The First Survivor (novella)
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| Author | Jeff Bell |
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| 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
- Sarah Cole
- Judge Dominic Cozzi (mention only)
- Officer Jenkins
- Dark Killer (mentioned only)
- Sergeant Jake Morris
- Logan Myers
- Jack Ridley
- Sheldon Palamara (mentioned only)
- 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 (2005) where Sarah is the sole survivor of the Teen Massacres of 1995 that are portrayed in the film.