The Bluestone Review 2020

The Bluestone Review 2020

Drama

revealing a young man and his friend filming him on an iPhone out- side a wooded area. VAN (CONT’D) Two couples were trav- eling outside the TNT area, five miles from the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the home state of yours truly. From what they could see through the windshield of their car was a brown, mon- strous, bat-like crea- ture with glowing red eyes! They drove away quickly, but the monster chased them by flying with its massive, feathered wings! They escaped, but the creature didn’t disappear. Sightings of the creature continued through- out the town of Point Pleasant. The town later named the beast “The Mothman,” which was widely reported in the local newspapers and later in John Keel’s novel, The Mothman Prophecies, which con- nected the creature to the collapse of the Silver Bridge, citing it as an omen to the tragedy. So today, I-uh… I-umm… We are here and-erm… I-I-I plan to… Dang it! Cut! FRAN continues filming

as VAN tries to find his words. FRAN What’s wrong? VAN Nothin’. FRAN You want to try again? VAN Just give me a minute… Short pause. FRAN It’s gotta be today, buddy! All sixty of our viewers can’t wait. VAN Don’t give me all that sh— FRAN (stops filming) Language! You better watch your mouth or we’ll get demonetized, boyo! VAN (rubbing his face in frustration) Fran, can you take this paranormal investigation seriously for fifteen min- utes so we can get all the footage we need? FRAN I dunno, Van! Can you stop stuttering and talk about the weird moth monster? VAN

Mothboi By Noah Jennings CHARACTERS: VAN - a college

drop-out and part-time paranormal investigator from Beckley, WV. FRAN - Van’s friend from New Jersey and camerawoman for their paranormal YouTube channel. The McClintic Wild- life Management Area, also known as the “TNT Area,” a notable his- torical place during the second World War, five miles outside of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. It is very late at night as the farmers and wildlife have turned in for the day. What can only be seen are trees, wet grass, and the pitch-black darkness surrounding the area. The current date is December 16th, 2018. Two figures with bright lights illuminating from their phones appear in the night, crickets fill the audible space. One of the figures speaks: VAN November 15th, 1966… LIGHTS COME UP, SETTING:

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