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Crimson Fangs
“I’m so cold.” This was the first thought that entered into Amber’s dazed consciousness. Her eyelids flickered open to see nothing but hazy darkness around her. Moaning softly, she struggled…
Read NowMy Watch Thinks I’m Nameless
My wife had been on me about my weight for a while. Said I needed to start taking my health seriously — “for our children,” whatever that means. I didn’t…
Read NowThe Merton Account
Dear Mr. Valentine, As per your request, I've collected reliable morsels of information from the many and often incoherent accounts that detail the events which transpired in Merton on September…
Read NowThe Mirror
I touched the button in the middle of the screen, and a quick blue flash filled the room. I turned my phone's screen towards me, and looked at the photo…
Read NowThe Piano Man
When I graduated from college, my best friend Diana and I embarked upon a grand tour of Europe. Halfway through our trip, we had planned to spend three days in…
Read NowRiley, My Haunted Halloween Doll
My name is Lydia. I’m 30 years old, and I love celebrating Halloween with my best friend, Martha. Martha and I have been best friends ever since we were ten…
Read NowThe Two Figurines
It was around Thanksgiving when my grandparents came to visit. It had been almost two years since I and my younger brother and sister, Eric and Breanna, got to see…
Read NowPlaying With Sound
Does anyone remember talkboys? They weren't anything special, just a nifty looking tape recorder. They came out roughly around the same Christmas that Home Alone 2 was released, there was…
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The Mood Ring
I found it in the back corner of a thrift store, hidden beneath a pile of broken jewelry. It was an old, tarnished mood ring with a thick, silver band…
Read NowMauvaise Foi
“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” -Stephen King Somewhere out there in this great blue world of ours, across oceans and throughout time, there is…
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Wonderland
An army of birds sat in the branches of an old oak tree. She walked quickly, carefully, quietly, cautiously, cradling the duffle bag she held in her arms like a…
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The Static Portrait
It all began with the painting. My mom is an artist—she has a very creative style, one that often leaves me speechless, but not always in a good way. She’s…
Read NowThe Peculiar Painting
The grandfather clock struck eleven as the wealthy old man rubbed his eyes, tired from reading one of his many dusty books that were stacked neatly on a tall oak…
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I Hate Mondays
Robert never came to the beach when his friends and family invited him – for a swim, for a picnic, for a party – and so they stopped asking. He…
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The French Traveler
The scene was the Savant Club in the last years of the 19th century. Despite the extreme lateness of the hour, a few of the regulars were gathered there for…
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It’s Gonna Be Another Hot One!
It started as quite an unremarkable summer, as far as summers usually go in the city. It became swelteringly hot within days of spring ending, queuing the opening of windows…
Read NowThe Empty Vial
You come into possession of an old box. Inside are several glass vials filled with dirt, dust and tiny bits of gravel or cement. The vials are labeled with places…
Read NowTyconderoga
Last paper of the term. Only a 500 word paper. Sounds easy, he thought. That will only take a few hours at the most. It was an exercise in tedium.…
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I found a thumb drive in my basement
The frigid November air entering through the window contrasted sharply with the humid heat under my mask, caused by my rapid and uneven breathing. My hands fidgeted with a button…
Read NowMountain Magic
Coming from the Appalachian foothills of West Virginia, where driving to town was a big to-do, I realized at a young age that people tend to lean toward the supernatural…
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