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9 Rules for the Night Shift on Halloween Night at the Cemetery
“You sure you have all the rules memorized?” my boss said as he gathered his belongings to go home. “Yeah, sure thing. I got them all up here" I said…
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Nights of Fear
I usually have to do some explaining when someone finds out that my official title is Head of On-Site Security. Most people assume that the title means that I’m in…
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Bingo’s Circus Extravaganza
Paul Wallace wasn’t sure that he believed his eyes. Being as careful as he could, he took the object that had caught his gaze off of the shelf and held…
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My Baby Won’t Stop Screaming
The doctors told me it was normal. Sometimes, babies just cry. After over a week, I’m telling you now…this is not normal. My baby isn’t crying—he’s screaming. Constantly, through the…
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I watched Hell’s version of a classic television show
We’ve all been there. Unable to sleep and in a zombified state, channel surfing in the early hours, searching in vain for a program that will distract from our stresses…
Read NowSomeone Always Comes Along
Hey there. Are you lost? Me too. Aw there there, don't be scared, someone will come along. Someone always comes along. Sooner or later. I'm Amy. We can wait here…
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My Sister And I Went To A Cabin In The Middle Of Winter
Around five years ago, my sister graduated from college with a master’s degree. She was always wicked smart. She graduated not only with honors, but six months early as well.…
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The Backroads
Thursday Today is Thursday, June 16, 2022, and I don’t know where I am. I’m parked on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, and I’m not…
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The Man Who Ate Ghosts
The days all started with the briefing room—a wall-to-wall palette of aged pastels and stark, hospital grayness. In the center of our little room, an oval-shaped table dominated the space…
Read NowAre You Coming Upstairs?
The 1980’s. The wonderful years of my early childhood, filled with the delicious smells of Christmas, baked apples and amazing memories of endless, warm summer days filled with laughter and…
Read NowSelf Preservation
If you’re reading this, then I am hopefully long gone. It’s been... two months now since the meteor struck Mississippi. There was a lot of public interest in it, astrologers…
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The Thing I Saw the Day My Friend Died
This happened years ago, but it is still something that sticks with me. This all happened like a sequence. You never know if things are supposed to happen for a…
Read NowDeath Gave Me a Choice
Death came to me that night as I sat numbly in a puddle of my own desperate blood and tears. And when I saw him, a tall entity clothed in…
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I dove to depths uncharted. They should have stayed that way.
The first thought that crossed my mind as I hit the water was how warm it was. We left for Galapagos in mid-December, arriving on site towards the end of…
Read NowThe River Country Film
It had been three years since my family had last gone on a vacation to Florida, something we did annually before the recession hit. Since we now had enough money,…
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The Farmer and the Scarecrow
I killed my best friend when I was thirteen. It wasn’t what I wanted, or what the others involved wanted, but that doesn’t matter now, he’s gone. Most people look…
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Season of Storms
“What a frickin’ mess this is.” Detective Mike Barrow stood atop a muddy ridge on a humid Monday morning, looking down at a small crew of police personnel in a…
Read NowLet Me Hear Your Voice
I know scary stories are fun to read, but they can also be a warning. I’m writing and posting this only because I know the people that come here will…
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Dogwoods Grow in the Shade
Langley Archives: Gabriel Winters Interview with 60 Minutes, November 27th, 2015 I’ve been considering this interview for a long time. For weeks I debated even allowing it to take place. …
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