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Don’t Sleep Facing the Mirror
I had just come home from a tiring day. I had to stay in school until eight because I had failed a Math test and had to go for extra…
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The Chinese Dream Tin
INCIDENT ONE The Chinese Dream Tin is a thing of evil nature, a relic easily overlooked by the foolish, and feared deeply by the wise. Sometimes, it decorates an office,…
Read NowLeon Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was electrocuted for his crime on October 29, 1901, at Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York.…
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The Mysterious Christmas Tape
Do you remember those home videos from back in the day? You know, when every special moment of your life was recorded on a video camera before smartphones existed? Well,…
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Lawrence Clement and the Ferguson Room
The following has been pieced together from primary and secondary sources found across Los Angeles County and elsewhere in California: Lawrence Clement (1870 – 1913) was a second-generation immigrant of…
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The Pillow
Awake. Lisa bolted upright in bed, hazy vapors of fear still wavering in her periphery. The details of the dream were quickly escaping leaving only the overwhelming terror that had…
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Flowers for Fiends
The Trailer The trailer always gets me. This one showed a child with brown skin and blond hair dressed in blue, sleeping under a tree. You won’t wake up, the…
Read NowWhy Exercise is Bad For You
It all started when I got fat. I had been wanting to lose weight for a while, but being a not-exactly-starving-starving artist, I didn't have the money to join a…
Read NowNice To Meet You
Hello. Its nice to finally meet you. Finally? Oh, its uhh.. I'm just overjoyed to have someone to talk to. Oh, I cannot express how happy I am to have…
Read NowHammer and Nails
You are standing at the top of the ancient wooden staircase, looking down at the darkness beneath. Shelf after shelf of dusty supplies and stacks of books line the basement…
Read NowDoctor Carney’s Thesis
Does anybody here ever watch those online TED Talks? They’re short lectures given at an annual convention by intellectuals of just about every field or job description. They cover all…
Read NowWho Was Phone?
oK so basicaly its like this. youare at a friends house for like the night or watever and then you guys are making out on the couch (yeah!) and then…
Read NowThe Library
So the other day the library calls to have my department do some computer work for them. Usually they have their own IT staff, but sometimes our department will go…
Read NowYou Are Being Transferred To The Operator
I had had enough of the running around, the missed calls, the signed cards: I had had it with the second guessing, hiding behind my curtains and hearing nothing but…
Read NowKeep The Mask On
My father was not a famous man, but he should've been. He was the first person to break ground on that archaeology dig in Egypt you didn't hear about. I…
Read NowWhere A Kid Can Be A Kid
When I was a child my father owned a janitorial company that worked almost every night at our local Showbiz Pizza Place/Chuck E. Cheese’s. He would often bring me to…
Read NowWords In The Dark
Ever since I was small I've had a fascination with old things, buildings specifically. Something about things that rot and decay is beautiful to me, I don't really know why.…
Read NowMask of Mokembu
The native crouched over the dying fire pit, he was making circle with the skulls. The smell of the jungle was overpowering, and he could he the distinct yipping of…
Read NowThe Statue
You some how wake up surrounded by very tall hedges. You are very disoriented and groggy. As you observe your surroundings, you realize that you are in a very complex…
Read NowThe Prophecy of Zarah
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the early part of the 20th century is one of the most important episodes in the field of Bible scholarship. They have…
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Am I Crazy?
I do not know where to start. Usually, this would not be written for someone to read. However, I cannot trust my own judgement. What I write here is for…
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