October Seven
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October Seven

Short Story (Prose) · Horror · 66 pages
Recounting the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, "October Seven" interweaves the known horrific details of Poe's death on October 7, 1849, with his historical exhumation more than 25 years later. This project includes many facts about Poe's death, as well as fictional horror sequences surrounding his exhumation.
Written by Steven Stiefel
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Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Finalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition 2024
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition 2023

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Steven Stiefel
Vagabond, CA
Steven emphasizes non-graphic horror and sci-fi with a literary bent. He also writes novels, sitcoms pilots, and specs. His novel—TOMORROW'S FLIGHT, a thriller written with M.E. Ellington—was a #1 Amazon bestseller in May, 2022. Recently, he adapted OCTOBER SEVEN, a short novel about Edgar Allan Poe's death and exhumation, as a feature. The short no...
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Here are the achievements this project has earned to date: * COVERFLY — The Red List: #1 Horror Short Story (prose) of the month (Sept, 2024) #1 Horror Short Story (Prose) in the past year (Sept, 2024) #1 Horror Short Story (Prose) all-time (Sept, 2024) #1 Short Story (prose) of the month (Sept, 2024) #1 Short Story (prose) of the past year (Sept, 2024) #2 Short Story (prose) all-time (Sept, 2024) #14 Horror of the month (June, 2024) * SCREENCRAFT CINEMATIC SHORT STORY COMPETITION (2024)—Top 10 Finalist (2023)—Semifinalist * LAUNCHPAD—Top 50 (August, 2024) * LAUNCHPAD—Secondrounder (2023) * SCRIPT2COMIC (September, 2021)—Semifinalist * SCREENCRAFT CINEMATIC SHORT STORY COMPETITION (2021)—Quarterfinalist EXHUMATION, the short film/proof of concept adaptation from Chapter Two of OCTOBER SEVEN, ranked as the #3 all-time short horror film script on Covefly's The Red List. EXHUMATION has reached the top 1% at Coverfly in all of its categories.