The StoryTeller

He is a respected business man and fledging writer who dreams of one day being known for his literary work. Recently though he's been struggling to get his stories on paper. Stuck on what should be a simple story to tell, he's desperate for anything that will spark his creativity. On top of that, he's on a mission for a secret society that requires him to kill a new victim each week. He is three victims in and is already preparing a new one to be offered up for the society's purposes.She is his nameless captive, chained in his basement and scheduled to be slaughtered in the near future. She lays listlessly in her own filth, quickly losing the will to live. One night as he descends the stairs in order to check on his prisoner, she sees his face in the dim light and recognizes him instantly from his column in the newspaper. She is a fan of his work. Immediately, he puts his mission on hold in order to glean information from her about his writing. What is it about it that she likes? How can he improve it? As he begins to question her, her hope returns as she begins to plot how she can use this new interest to escape her fate. Will he obtain the information that he needs, and then go ahead and complete his mission? Or will his writing prove to be the weakness she can exploit in order to flee? Find out in The Storyteller.