#Cancelled - Ian Thompson - Bog

A daring exposé... or something far more sinister? Fifteen-year-old Becca Robbins loves to see celebrity lies and dirty secrets revealed. Tonight, she watches a live online show, which promises to prove that three celebs ruined the life of TV star Bob Vanut. It's been a year since Vanut was accused of a horrible crime and #cancelled across the internet. No solid proof of his guilt was ever found, and he was never put on trial. Devastated by worldwide condemnation, Vanut committed suicide. A masked broadcaster - the Golden Cherub - has kidnapped the three celebrities from the Vanut case. He offers proof of their guilt and shows how each person gained from their lies. A story is presented of greed and vicious cruelty. Millions are watching and commenting. The thrill of this dark narrative is addictive... Next, the Golden Cherub plans to move from accusation to punishment... from an internet trial to live execution... Becca wonders whether any of this can be real. Is it a macabre joke, a twisted hoax..? As the night progresses, two dramas unfold: a mystery from the past, being pieced together like a puzzle... and the nightmare of the present, growing ever more menacing and terrifying... What is really happening? Is the Golden Cherub an internet hoaxer, a masked vigilante, or does he have a dark secret too? This is the sixteenth in the series of Short Horror Tales - quick reads written to captivate the reader with thrills, chills and unexpected twists. Reviews from this author's horror releases: "...thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish."
"...great... I could feel the fear..."
"...shows true mastery of the short horror story... a wildly imaginative antagonist unlike anything I've read before... a quick, captivating read full of horror and thrills. The tense action and suspense of Glancing Blow make it incredibly hard to put down..."
(Glancing Blow - Short Horror Tales #1)
"...When the blood starts to splatter, Nigel's day gets really rough. Thompson has devised a brilliantly brutal creature to sic on his leading man. Creative and twisted, the monster is a total terror... Hooker is an absolutely insane, blood-pumping ride... With a wicked cool monster and a page-turning climax, this is one Creature Feature you won't want to miss out on..."
(Hooker - Short Horror Tales #2)
"Great short story..."
(Ignition Source - Short Horror Tales #4)
"...well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that's not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat..."
(God Of War)
"...extremely well written and very dark. The author did a great job of creating a palpable sense of doom that surrounds the main character from the beginning, and then creating more tension and horror as the story went on..."
(Into The Hole)