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'''''The First Survivor''''' is a short story taking place after the events of [[Farm Life's A Killer (Movie)|Farm Life's A Killer]], following the fallout of survivor [[Sarah Cole]].
'''''The First Survivor''''' is a psychological horror interlude novella set entirely within a single 18-hour block on August 19, 1995. Serving as the direct connective tissue between [[Farm Life's A Killer (Movie)|Farm Life's A Killer]] (the movie) / [[Farm Life's A Killer (novella)|Farm Life's A Killer]] (the novella) and [[FLAK 3: The Asylum (novella)|FLAK 3: The Asylum]]), the story shifts perspectives away from the teenagers to explore the institutional skepticism, systemic gaslighting, and bureaucratic framing that occurred immediately following the [[Martini Farm]] Massacre. It is narrated by [[Jake Morris|Sergeant Jake Morris]], an old-school police officer whose desperate need to preserve his own comfortable reality leads him to execute a major cover-up of supernatural evidence.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
A [[Sarah Cole|teenage girl]] stumbles into the [[New Prairie Police Department]] bleeding and mentally tormented, saying the [[Dark Killer]] has murdered all of her friends.
A [[Sarah Cole|teenage girl]] stumbles into the [[New Prairie Police Department]] bleeding and mentally tormented, saying the [[Dark Killer]] has murdered all of her friends.


=== Featured Characters ===
===Characters ===
 
* [[Sarah Cole]]
* [[Sarah Cole]]
* [[Dominic Cozzi|Judge Dominic Cozzi]] (mention only)
* Officer Jenkins
* [[Dark Killer]] (mentioned only)
* [[Dark Killer]] (mentioned only)
* [[Jake Morris|Sergeant Jake Morris]]
* [[Logan Myers]]
* [[Logan Myers]]
* [[Jack Ridley]]
* [[Jack Ridley]]
* Sheldon Palamara
* Sheldon Palamara (mentioned only)
* Howard Seigler
* Howard Seigler
==New Prairie Universe Info==
===Timeline===
The events of this story take place on '''August 19, 1995'''.
===Additional Backstory===
* The story is the aftermath of the film ''[[Farm Life's A Killer (Movie)|Farm Life's A Killer]] (2005)'' where Sarah is the sole survivor of the [[Teen Massacres of 1995]] that are portrayed in the film.


[[Category: Novellas]]
[[Category: Novellas]]

Latest revision as of 14:28, 1 July 2026

The First Survivor
Author Jeff Bell
Working title For the Longest Time
Language English
Genre Psychological Horror, Cover-up Thriller
Published United States
Pages 53
Preceded by Farm Life's A Killer 
Followed by FLAK 3: THe Asylum 

The First Survivor is a psychological horror interlude novella set entirely within a single 18-hour block on August 19, 1995. Serving as the direct connective tissue between Farm Life's A Killer (the movie) / Farm Life's A Killer (the novella) and FLAK 3: The Asylum), the story shifts perspectives away from the teenagers to explore the institutional skepticism, systemic gaslighting, and bureaucratic framing that occurred immediately following the Martini Farm Massacre. It is narrated by Sergeant Jake Morris, an old-school police officer whose desperate need to preserve his own comfortable reality leads him to execute a major cover-up of supernatural evidence.

Plot

A teenage girl stumbles into the New Prairie Police Department bleeding and mentally tormented, saying the Dark Killer has murdered all of her friends.

Characters

New Prairie Universe Info

Timeline

The events of this story take place on August 19, 1995.

Additional Backstory