Stories by @bathannates

84 stories

A Daughter of the House of Frankenstein

1950’s England. A badly mutilated woman awakens in a morgue. She proceeds to reassemble herself, recounting her journey from life, death, rebirth, and death after death. A tumultuous love story lasting over a century told through song. Meanwhile, a lovestruck doctor in mourning makes a deal with the devil, when an eccentric physician proposes a way to reignite his true love. A woman engineered to be man’s perfect mate coming to terms with her past and potential future.

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Fiery the Angel Rose

Year? unknown. Place? Hell? A creature is pulled from the dark by an unnatural force. It is greeted into this world by howling and roars from above while flashes of light straining its new set of eyes. There is another thing in the room with him. A monsters that struggles with the creature. He screams at it. He pushes it away. He beats it. For the next few weeks, the creature is chained to a wall in a dark room, only a small window high above from which he witnesses… horrors. Other monsters, equally grotesque and dangerous. One is different, however. The monster’s bride. She is gentle. The creature learns about kindness. But the monster pulls her away and resumes its cruelty. The creature forces its way out, into the world beyond where he chased by the horde. He runs as fast as his new legs will take him. Far from their shouts, their pitchforks and torches. Into the trees. There, the creature will learn to survive. Become his own master. A God, in a world of monsters.

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The Mummy’s Curse

1200’s BC, Egypt. An enslaved boy rises to the position of high priest in Thebes, taking on the name Imhotep. Despite his best efforts, he cannot save his family, nor help his people. His only comfort was the love of Anck-su-namun, the Pharaoh’s mistress. When the affair is discovered, Anck-su-namun claims Inhotep forced himself on her. Enraged, Imhotep kills her and then tries to kill the Pharaoh but fails. For this, Imhotep is buried alive, and to remind him of his place, he is cursed to obey the commands of anyone holding the golden book of Amun-Ra, the book of the dead. An eternal slave, even after death. 1930’s, Cairo. Ardath Bey, a disgraced historian, is forced to work for foreign archeologists and grave robbers, pillaging once-sacred sites. On one such expedition, Bey discovers the book of the dead, which is used to reanimate Imhotep before it is carelessly destroyed. The cursed man now roams free, but immortal. Desiring nothing more than death, Imhotep rampages through his unfamiliar settings, agonizing and seeking a way to break the Pharaoh’s curse once and for all.

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The Wrath of the Black Lagoon

1500’s South America. Conquistadors, under leadership of Carlos Antonio Maia, make their way through the Amazon forest in search of “La Laguna Negra”, the black lagoon said to hold miraculous healing properties which could save the life of the deathly ill princess Julieta de Lorenzo. Maia himself becomes obsessed with the mystical pool, believing it will grant him immortality and riches, and will stop at nothing to reach the fabled destination. As the ill-equipped party enter uncharted territories, they become aware that they are being stalked by strange presence. A frightening creature from native folklore said to guard the entrance to the Black Lagoon…

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Van Helsing KILLS The Universal Monsters!

1890’s Amsterdam. Having just vanquished the nocturnal demon known as Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing returns home to his wife and son, hoping to relieve himself of waking nightmares and enjoy the autumn season. But one night, deafening screams rouse him from his sleep. His wife’s lifeless body lies drained of its blood, and his son has been disappeared into a black abyss. Van Helsing’s eternal foe is not gone, merely weakened, and is now more vengeful than ever. The time has come to finish this struggle once and for all. This time, Van Helsing isn’t just going to drive a stake through the Devil’s heart. No, this time Van Helsing is going to cleanse the world of monsters.

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The Invisible Man

1970’s New York. A man awakens with no memories of his past. A voice tells him that he is “Griffin”, and that he has volunteered for a very important procedure. Griffin is given an experimental drug which renders him temporarily invisible to human eyes. The effects of the drug lasts only about 24 hrs, so after a certain period of time, Griffin must report back (or be found) to retake the drug. He is also given a mission: eliminate 4 targets which pose a threat to national security. Griffin, seemingly by instinct, carries out his mission, all the while slowly piecing together his past, trying desperately to not loose his mind in the process. How can a man know himself, if he can’t even look at himself in the mirror?

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The Curse of the Wolf Man

1910’s Oklahoma. Larry Talbot, the disgraced son of ranch baron John Talbot, returns to his father’s estate after news arrives of his death. The two were estranged, and Larry’s only incentive for returning is a final glimpse at the man he hated just as much as he once admired. But when he arrives back home, he finds it in utter chaos. His father’s body has gone missing! And all over town, bodies are turning up gruesomely dismembered. Local law enforcement eyes the nearby indigenous tribe, but Larry, along with a few others who knew his father during his final days, suspects something stranger and more horrifying is abound.

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Dracula: Phantom in the Light

1920’s Hollywood. Mina Murray made her way to the sunny west coast filled with dreams of romance and stardom, but now struggles to stay afloat in the predatory industry town. That is until one fateful night when she’s invited to a lavish party held at a foreign count’s manor. Mina is supernaturally drawn to this mysterious figure who promises to make all her dreams come true. Will she fall for his nefarious trap, or be saved by an ambitious production assistant pining for her affections and an eccentric Eastern European cinematographer?

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