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I’m a low level US Government employee. I just saw something I wasn’t supposed to see.
You know that meme about how presidents and governors, after getting elected, look super shell-shocked and stressed the next time they make a public appearance? Like the first thing that…
Read NowThe Cafe visitor
I wake up on my couch, the television stuck on “Are you still watching?” Rolling over, I glance at the coffee table. “Where’s my phone?” I sit up, scouring back…
Read NowAllodoxaphobia
The Red Cross had been aggressive in the previous few weeks. It felt like every day I would get a phone call soliciting my donation. That was my punishment for…
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The Late Show
They move again tonight. I lay and watch them, seeing as it’s all I can do. They slip and slide through the street lamp window curtain shaded light and I…
Read NowFILE 2.8 [Ted Stokes] – The ‘TDC’ Experiment – 01/26/1992
FILE 2.8 [Ted Stokes] - The 'TDC' Experiment - 01/26/1992Note: The following text was found on a notepad in the now-destroyed 'AFM' base in central Idaho, and is presumed to…
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Bigger Fish
My friend and I have always known not to go into the woods around my house at night. I live in a really, really rural area. Like, the nearest house is about…
Read NowKnown Only As “It”
The following is a true story, including the account of, first, my friend we'll refer to as Kaskie, and my own. We were in Basic Training for the Navy, nearing…
Read NowToday You, Tomorrow Me
Today you, tomorrow me.----------------------------- "Stop!".Tyler barked from across the room. The uncharacteristically aggressive tone of his voice causing all three of usto turn around and face him. Mark and Jess…
Read NowThe Last Light
The bulb hung from a wire that didn't seem to lead anywhere. Above it, darkness. Below, a circle of yellow light, and inside it, a man on his knees, hands…
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The Late-Night Creature Feature in Pompeii, Indiana
There is an almost universal feeling of discomfort and unease that a person experiences when they see a deserted place that their mind tells them should be full of people.…
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Another Hungry Mouth
Constance would not tell anyone who the father was. Not when her mother cried nor when her father yelled. Not even when her older sister, Emily, sat on her bed…
Read NowThe Letters
You were out of town for the weekend. When you came back to your apartment, your mailbox was stuffed full. At least 30 letters. Letters with no return address, several…
Read NowI am the new head barber of “The Seven Scissors.” Please don’t come to our shop.
My name is Jamal, and this is my dying declaration. Or maybe it isn't. I'm not really sure, to be honest. I'm not sure if what's coming for me is…
Read NowReturn to Funland
Please consider reading Funland, by the same author, before proceeding with this story. Thank you! I live in a small town in Massachusetts where nothing big ever seems to happen.…
Read NowAnencephaly
I've never had nightmares like this before. I'm not a fan of horror, I'm not depressed, I haven't even been under any especial strain lately. I'm just a good person,…
Read NowDreams that Dig up the Dead
The house we lived in was so big. Big enough for about six people, and we only had three. It was our dream home, the walls were made of happiness,…
Read NowMyriad Boardwalk
As I walk down the familiar venue of Myriad Boardwalk, I realize that this shoreline amusement park is different from it once was. I remember the bright, rich colors of…
Read NowProject Icarus
If there was any doubt by the turn of the twenty-first century, by the dawn of the twenty-second, it was an unmistakable reality: technological civilization was unsustainable. In 2130, with…
Read NowCrown of Screams
I grew up in a small, out-of-the-way town. One of those places where folks only stop by to ask for directions. I know that's how a lot of scary stories…
Read NowOn Floating Bodies
Whenever Gideon said something like "This is going to be fucking awesome" the end result was, inevitably, disaster. But that was ok. Aidan loved disaster. So when Gideon showed up…
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Back to Ravensville
Marcus Ridge was an ordinary young man living alone in his one-bedroom apartment—which looked more like a tiny studio—right in the middle of the city. Not many people, not even…
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Hospital Hill
John sat with his grandmother on the balcony terrace overlooking West Bay Road and the lower Hampshire valley. The lush green fields from springtime were now singed-brown; the lack of…
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Another Fairy Tale
Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a story that became well known in all the kingdoms of men. It started as a whisper in…
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He won’t stop staring
Today was a weird day. It was another long day at the office. Piles of paperwork stood a mile high on my desk, and it'd taken hours to even make…
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