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Be Home by Midnight on Halloween Night
Growing up, my dad would tell me scary stories, ones he claimed he experienced during his childhood. His stories would both fascinate and terrify me. As I grew older, the…
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Her Horrific Inheritance
The envelope was thick, cream-colored, and addressed to me in elegant, unfamiliar script. It arrived on a day like any other – a Tuesday, rain slicking the windows of our…
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Santa’s Magic
The night of Christmas Eve 2008 is a blur, depending on how much medication I am given that day. I can avoid the nurses for a couple of hours, but…
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The Man with the Woolly Face
I want to tell you the story of a bizarre thing that happened to me five years ago. It was what you might call a life changing experience, a metaphorical…
Read NowThe Most Beautiful Creature
The most beautiful creature I’d ever seen never seemed to close the curtains of her room next door. We’d only moved in a week before, but it was hard not…
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All The Swans Are Gone
I used to go out for walks along the canal next to my flat; waving to the canal boats, and watching the swans. I used to hear children; laughing in…
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I Bought a Haunted Piano
I am a musician. Not a terribly great one, but still, I consider myself a musician. I can play with the best of them, and I know my way around…
Read NowAnything for true art
How far am I willing to go to make my dream come true? Through hell and back, that’s what I kept telling myself. Through hell and back. I’d been out…
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I’m An Academic Postdoctoral Researcher And I Have Some Stories The Public Should Know
I need to get some weight off my chest and honestly, I don’t know where else it would be appropriate or believed than here. I'm probably telling you all this…
Read NowThe Closest Enemy
Some murderers see their work as an art form. If their piece is a success, they will continue on with their life, outside of jail. However, with the limited capability…
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It Wasn’t a Reindeer
“Christ,” I muttered to myself, as the first flakes of snow started to fall. They gathered in fuzzy clumps over the windshield before my wipers cleared them away. I’d been…
Read NowThe Photograph Pile
A young girl walking home from school found a small pile of Polaroid photos lying in the gutter. There were twenty in all, neatly wrapped in a rubber band. She…
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The Costume
On November 24, 2005, there was a disturbing occurrence at Disneyland. It was an average day at the wonder-filled amusement park. Families were scattered throughout the park, the excited squeals…
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Trick or Treat
“No, I’m going to stay in. It’s been a long day and the most I intend to do tonight is hand out candy.” “Lame. Look, just for once, ignore your…
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My Mom has been acting strange ever since I got back home from a party recently. I think I’m in danger.
Right now I don’t even know if this is the best course of action, but I feel that It’s important to document what exactly has been happening at my house…
Read NowThe Good People
One hot summer, an unnaturally hot summer for my province actually, my friend Heather invited a few of her girlfriends out to her family’s cabin a few hours away from…
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Self-Portrait of the Dead
My mom hates her father. Grandfather Jack’s name might as well have been a swear word when I was growing up. Dad told me the story once, on the condition…
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Amazon Ultra
I got an email from Amazon about a month ago saying that I had the opportunity to be part of a trial group for Amazon Ultra. The spiel promised access…
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Monsters Are Better Than Nightmares
I met my girlfriend's nightmare on the night of our three-month anniversary. It might have just been that point in our relationship -- the point when she had grown to…
Read NowOne More For The Orphan
In a small orphanage in a small village in Russia, there is a young boy. His hair is jet black, and messy, and he tattered jeans and an old dingy…
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