Ashley sat in front of her dressing room mirror as the show's makeup team made her look her best. "Alright, right this way" the shows director said, then leading Ashley to the set. She was wearing nothing but her underwear and a short cut top with the inscription "Never, never, never give up." Some part of Ashley had always imagined doing this in the nude, but this was as close as she was allowed to get on broadcast television. "Okay, that's Joan right over there, just go over and wait for the broadcast to begin and do what you did in rehearsal" the directer instructed.

"I can't believe this is happening!" Ashley thought as she approached the smokey blue backdrop, in front of which dangled a noose over a wooden stool. Next to it stood a denim clad woman with red hair smoking a cigarette. This, was the famous Joan. Ashley had rehearsed her part of the show with a stand in for Joan, so this was the first time she would get to meet her in person.

"High" Ashley said as she approached.

"Hey" Joan replied, taking a drag from her cigarette. She seemed thoroughly disinterested.

"I can't believe I'm meeting the famous Asphyxia Joan" Ashley continued, extending her hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you to" Joan said, halfheartedly shaking Ashley's hand.

"It's just so amazing to see you and this set in person, I've seen them so many times on tv"

"Uh-huh" Joan replied.

"We're on in ten!" the directed shouted from behind the camera. A stage hand rushed up to Joan. She handed him her cigarette, he used a fan to disperse the smoke, and ran off. Ashley stood behind the stool and turned to face the camera.

"We're on in five...four...three" the director called from behind the camera, then silently showing two and one on his hand. Then, he pointed to Joan.

"Good afternoon snuff fans! It's me, your host, Asphyxia Joan and I'm coming to you live from snuff tv studios, it's time for our daily hanging!" Joan paused for a moment to allow the sound editors to play an applause real so it would seem as though there was a live audience in the studio. "Alright," Joan continued with a large, warm smile, "today our special guest is Ashley here, Ashley why don't you go ahead and get your neck in that noose?" Ashley smiled and waved at the camera, then stood on the stool, put the noose around her neck, and cinched it tight. Per instruction, she pretended to gag a little as the noose tightened. "That looks great Ashley, would you put your hands behind your back for me?" Joan politely requested. Ashley did as she was told with a smile on her face, and Joan tied her wrists with a piece of rope.

"That's pretty tight" Ashley said, as she had rehearsed.

"Not as tight as the noose is going to be" Joan replied, winking into the camera. They paused for a moment to allow the sound editor to play a laugh track. "So Ashley," Joan continued, "I don't suppose you'd mind answering a few questions for me and our loyal viewers would you?"

"Of course not, the interview is always one of the hottest parts when I watch your show Joan" Ashley replied.

"That's great. Well Ashley why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?" Joan prodded.

"Well Joan, my name is Ashley, I'm twenty-six years old and my boyfriend Derek and I are HUGE fans of your show" Ashley replied.

"Oh, you watch this show with your boyfriend?" Joan said, feigning surprise.

"Yup. it always gets us in the mood. In fact he's watching right now, probably in private" Ashley replied, winking at the camera.

"Well good for him," Joan said, smiling deviously, "so how long have you two been viewers of our show?"

"Oh all the way since season one, and I've been trying to get on the show since the first episode"  Ashley replied.

"Well congratulations on finally making it here. Speaking of which, your top says 'never, never, never give up,' care to explain that to us?" Joan asked.

"I was just hoping that it would tell the viewers that they should always chase their dreams, whatever they may be" Ashley said, smiling into the camera.

"That's a great message Ashley, it there some event in your life that taught you not to give up on your dreams?"

"Yes Joan, making it here" Ashley replied.

"Really, how so?" Joan replied.

"Well I've been watching this show for six years and in that time I've sent in over 200 audition tapes. Despite them constantly being rejected, I never stopped sending them, and now, here I am!"

"200 audition tapes," Joan said, feigning shock, "what was on them?"

"Mainly me choking myself, or my boyfriend choking me, or him hanging me until I went limp and cutting me down" Ashley explained.

"Well I'm glad you finally made it here, and just a note to our audience, all of Ashley's audition tapes will be available on snufftv.com along with this segment. So Ashley," Joan said, pausing and turning to Ashley, "are you ready?"

"I've been ready for six years Joan" Ashley replied, so excited that she nearly hopped up and down.

"And do you think your boyfriend watching at home is ready?" Joan asked.

"Oh I'm sure he's just glued to his TV" Ashley replied.

