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Monster Hunting and Other Inadvisable Behavior
3:30 p.m., 1-September: One three-person party entered the Rio Grande National Forest in Hinsdale County, Colorado. They consisted of Trevor Nyson (37 years old) and Matilda Nyson (33 years old),…
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Pickman’s Model
You needn’t think I’m crazy, Eliot—plenty of others have queerer prejudices than this. Why don’t you laugh at Oliver’s grandfather, who won’t ride in a motor? If I don’t like…
Read NowThe Bonzi Kidnappings
Everyone remembers something different from the Windows XP era. Some remember Club Penguin. Others remember LimeWire. I don't remember any of that. I remember Bonzi. I remember being around 8…
Read NowThe Cabinet
Every family in every town in every country on every continent has one. It’s a cabinet, not particularly odd, not out of place. The paint was peeling a bit on…
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The Massacre at Wahini
Doctor Smith has requested that I tell my story as part of my rehabilitation. I couldn't find myself able to speak it, so, he had me write it down instead.…
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The Eye of the Storm
The storm slithered across the countryside, consuming all in its path. Hurricanes are nasty, especially in southern Florida. This one was a category four, with sustained winds of 150 miles…
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This Ukrainian ghost town wasn’t as abandoned as I thought…
It was around noon when the rust-coated sign that marked the town’s entrance came into my view. Sighing in relief that Google Maps hadn’t failed me, I guided my car…
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File Number 1
It was around two years ago that I first found the files. There were twenty of them, carefully arranged and bound up inside brown paper folders, each one stamped and…
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The Email Chain
It came in at night, when Charlie Posner was sound asleep on his right side, snoring so loudly you might think he had an engine in him. His computer lit…
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Fish in a Barrel
Daniel Truman was an older guy I used to work with. All things considered, he was a decent person, though he was one of those folks who had a story…
Read NowThere is Something Going Through my Garbage
I don’t know what to do at this point, which is why I’ve come here. What I’ve seen has changed me. I don’t know if what I’ve seen is real,…
Read NowSpooky: Horrors of the Battlefield
It’s a wondrous thing, getting to work in the U.S. military. Sure, to each their own, Army does its thing, the Marines, the Special Forces, the Navy. I always wanted…
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Hell’s Tour Guide – The Ninth Circle
Read Part one here Read Part two here You know that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you wake up after a night of alcohol-fuelled debauchery and…
Read NowPoisoned Oak — The Sacred Grove
Related: Poisoned Oak Bassa was not unlike many of his neighbors in Glevum, a town in the Roman province of Britannia; men who were originally brought to this land by…
Read NowHunting Grounds
Ding dong! Erin Tucker (“Erry” to anyone besides her mother) looked up from her tablet to see which of the locals had come to bug her before she finally got…
Read NowI Cannot Forget Him
The tall, human-like figure moved about the thick trees with no struggle at all. It was as if it was floating; it made no noise and the only movement seen…
Read NowThe Lord of the Scarecrows
In this place, where tales of terror draw forth the most loathsome of emotions, stop for a moment, dear seeker, and reflect. Is there someone that you really and truly…
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The Beast of Silver Crossing
Oh, the town of Silver Crossing…Oh?... You’ve never heard of us?... I’m not surprised. You see, our little town can’t be found on Google maps. As far as the rest…
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My Roommate Joined a Deep Web Cult
I’m a student at Bridgewater State in Massachusetts. I share a dorm with my roommate, Wallace. We both major in computer science, and that’s all we’ve ever talked about on…
Read NowFrom the Mouths of Lambs
It had been an unseasonably mild November day, and my lounge was flooded with the kind of beautiful caramel light that only seems particular to bright Autumn days. My fiancé,…
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The Debt Collector
Grant could not have asked for a prettier day to drive on. He had only been driving for Uber for a couple of months now in his free time, but…
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