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That Which Is Molded
I was born into this world made from the Earth from soil and bones, from that which is dead and that which is living. My creator formed me in the…
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It Watched From the Roof
I had the house to myself, my parents were spending the weekend in Toronto, and I’d spent the day hanging out with my girlfriend. Up until I dropped her off…
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I Signed an NDA to Meet a Game Dev Team. I Regret It.
I have to be incredibly careful with what I say here. Not only because of the NDA I signed with one of the biggest names in gaming, but because what…
Read NowFrogs Are Good Luck
I grew up in Northern Nevada, and have always had a love for the macabre side of things. Interested in ghost stories and the town’s folklore, I often found myself…
Read NowSynthetic Skies
[PLAYING RECORDING 053] We’ve lived in a mountain for... I don’t care anymore. Years I guess. It’s not like there was a nuclear war or ozone collapse or whatever crap…
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My Neighbour Keeps Screaming At Night. She’s Been Dead for 6 Months.
I haven’t slept properly in half a year.Not since the night they carried Mrs. Ellery’s body out of her apartment in a zipped black bag. She lived alone.She was quiet.Sometimes…
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The Gravedigger Had an Odd Conversation
It was hardly past seven that morning when the Gravedigger saw the Earth stir. Fingers, rotted and skeletal, burst forth from the dirt, and with force they pulled their bodies…
Read NowMisanthrope
Call me a misanthrope, an introvert, whatever. The fact is, I always thought I preferred being alone. I had a couple of friends. Well, mainly acquaintances. People I worked with.…
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The Dollmaker
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqSmb3n0j8o[/embedyt] “The Dollmaker” directed by Al Lougher A grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences. For more…
Read NowBath Water
While I have some scary incidents that happened throughout my younger life, this one has probably stuck with me the most. I remember when I was a little boy, and…
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My Uncle was Obsessed with Holes
Recently my family was contacted by a storage unit company. They said my dad was listed as the secondary contact for a unit under my uncle's name. Which was strange,…
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These Are the Lies We Tell
The dog ran away today. It’s an easy lie, a simple one. Believable. No one questions it. Everyone knows how dogs are. There’s some work to follow through on it,…
Read NowThe House I Squatted In Never Existed
My father committed suicide when I was six years old. When you're that young, you don't really understand much beyond the fact that Daddy is never coming back home. And…
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The Dark Mirror at the Eastman Estate
“Drink the blood! Drink the blood!” Tessa jumped and cursed at the ancient African Grey parrot in the silver cage. She had been in her new position only a fortnight…
Read NowDark Radio
The general span for FM radio stations usually falls in the range of 79kHz to 108kHz. AM stations generally fall in the range of 530kHz to 1750kHz. Within these frequencies…
Read NowI Wasn’t Allowed to See My Face
Most of my childhood was spent in the same 20 square miles of forest, somewhere in the Appalachian wilderness. I lived there with my mom in this cabin she claims…
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The Boy In The Glass Jar
The big two-story mansion kind of surprised me. I was awestruck by how beautiful it was. I had not expected Anita Peuvront to be the kind of person who would…
Read NowThe Last Channel
My grandmother died at 3:33 AM on a Tuesday, and her TV wouldn't turn off. Not wouldn't—couldn't. We unplugged it. We cut the power to her room. We even took…
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Plot Holes
The day I found my first hole was the day my best friend came back from the dead. We were in high school and stupid. Jake was his name and…
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