"Alright," Joan replied, "she says she's ready to dance for us! Shall we?" With that, the sound editors began playing a track of an audience counting down.

"THREE...TWO...ONE!" the track played. When it got to one, Joan kicked the stool out from under Ashley. She let out a squeal of excitement as she fell just a few inches, then gagged loudly as she stopped. For a moment, Ashley hung motionless in the air, with a pained expression on her now red face.

"Don't you worry, she'll start dancing any second now" Joan said, winking to the camera. Just as she'd predicted, within seconds, Ashley began to kick and flail at the end of her rope, desperately trying to relieve the pressure of the noose on her neck. Ashley welcomed the all too familiar sensation of a rope closing in around her throat, but knowing it would be for the last time did make her panic more than usual.

Ashley was surprised how terrified she was at hitting the bottom of the rope. She had known for weeks that she would die on air, but it wasn't until this point that she lost the ability to back out if she wanted. As much as she had looked forward to being on the show, and as hot as it made her to imagine Derek, watching at home and touching himself as she died, the realization that she was inevitably about to die terrified Ashley. But it was too late to turn back now, which is why it was fortunate for Ashley that her sense of panic faded quickly. Although she continued to squirm throughout, after a few minutes her fear subsided, as the asphyxiation brought about a warm tingling between her legs, like it always did.

"Screw it," Ashley thought as the orgasm continued to build, "this feels so good, it's worth dying for."

"Wow," Joan said, raising an eyebrow, "she really is putting on quite a show!" Ashley continued to squirm and kick behind her as the camera kept rolling. After fifteen minutes of this, Ashley's head began to bow, and her vision began to darken.

"No, no not yet," Ashley thought, beginning to kick and squirm even harder, "I haven't come yet!" The edges of Ashley's vision went black, and the darkness slowly closed in, narrowing her vision to a single point. Ashley again began to panic as death closed in, but only because she desperately wanted one last orgasm before it was all over. What was left of Ashley's vision went grey, and Joan's commentary was beginning to be drowned out by a deafening ringing in her ears, but Ashley still hadn't climaxed. "Oh god just let it happen already!" Ashley thought as she felt the orgasm continue to build.

Ashley's face had turned a light shade of purple, and her tongue hung out of her open mouth. Her arms stopped desperately pulling at her restraints and hung limp behind her back, and her legs began to move more and more slowly. An intense, icy cold began to grow inward from Ashley's extremities, but her groin was still on fire. "Oh god," Ashley thought, "oh god just let me stay conscious long enough to feel that one last orgasm." Then, although her eyes were still open, Ashley's vision went completely dark, and her body hung completely limp.

"No, no please, I just need a few seconds more!" Ashley thought as she felt her consciousness slipping away. The icy cold in her extremities began to overcome her torso as well. "No, no...YYYEESSSSS!!!" Ashley thought, as her entire body was over come by the most intense orgasm she had ever experienced. Her body was so numb, and her pleasure so intense, that Ashley didn't even realize her body gave one last desperate wiggle, before going limp for the last time. Then, the ringing in her ears died down, her entire body went ice cold, and she faded into oblivion just before her bladder released, soaking her underwear.

"Well folks," Joan said, turning from Ashley to the camera, "Ashley here will be left dangling for another three hours to make sure she's passed, but that wet stain on her panties is a hint that there isn't much more to see here. If you'd like to see more of Ashley, all of her audition tapes will be up on snufftv.com, and I'd just like to remind my audience that if any of you would like to participate in the daily hanging, you can send in your own audition tapes to snufftv.com/hangingauditions. Snuff tv will be right back with an episode of Hangman, the most popular game show on tv, right after this word from our sponsors."

"And we're clear" a stage hand yelled from behind the camera. Joan immediately retrieved a cigarette from the pocket of her jeans and lit it up, then turned and looked into Ashley's still open eyes, which were now staring completely fixedly at a point on the floor.

"That was a good one," the director said, approaching Joan from behind, "she seemed really excited"

"Yeah, where the hell do you find these idiots?" Joan asked, taking a drag from her cigarette.

"They're constantly auditioning. And you'd better hope these 'idiots' keep auditioning, cause otherwise you're out a career" the director replied.

"True, speaking of which, what have we got tomorrow?" Joan asked. The director handed her a manila folder.

"Tomorrow is Tracy Jenkins, she's 51 but in great shape, and her husband has been asking her to due this for years, and she finally gave in and agreed" the director explained. Joan nodded her acknowledgement, then put out her cigarette in Ashley's navel, and walked away.