It Runs
What would you want to experience if you knew that no matter what happened you would be safe? The Red Reaper is a supernatural creature that forces its victims to live their darkest fantasies. If they resist, they die.
In a college town during a record cold winter break, Jon Morris, a professor, wanders the empty campus struggling to hold on to his sanity. Unable to stay awake during the day, he sees a red hooded creature in the shadows at night. What is it that Jon desires in the still quiet moments of his heart? What will the Red Reaper try to bring to life? And can Jon escape his own twisted desires before the Red Reaper kills everyone around him giving Jon exactly what he wants? Jon doesn't know, but his time is running out fast.
Jon Manor clutched onto his steering wheel when he heard the crash. Startled out of his quiet appreciation of Bach, he turned to Nicki. Jon and his passenger craned their necks searching the dark country road for what had occurred.
“I think someone hit a deer,” the fit, thirty-two-year-old man guessed.
Their curiosities were soon quenched when a pair of intertwined cars appeared around the bend. One had only lost a bumper, but the other was a mess of twisted metal. Jon pulled his car onto the side of the road and raced to the mangled car to help.
“Are you OK in there?” Jon yelled, brushing back the tips of his unruly dark hair.
“I think so. I think I’m fine,” the runner yelled back.
“Coach Thomas?” Jon replied, recognizing him.
“Jon, is that you?”
“Yeah, it’s me.”
Jon pulled back, quickly assessing the situation. He smelled smoke.
“Coach Thomas, your car’s on fire. I’m gonna have to get you out.”
“Yeah, help me out,” Thomas agreed, smelling the smoke.
Jon rattled the driver’s side door. It didn’t budge. Circling the car, he opened the passenger door and climbed onto the seat.
“I’m gonna take off your seatbelt and drag you out, OK?”
“OK,” the coach said, preparing himself.
“Ready?”
“Yeah.”
Jon unlatched Thomas’ seat belt and grabbed his friend by the arm. The ease at which his friend moved surprised Jon. But when the coach landed on the ground next to the car, it became clear why.