9 Rules for the Night Shift on Halloween Night at the Cemetery
“You sure you have all the rules memorized?” my boss said as he gathered his belongings to go home. “Yeah, sure thing. I got them all up here" I said as I pointed to my head ...
A Bad Night
“You're making a mistake.” “I'm sorry you feel that way, Mr. Monahan. Our decision has been made.” “But...” “There's nothing more to be said. Your final check will be in the mail tomorrow. Molly and I ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Blood Portals
A few days ago I got a text message from an unknown number reading “I got your proof.” I stared at the words for a bit, thinking it was a wrong number. Then I remembered the ...
A Big Responsibility
The little girl stood outside the door. She stared at it, fidgeting with the frills of her dress. She could always wait until tomorrow... No. She had to ask now. She wanted it and she knew ...
A Blackstone Family Thanksgiving
It was all over the papers, though no one really knew how the events unfolded. On the surface, it looked like the perfect Thanksgiving. The turkey was cooked to golden perfection. Steam still rose from the ...
A Bloodless Hunt
Charlie Marsh entered his apartment, reviewing the target’s details given by his anonymous employer. Someone put out a hit for the serial killer named Jamie Martin. Charlie gazed at the picture, committing it to memory, a ...
A Box of Desires
Omnia cum pretio. Latin. “Everything at a price.” This is inscribed on a golden plaque inside the box. I feel I should have considered this phrase more carefully, and would if I had the chance again ...
A Box of Light Among the Stars
It all started when I was a little girl. Christmas Eve, 2004. I was eight years old. "Santa, is that you?" Footfalls on the staircase echoed through the house as I jumped out of bed and ...
A Boy in a Michael Myers Mask
“Considering how much crap people give this movie, it honestly isn’t that bad,” Mark said while taking another sip of his beer. His wife, Claire, took another fistful of popcorn from her bowl. “Just you wait ...
A Bump in the Night
Eider listened silently to the long and terrible creek that echoed through the silence of the night. It was far past his bedtime, the light up Spiderman clock mounted on the wall displaying the numbers “10:00” ...
A Cabin in the Swamp
My brother and I bought the camp in Des Allemands for a song. It was an old trapper’s cabin, set back down a bayou, well off the main lake and back in the swamp. It had ...
A Camp Fire Story, of Sorts
December 10th, 2003 My frozen hands tremble as I fumble to work my little butane lighter. The tips of my fingers are raw and bloodied already, and I wince in pain with every failed attempt to ...
A Candle Cove Anecdote
Loved this show. Horace Horrible was my favorite. I remember looking everywhere for his action figure but Kiddie City and KB had never even heard of the line. I finally found a talking Horace, good as ...
A Cat in the Dark
This is a story about an old Welsh witch. It was All Hallows’ Day, 1 November 1974, when the people of my village awoke to find that my house had burnt down. My parents’ charred bodies ...
A Change in Seasons
It had started in the farthest corner of my apartment; first as only the slightest hint of coppery red, before oozing from the ceiling and down the wall. I stumbled towards it, tripping over a laundry ...
A Chat Over Dinner
If you are the type who eats out regularly, one day a stranger might join you at the table. This stranger will always appear to be of your age and sex, and he (if it is ...
A Child Like No Other
When I joined the case at 47 County Street, I didn't know what to expect. As a social worker, I see all kinds of screwed up things from child abuse, to children abusing their parents. Yet, ...
A Child’s Eyes
Every child fears under their bed. If they don't, they fear the closet, or maybe that little crack in the almost closed door. Scientists know that children are more perceptive, they see things adults don't. They ...
A Childhood Dream Destroyed
There is no God. There is no Heaven. There is no Hell. There is only this fucking Dorito disguised as a GODDAMN Greasy lookin chicken nugget from McDonald's Hell, where it was banished for all entirety ...
A Childhood Phone Number
It started when a friend of mine came over, which led to us speaking at length about our childhood homes. He grew up in a different province where things seemed so much different than the way ...
A Christmas Feast
He first suspected that they were going to eat him when he noticed the distinct lack of Yuletide smells. It wasn't perhaps a conscious thought, at least not one which had been fully realised, but there ...