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The Dancer
It began about a week ago, as I slept. I was having the most bizarre nightmare I've ever had. I was alone, and surrounded by darkness. I couldn’t see or…
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There’s Something Seriously Messed Up With My New TV
There’s no interesting backstory here; I didn’t buy this thing from some, like, creepy garage sale. I didn’t get it as a gift from some estranged relative that doubled as…
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Grand Opening!
“Darren, did you know they opened a Target in Owingsville?” my wife Deborah asked me excitedly. “Grab the car keys and let's go check it out!” I rolled my eyes.…
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An Anthology: Alphabetically Organized
A is for Astronaut Very rarely did something ever come into view of the International Space Station that wasn’t Earth. There was considerable surprise when, hovering just beyond the reach…
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My DNA Genealogy Test Shattered Everything I Thought I Knew About My Life
I sat against the red and brown brick wall outside the police station, knees tucked into my chest. My heavy breaths clouded in front of me as the cold winter…
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I Was Raised to Believe I Was an Android
From an early age I was told my father had “built” me and that I was built to help the family. Any feelings or thoughts that differed from his programming…
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Tower of Silence
January 19, 2003 — Indian officials ventured into a deep jungle, investigating several missing persons reports from a nearby city. What they found was a “Tower of Silence,” or dakhma.…
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Something happened in an Irish border town that was kept out of the history books
I’ll start this account by admitting I was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army during the early 1970's. I joined as a volunteer in the South Down Brigade…
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The Chimney Man
My dad built his dream cabin in the southern Ozarks back in 1991, a reward to himself for achieving early retirement. The damn thing took nearly a year to build,…
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Incomprehensible
"Do you ever have thoughts about hurting yourself?" "No." "Have you ever thought about harming anyone else?" "Never." Doctor Osbourne leaned back in his green leather chair. His slacks slid…
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In Our Town
In our town, you prayed for a boy when you first felt that kick in your belly. Mama said she cried the day I came out of her, she was…
Read NowThe Crawling House On Black Pond Road
I can’t sleep. I have to share because maybe I won’t feel if I share. Dr. Kirsch says to write and get it off my chest. Writing about it might…
Read NowA poem of fractured mind
Poem of fractured mind Doctors and nurses digging through my head Stitching through psyche like needle through thread Picking through all of the places in mind Searching for something that…
Read NowThe House that Death Forgot
Melinda hated driving at night. She did her best to avoid it. Short trips to the store if she just realized she ran out of tampons or had nothing for…
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Stay Away From the Angels
I was a bloody mess. After the twelve car pile-up on the freeway, it was a miracle I was even conscious, albeit just barely. There was only one hospital within…
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The Shadowlands Express
1 – The Train I can’t say why I was chosen to ride the shadowlands express. Why me, and not the countless others who have sinned during their mortal lives?…
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The Horrors Of The Backrooms Part Two
Read Part One Here It’s been about three months since my whole incident with The Expanse. I had been seeing my new therapist. Tiffany, for pretty much that entire length…
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Come and Play
I know how this is going to sound. I know that it sounds impossible. Insane. Bat-shit crazy. God knows I’ve been over it again and again. I’ve thought of every…
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