The Scare-Off: Four Stories Enter, One Story Wins Get ready for a chilling hour of live storytelling as the Delta Literary Arts Society presents a fast‑paced showdown of spooky tales. Four local authors will each share up to eight minutes of their most creepy, haunted, paranormal, or unsettling short fiction. After all four readings, the audience decides the winner.

The author with the most votes earns a coveted spot in DLAS’s October production of Killer Verse, their dramatized narration of dark and haunting short stories — and they’ll receive $50 for their winning piece. Expect a thrilling mix of eerie atmosphere, electrifying performances, and full audience participation.

Location: Sunroom/Gallery, UBC Robson Square

Type: Reading

Sponsored by: Word Vancouver · Delta Literary Arts Society

Moderators: Anna Eastland

Readers: Col Bak, Jason Kurylo, Jacob Davenport, KT Wagner

About The Moderator

Anna Eastland

Anna Eastland is the author of unexpected blossoming: a journey of grief and hope and velvet flame: the poetry in life after loss. Finding solace in nature in the midst of kid chaos is a common theme in her work. She is a contributor to various poetry and prose anthologies, and is the author of a WWII short story in Dutch, the Magazine, based on her step-dad’s youth in Holland. As V.P. of the Delta Literary Arts Society, she leads monthly writing circles and open mic’s for writers. Anna loves helping people find their voices almost as much as she loves going out dancing with her fellow authors. For her latest adventure, she’s working on her first novel, a psychological thriller with Sterling and Stone Studios.

About The Readers

Col Bak

Col Bak is an Indigenous, Autistic and Queer poet, prose writer, and playwright. They specialize in horror and comedy. They began writing short stories and poems as a child and continued their love of writing throughout their life. When they're not writing, they love Improv, junk journaling, and trying new things.