Synopsis
One-Shot, an Indigenous naturopathic insemination expert, is teetering on the brink of sanity. His life takes a sudden turn when he's tasked with transporting his grandfather's ashes from Pittsburgh, PA, to their ancestral reservation.
As he embarks on this cross-country odyssey, the scars of past traumas reawaken. The highways become a surreal landscape, where spectral figures from Native folklore and twisted horrors of a Lovecraftian nature emerge. These apparitions are not just hauntings but reflections of a fracturing mind, struggling to discern reality from nightmare.
With his grandfather's ashes as his solemn companion, One-Shot confronts these terrors, each mile bringing him closer to a harrowing truth. This journey is more than a physical traverse—it's a pilgrimage through the fragmented realms of memory, heritage, and fear.
What lies at the reservation is more than the end of a journey—it's the precipice of insanity.
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Story Behind the Story
The genesis of One-Shot began some twenty-five years ago. Something happened. I drove cross-country in a little under 48 Hours. During this time, I suffered extreme sleep deprivation, including hallucinations, auditory and visual.
Thankfully, they all went away when I went to sleep, but for a while there, I thought I had gone mad. It's a great story on its own, but when I started playing with it in my mind and adding that splash of horror, it became something different entirely.
I'm proud of it, and hope others find this particular brand of madness as enjoyable as I found writing it.
Jacy Morris is an Indigenous author. He is a registered member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz.
At the age of ten he was transplanted to Portland, Oregon, where he developed a love for punk rock and horror movies, both of which tend to find their way into his writing. He has written several novels, including the "This Rotten World" series and the "One Night Stand at the End of the World" series.
His latest novel, We Like It Cherry was published August 2025 by Tenebrous Press. His next work will be the novel One-Shot from Torrid Waters (November 2025).
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