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In the Dark
I see you over there, tucked into your bed. I hope you feel uncomfortable. I hope you sense me over here, watching you. I wonder if you can see my…
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Don’t Look Outside
I've been living in a fifth wheel on my recently purchased property. The goal was to build a home on the 2 acres of land but the weather didn't agree…
Read NowThe Mistake
I was awoken by a low thumping sound. Startled, I sat up in bed but I could see nothing in the darkness of my room. No odd shapes. Thinking it…
Read NowDon’t Knock Back
The following excerpt is from the personal journal of Walter Harris Junior collected after his disappearance which took place on June 7th, 1946. This documentation is only for the personal…
Read NowTo The Moon
Frank was strapped into his seat; he was one of the lucky ones. The trip was a way out, a way off this planet, out of the country that had…
Read NowWhere the World Gets Quiet
October 3rd The police are calling it a "behavioral crisis cluster," because they don’t have a better word for a statistical impossibility. It landed on my desk at the Federal…
Read NowThe Girl in the Window
Thank you all for coming here today on such short notice. It's very kind of you, and I wish I had something better to say to you all, or at…
Read NowLights Out
Once again the story is boring and hard to read. You miss your fifth grade reading book already. Try as you might, you just can't stay awake any longer. Your…
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Town of the Giants
“Yo. You reached Richie. Leave a message. I’ll get back to you eventually.” Rose grimaced, disconnecting the line before it rolled over to voicemail. She tossed her iPhone onto the…
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The Unvoiced
SILENCE IS GOLDENREMEMBER THIS RHYMESILENCE YOUR VOICEWHEN IT’S YOUR TIME At sixteen, you must decide. Our doctors say it doesn’t hurt a bit. They use a local anesthetic for the…
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I Watch Security Cameras In An Old Government Building – Part One
I have an idea of what you might already be thinking, how could something as boring as watching security cameras in an old government building for eight hours a night…
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Eternal Sleep
Arthur Gaunt had spent his whole life as a slave to curiosity. Above all else, he yearned for truth and an answer to those questions he had never thought to…
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I Can Taste Death
Death is inevitable. We don’t know when it will happen, simply that someday it will come for us all. Well, most people don’t know when, but I do. This is…
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The Dream Weaver
As I entered the facility, I could all but bite down the aggravating anxiety that arose from my gut as I approached the main desk. The receptionist who resided behind…
Read NowEnjoy Your Stay at the Covenwood Inn
Business trips are dreadfully boring, especially in my line of work. The only good thing about them? Hotels. The tedium of day-to-day dealings bookended with clean towels and a mint…
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The One About The Pizza Guy
If you really want to hear about it, here's what happened. It was a long time ago and I was working at a local pizza joint called Peter Pizza. I…
Read NowThe Beast In The Pines
My mom and dad were born and raised in Clarence, an old small town in the countryside between the midlands and the coast. A flat woodland, lush from its snaking…
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The Russian Sleep Experiment
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr4C_cLgXR0[/embedyt] “Deep within the Soviet Union, 1945. A dedicated Russian scientist (Gary Brunner) begins an experiment on three Nazi war criminals. Felix Nast (Michael Bugard), Hanz Berlitz (Zach Ross)…
Read NowThe Last Step
What are you doing right now? Are you slumped on your couch mindlessly flipping through the TV channels? Are you tiredly scrolling through your Facebook feed for the fiftieth time…
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