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The Mechanic
My boss is an absolute dipshit. Sorry, I hate to be so blunt but that’s just the way it is. My name is Sarah Collins and I work as a…
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The River Serpent
My best friends Darius and Jordan learned about my fear of swimming during an impromptu tubing trip on the Farmington River. The summer after I turned twenty-six, Darius and Jordan…
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Past Life Regression Study
I was sat in what looked like a dentist's chair in a dimly lit room. The doctor strapped me in and gave me a word of advice before starting. "Now…
Read NowA Slight Misunderstanding
*Introductory Note* What you're about to read actually happened while on an internship during Fall of 2014. In order to protect people's privacy, I'm not including the names of my…
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Things Darker Than Man
It was 3.00 AM on July 17th, 2004 when I found myself outside the site of the seventh murder in four weeks. My partner Jim McAllister and I had been…
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Mescalune’s Mobile Cinema
Whether a precocious elementary-schooler or a senior waiting to leave for college, all of us kids in Plainfield found ourselves counting down the days until Mescalune’s Mobile Cinema rolled back…
Read NowI Want To Go Home
It was a dreary kind of day. It always was in this small suburban town. On the edge of this town,there resided a deep forest which gave a little life…
Read NowA Mother’s Love
One afternoon, a couple was traveling on by car when at a far distance they saw a woman in the middle of the road, waving frantically. The wife told her…
Read NowYou Will Pay
I am your worst nightmare. I know others claim to be, but they're wrong. When you realize I'm out there, your knees go weak. You see my name, your mouth…
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The Big Man of Arden Street
I’ve lived in the same house my entire life. I grew up here, and now I’m raising my own family under this roof. Our home is no mansion…far from it.…
Read NowThere Is a Man Behind You
My name is Robert Krandall, and I play a marginal part in the following story. I am attempting to post on this site for scary stories on behalf of the…
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One Last Trick-or-Treat
It's that time of the year again. I know how I’m going to be spending Halloween. Same way I have for the past two years, slowly nursing a beer in…
Read NowCraters in Her Face
I've always been an art enthusiast. I guess I inherited that from my grandmother. She had been a painter for many years, and tried her best to instill a love…
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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…
Read NowChop the Willow
Related: Harlequin No.7 & The Kindness of Strangers “I ask him why above he crawls, scratching apart my bedroom walls. And he looks down through white eyes peeping, And says……
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I’m a Cop, and I Institutionalized Someone I Knew Wasn’t Crazy
For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Sarah Barkley. I'm a cop in a small, rural, Pennsylvania town currently stuck working the night shift. I work…
Read NowA Restaurant On The Cliff
The bus reeked of fast food wrappers and recycled air. Benjamin had been sitting in the same position for so long that his lower back had developed a dull, grinding…
Read NowMy 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…
Read NowMiracle City
I've never been a fan of watching the news. Usually, if the news anchors aren't being overly dramatic about the weather or sports, they're reporting on depressing things like car…
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