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Modern Monster: The Banshee
Dr. Oswald Meegla walked through the Siren Industries door after showing his ID card to the two brutes outside. He looked at his sheet again: West Wing, Room 6. According…
Read NowThe Guy in Room 302
It's the summer, and you're out of your college classes for at least a week or two, before the next semester starts. You've spent this time lounging around and sleeping…
Read NowHanging Tree
My boyfriend and I decided to go down to the South for a week. Hike the Great Smokies and everything. We rented a cozy cabin, secluded, in the woods, not…
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What I Found Wrapped in an Old Dog Food Bag
This story came so close to being a funny, lighthearted little anecdote that I would tell in loud, exaggerated voices to my friends around our lunch table. But sadly that’s…
Read NowChronicles of the Mark – The Snake In the Sun
View the original story here: The Mark of Canus. Two concepts exist in our world, the natural, and the supernatural. Humanity actively sees and understands the natural, as we progress…
Read NowMonster Painter
My name is Ingrid Ramirez, and today on this frozen, storming January day, I was standing before the coffin that contained my son, Alfie Ramirez. The coffin had a wooden,…
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My Sister’s Hair
I wish I had my big sister’s hair. Hers is soft and light. Touching her arms is like touching peach fuzz. When she sweats her skin looks like melted butter.…
Read Now6 Creepy Places in Atlantic City That Will Take Your Breath Away
Are you an adventurer craving a creepy thrill? Or perhaps you're simply enthusiastic about discovering more about Atlantic City's dark legacy. In either scenario, you should be aware that the…
Read NowCamper Van
The camper van is there again, in the field behind my neighborhood. If I stand on the tips of my toes I can just see it over the tall stucco…
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Mr. Peterson Saw Everything
During my sophomore year of high school, my family moved from urban Knoxville to a tiny one-horse town in Alabama. My dad’s employer offered him a significant promotion in exchange…
Read NowThe Passenger
“So….” The voice paused. “What exactly happened here?” The rain had been beating down all day long. It was late by now and the weather reports had said that there…
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Irnon Will Rise
As I sit here in this damp, dark cell, my only friend the warmth of the flickering candlelight illuminating this scrap of paper, I have to wonder how I got…
Read NowHell’s Recruit
Today is the day it ends for him. Luther has his last meal, which is a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda. Luther looks at the men who watch him eat…
Read NowThunder on the Horizon, there’s a Storm in my Head
We lived a good life, nothing lavish or anything, but good. That all changed when my mom died in a car wreck. She was going seventy down the highway and…
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I Raised the Devil’s Daughter
You know those stories where a woman walks into the bar, meets a stunning man and gets pregnant, then finds out she’s bearing the offspring of Lucifer? Well, this is not…
Read NowShow Business
While I was getting my Bachelor of Fine Arts back at Woodbury University in 2006, I and a few of my classmates got the opportunity of interning at Disney Animation…
Read NowAmong the Trees
For several nights I have seen a man vanish into the woods behind my home; a man that I do not recognize. It started three nights ago. I thought nothing…
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