The Man in the Road
I sat quietly, sipping my glass of wine and wishing desperately that the evening would come to an end. Two of my friends, Brad and Laurie, had been invited to a get together with another friend ...
The Autopsy of Cole Ryder
"Cole Ryder. Age 23. Death by multiple lacerations to chest, reaching as deep as his lungs. Poor bastard looks like someone cut him open multiple times with a damned sword. No visible signs of struggle, indicating ...
Candle Cove: Day of the Dead
“Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, the people you hear laughing are dead.” -Chuck Palahniuk, "Lullaby" *** "We don't have to talk about it if you don't ...
Candle Cove: Down in the Dark
"Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness. Sometimes we lose them there again." -Stephen King, "The Green ...
The Sandman
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." -Edgar Allen Poe, "Eleanora" *** "Go to bed and wait for the Sandman." Even as it came out ...
Lights Out
I've been laying down on this couch watching TV for what seems like hours. I can hear my dog barking downstairs. I glance up at the wall clock. It's 9:00 already, and I still haven't had ...
Breaking Sanity
I look in the mirror and wonder, when did this happen to me. I had stared at what I had become for over an hour now. These dramatic changes to my body and mental state, all ...
Did Boy Kill? He Killed Them All.
This is Part 5 and the last installment of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. They are dead. They are all fucking dead; my husband, Tim, the ...
Scream of the End
The usual stories about MineCraft will always go to Herobrine, about how he lives and he's a lot more than code. But have you ever wondered about the Endermen, and whether there are any secrets about ...
Did Boy Kill? The Visits of Mister Bob
This is Part 4 of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. Much has happened over the past week since I last posted so let me get you ...
Did Boy Kill? Part 3
This is Part 3 of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. Thanks to Redditors who asked not to be mentioned in this story, we think we have ...
Just a Joke
They laughed. The group has just arrived at their dorm from another night of ghost stories. They weren't afraid. At least, they wouldn't show it. They were, after all, men. "Holy shit, today's stories were just ...
Did Boy Kill? Yes He Did.
This is Part 2 of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. My husband and I are alive. My son is not, well not in the way that ...
The Cat in the Hat Strikes Back
The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So she sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day. She just sat in a chair All alone, by herself. As she watched ...
Fresh Food Just Tastes Better
The thing about fresh produce/meat/seafood is that you never know who, or what, touched it between the seed to the cooler. Would washing or cooking these items ever be enough if you really KNEW what and ...
Did Boy Kill?
This is Part 1 of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the other installments in the linked tag. I had an incredibly interesting conversation today with someone I love deeply. I do not know ...
Last Of The Sparks
Back in February of 2008, I decided that I needed a change in my monotonous life. Whether that change would come in the form of a new job or a new toothbrush, I didn't know. I ...