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Cut
Reality
by
Zack Hacker
Genre:
Psychological Thriller, Suspense
When the specter of death comes to reality TV, who's to blame?
After
a reality television competitor dies during filming, it sends the
cast reeling. Follow Jason Debord as he takes on the role of amateur
detective to gain clarity into the death of a reality TV co-star and
ends up uncovering criminal conspiracy.
When
Jason returned home from competing on Beached, he'd lost weight,
couldn't sleep, and felt more alone than ever. But he expected those
changes. Jason had no way to predict that one of his fellow
competitors would fling himself from a cliff. Unless he didn't. Jason
can't believe it, but the network presents coverage of the alleged
suicide to the world.
Seeing
motive in every crew member's movements, Jason compiles evidence of
conspiracy, only to be met with resistance from the cast and network
alike. He persists only through the support of his developing
relationship with Blake, a psychologist who observes alarming
similarities between her patient and her partner. Events in Cut
Reality have a variety of interpretations. Ultimately, Jason has to
decide while under the watchful eye of the public: is his
understanding too coincidental to be believed, or so shocking because
it's his new reality.
Zack
Hacker's debut novel will please fans of reality television and
psychological thrillers alike. If you enjoy Survivor, Big Brother,
The Amazing Race, MTV's The Challenge, or other works of
character-driven suspense, don't miss this highly anticipated
release.
DAY
37
AFTER
BREAKFAST
Things
out here are so crazy. Remembering that this is a game is nearly
impossible. It took about two full days to appease everyone who was
shocked by the Maddy vote. I wanted Desiree out, but this had to
happen. Turns out I was wrong. No
one thinks of life outside the game, off this island. We're all real
people—and that's what makes lying and backstabbing so difficult—it
reminds us that there are lives to go back to, that there are real
emotions and real people at play. None of us are the invulnerable
game pieces that we strategize as in the abstract. Maddy
is sure to be actually, genuinely upset and mad at us. The cut Billy
has on his foot is getting bad, which could easily get infected and
affect his ability to work after the game. This game, this show, is
simultaneously unimportant because it's just a game, and important
because these are our actual lives we're playing with. Emotions,
physical health, time. Anyway,
the producers and camera operators took an interest in us again. The
interviews resumed, and we're back to being followed
into the woods to take a piss. Riveting footage. They also cleared
off their spot down by the beach. I figured their camp was there, but
Billy and I went exploring (hoping to find any discarded food or
personal items) and there's no trace that there was ever anything
built or set up there. Whatever they were doing, there wasn't a set
structure, and they're no longer up to it. I
figure that maybe they just move around because they need a variety
of camera angles and don't want a totally un-filmable stretch of
beach (production can't be shown in the actual television show). Billy's
suspicious of them. I told him to stay out of it—if he pisses them
off, they can make our lives even more miserable. He
continues to harass them, asking them questions about what they're up
to, and why they randomly seem to disregard us for days at a time. I
must say, he is right, they missed filming the strategizing and
planning for the Maddy vote—no clue how they'll cut the episode
with no footage. It's all Billy talks about now—"what are the
camera guys up to," "why are all the producers blocking off
this section of forest," "who are these new crew members
who suddenly appeared." They're definitely up to something, but
my opinion on the matter is Tennyson's. Ours "is not to reason";
ours "is but to do and die." Well, that might be dramatic. We're
starving, sleep deprived, suffering injuries, stressed and living in
fear of each other, but not dying. It only feels like it.
Zack Hacker was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he currently teaches English and Creative Writing. He is a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph University and received his M.A. in English from Case Western Reserve University. He lives with his wife and three cats, watches too much reality TV, and plans travel experiences. Cut Reality is his debut novel.
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