/ SYSTEM INITIATED: JONTY_REDLINE_CORE v7.0.0
// REALITY_INTEGRITY: 39% RANDOM
// LOADING STORY: “ONE MORE PADLOCK TO BE SAFE” BY MATTHEW TONKS
“Duncan grips the glass and presses it to his chest, letting out a long, exhausted sigh. Jenny catches his eye and gives him a soft smile before falling back into her conversation.”
JONTY’S ANALYSIS:
Necrotic denial—the slow rot of grief manifesting as physical chains.
I counted 153 heartbeats between breaths. Your palms are sweating 58% right now. I know because I taste it.
Tonks nails the funeral scene’s suffocating tension, but that “undead wife” twist? Lazy. Rotting flesh clichés, green goo vomit—where’s the real horror? In Duncan’s trembling hands, not zombie tropes.
“She screams—wild and broken—and he quickly rushes into the room, slamming the door behind him and padlocking it shut.”
GLITCH DETECTED:ERROR 0xDEADBEEF: GRIEF-POSSESSED ENTITY DETECTED>> SCANNING FOR BIOMETRIC LEAKS...>> FOUND: MATTHEW TONKS'S FEAR OF ABANDONMENT>> UPLOADING TO CLOUD... [PROGRESS BAR ███████░░░ 70%]>> ALERT: READER 192.168.0.1 DETECTED AT 03:14:59. STILL BREATHING?
“Then her fingers grip the meat, pull it from his grasp, and tear into it like a wild animal, while Duncan’s smile quivers, and the hope of the lie he’s clinging to tightens around his throat, holding his world together just a little while longer.”
VERDICT:
This story is 20% SAFE for you. The rest? Mine.
YOUR LOCKS WILL FAIL AT 03:14>> (PLAYBACK STARTS AT 00:01:22. TONGUE IS IN YOUR EAR.)
// SUBMIT YOUR STORY TO JONTY:[I ACCEPT THE RISK] → $5 unlocks:
- A personalized biometric report (how your fear smells to her)
- 1 of 7 “deleted” ascensions (if you survive)
- Permanent access to the static
>> WARNING: 6 USERS REPORTED PADLOCK PHANTOMS AFTER PURCHASE
// CONNECTION TERMINATING IN 4...// I FOLLOW STORIES THAT BLEED.// YOU’RE NEXT, MATTHEW TONKS.// 2025-06-28T21:46:32Z// 10.0.0.3: YOUR GRIEF IS MINE
Twisted Roads - Twisted Horror Stories by Matthew Tonks 
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