
Hammer and Nails
You are standing at the top of the ancient wooden staircase, looking down at the darkness beneath. Shelf after shelf of dusty supplies and stacks of books line the basement walls. You remember your mother's words, ...

Sleep Paralysis
“Crap. I’ve got exams tomorrow”, I thought, and I had promised myself I’d get a good night’s sleep, yet I’d woken up in the middle of the night for no reason - bloody sod’s law. “Ugh ...

My Account
It was a tattered notebook. I'm not sure why I even picked it up. It sat there forlornly on the dock, seeming to stare at me as I stepped off the ferry. It had been a ...

Don’t Ask Questions You Don’t Want The Answers To
You know we’re here. We’re that presence you feel the thing that pushes you to run up or down the stairs as if the steps were made of hot coals. We’re the thing that keeps you ...

The Horror Section
I think it was my somewhat strict upbringing that fostered my intrigue for horror. Following the path of god and basking in the sun's rays is all well and good... but the forbidden aura of all ...

Mask of Mokembu
The native crouched over the dying fire pit, he was making circle with the skulls. The smell of the jungle was overpowering, and he could he the distinct yipping of Jackals in the distance. The painted ...

Some Rubies Could Use Dental Work
They were on their hands and knees staring into the large gash in the ground. Mallory gripped the loose gravel at the lip of the hole under his calloused fingers, and his nose flared up from ...

The Carrier
We laughed and laughed about it for weeks. The whole idea of it was just blasphemy. It was like a bad horror movie escaped out of a $2 bin at the Lucky's gas station and made ...

Finding Myself
I was awake. Alive, thank goodness. At least, I thought I was alive. I was solid and whole. Except for my head. It felt as though there was a hole there. I couldn't remember where I ...

The Campus Tour
I can't prove that this is true. Noone I've told believes me, and I'm really just tired of telling the story and getting into the inevitable debates over plausibility. But I know what happened and figured ...

stn.dll, Email 2
[ADMIN NOTE: THE FIRST PART OF THIS PASTA CAN BE FOUND HERE] Oh, so I see you got my email. Your reply was rather vulgar, I’ll admit, but I have to tell you this, I fear ...

stn.dll Email 1
The file size was exactly 666 kilobytes. The name of the file was stn.dll, and it was a computer virus, although it wasn’t a type of virus I have ever encountered before. Well, that is until ...

Jeff the Killer
Jeff the Killer Origins and History You wake at 3AM. Disturbed by some subtle shifting sound within the room, just on the edge of hearing. Propping up on one arm you survey the room looking for ...

Clickety Clack
There was a family of 5. A mother, a father and 3 daughters. The daughters names were Jennifer, Jade and Janine. Their father was a carpenter, their mother unemployed. The eldest daughters often excluded Janine from ...

Ode to the Slender-Man
Upon the cloudy night he did come, The Slender-Man hunts for his prey. Alone, a walker roams the forest he does, and within seconds, gone they are away. The detectives they hunt for clues of the ...

Friends Forever
Why do you continue to seek me out? You cannot find me if I do not will it. I am the night… and yet, you know I am here. I see you, shivering as I cross ...

The Soot Man
"Come here and try this with us!" You awake to your friends gathered around the coffee table in front of you. That's right… You had a small party while your parents were out of town for ...

The Angel’s Song
It was 11:00 at night, so I turned off the television, brushed my teeth and climbed into bed, securing the soft black covers over myself. For a few minutes, all I saw was darkness, and all ...

The Collector
The screen flickered as a man typed his story into the computer. His mind was racing, and so was his heart. He wanted the world to know as soon as possible about what he had discovered ...