\documentclass[openany,10pt]{book} % textwidth = 3.832849 inches; 1150 dots @ 300dpi; 2300@600; 4600@1200 % textheight = 5.936073 inches; 1780 dots @ 300dpi; 3560@600; 7120@1200 \usepackage[papersize={397pt,614pt}]{geometry} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{anttor} \usepackage{url} \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage[labelformat=empty,justification=raggedleft,singlelinecheck=false]{caption} \usepackage{chapauth} \usepackage[absolute]{textpos} \TPGrid[\topmargin,\oddsidemargin]{8}{10} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1} \newcommand{\illustration}[3]{ \begin{figure}[b] \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{#3} \caption{{\em #2} by #1} \end{figure} } \title{Horrors 2} \author{The Something Awful Forums} \hyphenation{ Ba-var-ious Ba-var-ius hid-eous mos-qui-toes } \renewcommand\listfigurename{Illustrations} \begin{document} \maketitle \pagenumbering{roman} \hbox{}\vfill \begin{center} Copyright \copyright 2009, multiple authors \bigskip This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non\-commercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit \url{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/} or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. \bigskip This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, but totally awesome. Please let us know about it! \bigskip The {\em Horrors 2} project, including all source for this book and instructions on how you can print it out and bind your own hardcover copy, can be found at \url{http://gitorious.org/horrors2/book}. \end{center} \newpage \include{praise} \newpage \hbox{} \vfill This is a pre-release copy of {\em Horrors 2}, a freely redistributable ebook. This copy is made available for proofreading; a final copy will be published for anyone to download, along with instructions on how to print it and bind it into a real hardcover or paperback book. For the latest, check the thread on the Something Awful Forums at \url{http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3167703}. \vfill The authors would probably like to dedicate this book to the authors. I am instead dedicating this book to anyone who has ever vomited tears and/or blood. Stay strong, pukers. \indent --- cruft, July 2009 \vfill \hbox{} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \newpage \pagenumbering{arabic} \chapter{Foreword} Horror is a genre that has entranced the public for ages. Most of us have fond memories of huddling around a copy of {\em Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark}, pretending we weren't scared, daring each other to look at certain pictures. We've stayed up late watching horror movies, fearing every creak was something coming to get us. The peak enjoyment of horror usually falls around the preteen years, when scary movies are still scary and parents are more lenient with reading choices. During a time when most are just starting to get into horror, one man started writing horror. That man is Ben Biddick. Ben started writing horror when he was twelve, and was first published when he was thirteen. His compilation, Horrors, had a very limited print run. Due to this, very few people found out about it. It remained off of bestseller lists. It received no critical acclaim. As it turns out, Horrors was simply eighteen years ahead of its time. Now, thanks to the internet, Ben's masterwork has received a second wind. In fact, many people were inspired by Ben's work. This compilation is the result of that inspiration. With Ben's permission, we’ve included a few of his most terrifying tales. What follows are a series of stories that aim to establish the same unique brand of horror as the master of terror himself. These stories emulate, derive, or pay homage to the classic Biddickian stories from Horrors. Many use Ben's beloved tragic hero, Luke Bavarious. Many touch upon Ben's belief that children are worthy of attention and respect. All attempt to convey a sense of horror that only a thirteen year old can craft. Hopefully these stories are something you'll tell around campfires for generations to come. Hopefully they're something that will haunt you. Hopefully they're something awful---something so awful they'll inspire you to take up the torch of Biddickian horror as well. --- rinski, July 2009 \part{Selections from {\em Horrors}} \include{stories/BenBiddick.The_Horrid} \include{stories/BenBiddick.The_Barn} \include{stories/BenBiddick.The_Artist} \include{stories/BenBiddick.Willy} \part{Apostles of Biddick} \include{stories/Orgasmo.Make_My_Da} \include{stories/BoldFrankensteinMir.Johnny_the} \include{stories/THE_WORST_DOCTOR.The_Snake_} \part{Bavarious