium for a night of hard knocks. His son and wife, however, are skeptical about the whole thing. And for good reason. A twisted tale of a man, his family, and a football game. Read now, or forever be left out in the dark.

💎 Our verdict on Football Kills: A Short Story

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Dean Shearer delivers a compact narrative that effectively weaponizes the setting of a football stadium against a skeptical family unit. The story excels in building tension through the contrast between Lewis’s eager anticipation and his family’s justified wariness, creating an immediate sense of foreboding. By focusing on the visceral experience of 'hard knocks' both literal and metaphorical, it captures the raw, primal nature of sports turned sinister. This piece is best suited for readers who prefer short-form horror that delivers a sharp, unsettling punch without requiring extensive exposition. It serves as a potent reminder of how quickly entertainment can turn into a nightmare, appealing to connoisseurs of dark fantasy and psychological dread.

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Dean Shearer delivers a compact narrative that effectively weaponizes the setting of a football stadium against a skeptical family unit. The story excels in building tension through the contrast between Lewis’s eager anticipation and his family’s justified wariness, creating an immediate sense of foreboding. By focusing on the visceral experience of 'hard knocks' both literal and metaphorical, it captures the raw, primal nature of sports turned sinister. This piece is best suited for readers who prefer short-form horror that delivers a sharp, unsettling punch without requiring extensive exposition. It serves as a potent reminder of how quickly entertainment can turn into a nightmare, appealing to connoisseurs of dark fantasy and psychological dread.