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The Simplicity of It All
You are taking a shower. It's not the type of shower you take before a job interview, maybe aiming for your cleanliness to impress somebody or someone supposedly worthy of…
Read NowThe Seed Eater (Through the Trees)
I wish he would have stayed home, away from this cruel world that we live in. Dear reader, children shouldn't roam this world alone, but we can't keep them in their nest forever. My son left his room…
Read NowTHE DOGHEAD
Humid winds howled through the canyon, throwing up plumes of black dust. The particles clinked against the reinforced glass of my goggles as we trotted across the terrain. A set…
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Pass It On
It’s quite an interesting concept: those little “pass it on” messages, I mean. Chain letters and people telling you, “post this in five different comments or else you’ll die tonight.”…
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Assistant to Mister Hastings: The Academy Awards
Read part one here I still don’t know how we got here. It doesn’t feel real. This is like a fever dream. How in the hell did Eric Hastings III…
Read NowThe Closet Behind the Wall
"Where should I put this crap?" Lily asked her mother, pointing to a box of cheap artwork that looked like it belonged in a dentist's office. "Oh, come on, I…
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It’s A Bloody Gamble
There has been nothing that I have enjoyed better than gambling, even at a young age I loved to play twenty-one. Later I would learn that twenty-one is Blackjack without…
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I Discovered the Meaning of Life
So, I discovered the meaning of life. Or at least, that's what my eager customers are led to believe. You see, two or three times a month, I post a…
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Please Stay Awake
Dark, cold and eerie. Those are the only words I can come up with to describe the house in which I had lived with my family for the majority of…
Read NowThe Cellar
“So how much farther until we find this ‘really awesome place’ that I just ‘had to see’?” Patricia asked impatiently, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She pushed aside a low-hanging…
Read Now5 Abandoned Laboratories that Might Easily Haunt Your Dreams
One mention of a lab is enough to make science enthusiasts excited. If you love experiments, data, and discovery, chances are that these places feel like a playground for you.…
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100% Real Human Hair
We know that you demand only the finest hair when looking to buy a new wig, weave, extension, or toupee. That’s why “Spirited Away Hair” uses only the freshest human…
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There’s No Such Thing
May sighed with relief as she lowered her weary body to the side of the bed. Slowly, feeling every muscle and joint in her body protest, she shuffled herself into…
Read NowThe Lonely Searcher
You’re probably wondering why this notebook is in your seat. But don’t ask me about it, because I’ll purposely ignore you. Don’t get offended, because it’s for your own good…
Read NowThe Hist Sap Hallucination
I was a temporary project director for Bethesda's game development department for a short period of time during the launch of their fourth installment to The Elder Scrolls saga, Oblivion.…
Read NowJanuary 2016 Discussion Post: Favorite Creepypastas of 2015
Yes, this is a carbon copy of last year's January discussion post - but given how interesting and fun it was to see everyone's choices, I'm thinking that this should…
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Don’t Look, Don’t Listen
While others can find forests unsettling in the dark, I’ve always found that there is something uniquely tranquil about walking through a forest at night. There would be no one…
Read NowYou Got a Leak
I just couldn’t do it anymore. After thirteen long years on this road, it was time for a change. I’ve been all over the country. I’ve seen the flat lands…
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My son can’t stop humming the same tune and it’s starting to freak me out
It all started last Monday. I received a call from his basketball coach. My son, Riley, had been acting more strangely than usual. He said my son had seemed to…
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