Welcome to the play that writes back.
In a dim, forgotten theatre on the edge of Toronto, a horror festival dares artists to create and perform a brand-new show — all in 24 hours. The rules are simple: you write, you rehearse, you perform, and then you leave. But what happens when the play refuses to end?
When five strangers sign up for the 24-Hour Haunting, they think they’re in for a sleepless night of chaotic creativity. Instead, they’re pulled into a script that already knows them — their fears, their pasts, even the lines they haven’t spoken yet. As props appear unasked for, as stage directions rewrite themselves, and as roles begin to shift in terrifying ways, the cast realizes they’re not creating the story…
They’re trapped inside it.
And the Red Room is hungry for an ending.
But the curtain never falls.
Spanning abandoned theatres, corrupted scripts, viral files, and underground resistance networks, The 24-Hour Haunting is a slow-burn psychological horror that fuses stagecraft, obsession, and dread into a single haunting narrative. With long, cinematic chapters and escalating suspense, this is a novel about the cost of creation — and the stories that refuse to die.
Perfect for fans of:
Theatre kids with trauma
Once the script sees you, you’re already part of the cast.
Do you turn the page, or do you close the book?
The 24-Hour Haunting is Book One in a planned series of stand-alone horror novels exploring creation, memory, and the terrifying act of telling the truth through fiction.
