
We Dream of the Quiet Dark
I crawl. Thirsty. Bitter. So bitter, but I must eat them. The things that grow. They came here in a recent time. The growths are bright. They have a neck, and there is a ball on ...

We Few Are Many
Just the concept alone was enough to draw me in. “An internet underneath the internet. The dark web,” is how my old friend Kyle described it to me. It wouldn’t be until he gave me a ...

We Found a Cave During Our Annual Hiking Trip
Summer for me and my friend, Jake, usually only meant one thing: Endless hiking trips in the mountainous terrain around our city. While traveling far away was a luxury we couldn't afford, we'd frequently spent the ...

We found an abandoned structure in the middle of the wilderness. I wish we hadn’t.
Just outside of the town I live in, there is a massive densely wooded park that is largely forgotten. It’s not that people don’t know it is there, but it’s simply more of an afterthought. It’s ...

We found God and now she’s stealing our breath
We were just some dumb seniors in high school when we found it. A rowdy bunch who barely paid attention in class and spent most of the time just drinking. It was just us; Jonathan, Mason ...

We Found Heaven, and It Was Empty
Nearly three decades ago, work had begun on a machine that could punch a hole through the fabric of reality. A hole straight through to another reality and beyond. The idea was that, with the right ...

We May Have Rented a Home From a Serial Killer
Sometimes you live through things that haunt you. Sometimes; no matter how many yearsgo by, you can't seem to break free from a place, or a memory. There is a place like that for me... When ...

We Should’ve Checked the CarFax
This is a true story, a quite disturbing occurrence I had the misfortune to experience when I was at the impressionable - and, mind you, easily frightened - age of 7. The entire spectacle is centered ...

We Thought You Knew
The rental house exceeded my expectations. You may think $400 per month rent for a three bedroom, two bath, furnished house four miles from a state university suspicious, but having grown up in the foothills, I ...

We Watch You Sleep
People are suing about everything these days. I remember hearing about that direct marketing company Monat getting a class action lawsuit against them because their beauty products were making hair fall out instead of making it ...

We’ll Be in Touch
Do you know that I used to watch you when you were growing up? Because I did. Does that frighten you, David? I remember one time when you went to the park with your mother and ...

We’re all a little weird
"This shit always happens. First no service, and now no food," Teresa said, brow furrowed and pointing across the campfire before burying her face into her hands. "It's not my fault! I swear!" David yelled, raising ...

Weight of a Crown
Simon huddled closer to Meredith as the two sat gazing at Manhattan in the distance. A city, once vibrant and full of life, now stood as a mausoleum. Skyscrapers reached toward the darkening sky little more ...

Weightless
“One hundred eight-six!” I announced gleefully. “That’s incredible!” My wife responded. “How does it feel to be so svelte?” “Well, I don’t know about svelte, but I feel great.” I replied. “I haven’t weighed 186 since ...

Weisserdorf
My last memory was that of surviving a deadly Nazi airstrike. My head was groggy, still ringing from the shrapnel blast. I thank whatever god is out there that my helmet managed to deflect the hit ...

Welcome | Ireland
From the quietest place I have ever known. Ireland 2012 - Michael B. My first trip to Ireland was like no other. Before going to Ireland, I had never been to Europe. I found myself adoring ...

Welcome To IRIS
I lost my laptop for a few days, and after a thorough search of my apartment, I retraced my steps to an internet café called Trista’s that I occasionally visit. I could have sworn I remembered ...

Welcome To Sandalwood
There is a town in the Deep South that is spoken of in whispers around campfires and by drunks in bars. No one knows its exact location, as those who have been there can’t agree on ...

Well Water
We began feeling sick after the rains abated, and the backyard remained a slick muddy mess where the grass hadn't grown back, and the foundation for our new in-ground pool filled to the height of my ...

Wendall Lane Diaries: You Shouldn’t
Disclaimer: I am not a paranormal investigator. I am an author. While looking for inspiration for a book, I came across a series of stories surrounding a home in the American Pacific North West. It is ...

Wendigo Psychosis
Winter pounded on the door and walls around the wooden shack the men had found and hunkered down in. The small military force was at their wit’s and body’s ends; they were exhausted, soaking wet, and ...