Tales of the City, Part Two: Suburb of the Dead
"Do you know what the problem is when it comes to ghosts in this city?" "Chains are last season's look?" "All the cool ghosts moved to Portland?" "I'll think our waitress is a ghost if she ...
Tales of the City, Part One: Neighborhood Watch
“It's a simple question: Do you believe in ghost?" "I—" “Hold on; I’m not in the mood for ghost stories tonight." "Me neither." "I didn't ask for stories, I just asked—hold on, where’s that waitress? Has ...
The Wanderer of Blazes
Dr. Ellen Kennedy was just locking up her office for the evening when her phone began to ring. She paused at the door. It had been a long and grueling day and a ringing phone this ...
The God Ticket
My wife is going to kill herself in 5 to 7 business days. I'd found the order for a jug of Xanaphril while clearing the internet history of porn and was contemplating it now. I'd known ...
If You Go Down To The Woods
The young girl made her way through the thick undergrowth. It was not yet dusk, but the sun would disappear quickly behind the densely-packed trees. There is a sort of amplified silence that resonates through woods ...
The White Face In The Window
Last winter I was walking through a park near my apartment when I came across five young boys attempting to smash an object with a hammer. Granted, Chicago children are probably more violent than most, but ...
The Wraith
The murky fog made it difficult to see where the forest ends and the road starts. It was late dusk but the tree lined road had trees whose branches sheltered the road from any sunlight. Twilight ...
Ojos Blancos
I met Alex in middle school. He was always really shy. He usually sat by himself, at least a seat away from anyone else. After a few days of class I decided to sit by him ...
I Am the Apocalypse
The cold was the first thing I felt. Even before my eyes were open I felt a very deep chill in my core, a thousand spindles of ice sewn between my tissues. I blinked, my eyelids ...
Demon of the Outback
I’ve spent a good portion of my life out in the Australian bush, enough time that there is very little left out there that can surprise or scare me. I’ve tussled with massive scrubber bulls and ...
The Things Without Feelings
It's odd the things we remember sometimes. I was walking down the toy aisle a couple days ago, looking for something to give my two (soon to be three) year old niece for her birthday. Everything ...
Devil’s Hole Cave
Nathaniel H. Jackson's Journal November 11, 1911 I had never intended on venturing into that cave. That cave where no one ever dared to go near. I remember when I was a child how my friends ...
Slender Twilight: The “Naughty” Version
“What the fuck did I just read?” - Pretty much everyone. FanBoy97: Journal entry 1.) Oh, how no one understands the dark brooding angst stirring in my loins! I couldn’t concentrate in school again today, thoughts ...
The Demon Within
It was past midnight now, and I still had a while until I met my destination. The girl I picked up an hour ago was asleep in the seat beside me. She was a hitchhiker. I ...
Arm and a Leg
Based on a true story, 1983. Liam was your average 28 year old. He worked, ate, slept and gamed, as well as spending time with his family. He lived in Limerick city with his wife Mary ...
The Vacation
A few years ago, a group of college kinds were getting ready for spring break. One informed the rest that his uncle who owns a cabin in the woods would be gone for the weekend, and ...
Jeff the Killer versus Slenderman
The dark, wet alley was slightly illuminated by Sarah's cell phone light, as she shined it every few seconds to see where she was headed. Her eyes scanned the darkness, and she shook crazily. What had ...