Reasons} \include{stories/milkingmycow.Brain_Freeze} \include{stories/Batmanuel.The_Strang} \include{stories/Torgo_.Brian} \include{stories/Dr__Mulholland.The_Horrid} \include{stories/The_Iron_Fury.The_Horrid} \include{stories/bagrada.The_Earach} \include{stories/Unununium.The_Scarec} \include{stories/Tufty.Dames__the} \include{stories/leb388.The_Girl} \include{stories/scarycactusjunior.The_Runawa} \include{stories/mboger.Luke_From_} \include{stories/Smokey.Thursday} \include{stories/Barometer.L_B___V_H_} \include{stories/Hamelin.The_Painte} \include{stories/gigz.What_Went_} \include{stories/KryonikMessiah.The_Ninjas} \include{stories/IShallRiseAgain.The_School} \include{stories/Paracetamol_Boy.The_Smile} \include{stories/ack_.The_Dock} \include{stories/rinski.The_Mansio} \include{stories/Syphilicious_.What_Lurks} \include{stories/Rummanging.Nebulous_C} \include{stories/antiloquax.The_Unexpe} \include{stories/benitocereno.The_Beginn} \include{stories/A_Child_s_Letter.Yellow_Eye} \include{stories/Decatur_Fist.The_Last_N} \include{stories/Brolita.Mac} \include{stories/nmg.The_Horrid} \include{stories/Ghost_Hat.Invisible_} \include{stories/SummerGlaucoma.Bavarious_} \include{stories/LesterGroans.Dream_Hyen} \include{stories/murdered_by_owls.The_One_Ac} \include{stories/fishguzzler.Untitled} \include{stories/Anonymous.In_the_Mir} \include{stories/WhereTheFishLives.The_Horrid} \include{stories/on_time_for_once.The_Playgr} \include{stories/overnightmike.The_Explod} \part{You're no Hakan} \include{stories/Part_of_Everything.The_Death_} \include{stories/Madcosby.Son_Of_Bav} \include{stories/Dr_Scoofles.The_Long_F} \include{stories/Peas_and_Rice.The_King} \include{stories/reasonable_form.The_Six_Si} %\include{stories/Smeef.The_Old_Ch} %\include{stories/jidohanbaiki.The_Ocean} \include{stories/Knuc_If_U_Buck.The_Horrif} \include{stories/henpod.The_Last_C} \include{stories/Mortonic.The_Very_H} \include{stories/Oatgan.The_Scream} \include{stories/Lynxifer.The_Orches} \include{stories/Cheesus_Christ.The_Horrid} \include{stories/brylcreem.The_Creatu} \include{stories/taurapo.The_Child} \include{stories/Assless_Chaps.The_Mosqui} \include{stories/Sirocco.The_Monste} \include{stories/Cota_Froise.The_Horrid} \include{stories/Combat_Wombat.The_Librar} %\include{stories/Phthalogreen.Pearl} \include{stories/Sleepless_Dreamer.Reunion_Un} %\include{stories/TheSpiritFox.Untitled} \include{stories/Lord_Humongus.The_Cellar} \include{stories/King_Plum_the_Nth.Untitled} \include{stories/Irish_Joe.The_Boy_Th} \include{stories/Dirty_Sanchez.A_Tin_of_P} %\include{stories/O_Tempora__O_Mores_.The_First_} \include{stories/Pro_Swordbro.Nobodys_Sa} \include{stories/Detective_Thompson.Words_Will} \include{stories/Count_Snapula.Dead_Tired} \include{stories/Creflo_Chronicle.Black_Rive} \include{stories/slackerpride.The_Area_t} \include{stories/Yaos.The_Killer} \include{stories/Ghost_Hat.Character_} \part{The Chronicles Of Biddick} \include{stories/VelvetEvoker.Station_66} \include{stories/Donde_Esta.The_Promis} \include{stories/lemonlime.A_Butter_K} %\include{stories/Monkey_Trouble.The_Cave} %\include{stories/Hired_Gun.The_Bodies} \include{stories/Danger408.The_Torrid} \include{stories/Safe_Driver.Hell_Cab} \include{stories/Livestock.Destiny_Ca} \include{stories/JohnnyThreeToes.Horrid_Tra} \include{stories/King_Plum_the_Nth.Flow_My_Te} \include{stories/Yogi_Byron.Horror_D_o} \include{stories/Funk_In_Shoe.I_am___bf_} %\include{stories/Zarimus.Little_Men} \include{stories/CannedMacabre.For_the_Ch} \include{stories/Ridgely__Fan.The_Cocoon} %\include{stories/raptorred.The_Blood_} \include{stories/Lorentz_Factor.It_s_just_} \include{stories/BatsBjorg.The_Horrid} \include{stories/Twigand_Berries.The_Sack_o} %\include{stories/Helmet.Kindness_o} \include{stories/invision.Creature_O} \include{stories/Scissorfighter.The_Book} \include{stories/January.The_Journe} \include{stories/katiekawaii.Shiny_Toy_} \include{stories/rinski.The_Monste} \include{stories/BigSkillet.The_Screw_} \include{stories/HastyDeparture.A_Red_Sky_} \include{stories/lucifer_chikken.The_Wareho} \include{stories/ding_dang_doo.Untitled} \include{stories/Dominic_Bones.Again} \part{Luke Bavarious, {\em I} am your father} \include{stories/Quovak.A_Cursed_M} \include{stories/Anal_Surgery.Satanic_Re} %\include{stories/Hantu.I__Lucius_} \include{stories/Brushingworth.Chamber_Po} %\include{stories/duck_monster.Luke_Kills} %\include{stories/kerimeton.White} \include{stories/Zahgaegun.The_Pus_St} \include{stories/Bonaventure.Horrider_R} \include{stories/Akbar.Wicked_Wor} \include{stories/Swanky.Gold_Ribbo} %\include{stories/Cruo.The_Smoker} \include{stories/TarDolphinorShark.The_Homele} \include{stories/Blurry_Gray_Thing.Monstrous} \include{stories/The_Bananana.Deja_Vu} \include{stories/and_Into.The_Truly_} \include{stories/JuicedSixFo.Haunted_Alley} \include{stories/Baron_von_Eevl.The_Horrid} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Appendices \appendix \part{Inflamed Appendices} \chapter{Colophon} This book is a collection of stories from the Something Awful Forums, inspired by the 1991 book {\em Horrors} by Ben Biddick. Most were written as a response to a challenge by forums moderator AYBraham: \begin{quotation} Your goal: Write a short story in the theme of {\em Horrors}, the collection of short stories written by Mr. Ben Beddick when he was 13 years old. Each story is encouraged to feature the tragic protagonist Luke Bavarius, and must be more than 500 words each. Each story must show that "kids need to be respected and listened to." \end{quotation} This book was typeset by the \LaTeX{} document preparation system, using the {\sf book} class. It was set in the Antykwa Toru\'nska (``Antiqua of Torun'') typeface, the most horriffying of all the standard \TeX{}live typefaces. The face was designed by Zygfryd Gardzielewski (1914--2001), and first cast in metal in 1960 in the Grafmasz typefoundry in Warsaw. The variant used in this document was digitized by Janusz Marian Nowacki, a tremendously cool dude from Poland, based off of photocopies of the original design. \end{document}