Let it play: The Eli Mercer story

By Ruttiger Jones

Decades ago, a young child actor died a gruesome death on the set of a horror movie. The film was released anyway.

Whispers followed it, stories of strange accidents, impossible wounds, and the haunted footage that seemed to trap viewers in a world far darker than the screen itself. Over time, the cursed VHS became myth, relegated to the shadows of horror forums and urban legends.

Until Cassie and Ben bring it to a retro horror party.

Trapped in a nightmarish world shaped by the tortured spirit of the dead boy, the couple must survive twisted film sets, vengeful phantoms, and a child's pain so deep it bleeds into reality. As the line between fiction and memory blurs, Cassie discovers the one thing that can break the cycle isn't violence... but love.

Let it play is a chilling descent into forgotten cinema, lost innocence, and the ghostly echoes of a child who just wanted to be seen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLBDBCTR
• ISBN13: 9798296448781
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"