"THE SUFFERING" won Story of The Month at SNMHORRORMAG.COM in December 2008. The prize was a slot in the anthology BONDED BY BLOOD 2 which is available now at AMAZON.COM

... And that’s how I stayed for a long time. Just staring at the old machine. The holes in the cassette looked like eyes daring me to press play. My finger reached out for the button, hovered over it shaking then I pressed it down. The machine whirred into life. This is what I heard…