5.0 (1 rating)
FLY
A Deadly Silence Story
On a small island off the New England coast, five college dropouts break into an abandoned building, once used as a smallpox institute, that was sealed decades earlier after a deadly outbreak. They come to party, to forget, to escape their stalled lives. What they find instead is a structure that listens.
The building is haunted by something more physical than ghosts: an invisible force that reacts violently to sound. Laughter draws it closer. Screams invite it in. Panic is fatal.
As the night unravels, the group learns the rules too late. Silence is survival—but silence also means watching the people you love disappear without warning. One by one, they’re forced to choose between connection and self-preservation, between being heard and staying alive.
FLY is a relentless thriller novella about silence, isolation, and the cruelty of finally understanding something when it no longer matters.
The building is haunted by something more physical than ghosts: an invisible force that reacts violently to sound. Laughter draws it closer. Screams invite it in. Panic is fatal.
As the night unravels, the group learns the rules too late. Silence is survival—but silence also means watching the people you love disappear without warning. One by one, they’re forced to choose between connection and self-preservation, between being heard and staying alive.
FLY is a relentless thriller novella about silence, isolation, and the cruelty of finally understanding something when it no longer matters.
Published: April 1, 2026
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9798244513721
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Reader Reviews
5.0
1 rating
John A.
Inside Story
Apr 2, 2026
Lee Stackhouse's F L Y is a short story that lingers far after you've finished reading. What begins as a tale of a college dropout's flight home transforms into a relentless psychological horror that had me holding my breath.
The premise is simple yet terrifying: Maude finds herself trapped in a mysterious building where silence is mandatory. Make a sound, and you're dead!
Stackhouse's prose is hauntingly elegant, creating an atmosphere that was so tense that I caught myself reading more quietly, as if the force might somehow ear me through the pages.
The pacing is immaculate. Stackhouse knows exactly when to let tension simmer and when to strike with visceral horror. Suffocating in the best possible way. And that ending, gut-wrenching and shocking.
Stackhouse proves that the most terrifying monsters don't always make noise, they stalk it.
If you love horror that's equal parts psychological and primal, F L Y is essential reading. Just remember, be quiet!
The premise is simple yet terrifying: Maude finds herself trapped in a mysterious building where silence is mandatory. Make a sound, and you're dead!
Stackhouse's prose is hauntingly elegant, creating an atmosphere that was so tense that I caught myself reading more quietly, as if the force might somehow ear me through the pages.
The pacing is immaculate. Stackhouse knows exactly when to let tension simmer and when to strike with visceral horror. Suffocating in the best possible way. And that ending, gut-wrenching and shocking.
Stackhouse proves that the most terrifying monsters don't always make noise, they stalk it.
If you love horror that's equal parts psychological and primal, F L Y is essential reading. Just remember, be quiet!