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Within the Darkness
It all started after moving into my new house. Yeah, that’s pretty cliché. Believe me, I know, but it’s what happened. I never experienced anything supernatural before and, though interested,…
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The Man on Easter Island
It's just a legend. But...I suppose...that's what most of those unbelievable things turn out to be...legends. I heard this legend from my grandmother. I asked her about it when I…
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Sammy’s Halloween Spooktacular
"Are we ever gonna get there," Sarah whined from the back seat. "We still have a ways to go, Punkin," my wife replied. I could tell she was as tired…
Read NowWill You Sleep Tonight?
My name is often whispered, my memory abhorred, My touch brings out the blisters, my skin is cracked and torn. My eyes are small and heartless, just circles black as…
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Full Circle
This is the sixth and final part of the By the Fire's Light series. Names we give have power As we discovered too late For we have named the nameless…
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I Bought a Strange Guitar; I Think the World Is Ending
At this point, there is little that will make any difference. I can protest that I am a victim, I was always a victim, the same as everybody. But I…
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There’s a Giant Person in the Sky
I think I’ve lost my goddamn mind. Everything was fine until I walked out of work this afternoon. Dan, my cube-mate, and I were walking out of the building talking…
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The Auction
The first time I saw it I was trying to sell a dead woman’s clothes. It was all legal of course. Her storage unit was full of them. She had…
Read NowThe Damned’s Congregation
Samir stood beneath the concrete awning of Masjid al-Noor, rainwater dripping from the edges of his black coat, and studied the brass lettering bolted above the entrance. The letters were…
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Sticks and Stones
My heart was already racing when I sat down in the passenger seat of the filthy and foul-smelling land yacht of an ancient Cadillac. The large man who was to…
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A Hunter’s Feast
Every fourth Thursday in November, families across the country gather together in celebration of the love and appreciation they feel for one another. This of course takes place over a…
Read NowI’ve Plumbed This Whole City
It's so easy to forget about what lies beneath the streets of the modern world. Towers that scrape the sky and estates that stretch on for miles, the urban sprawl…
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The Wormhole
I stared at the odd hole that had appeared in my arm overnight. It was located on the inside of my forearm just before the bend of my elbow. I’m…
Read NowThe Townhouse in Waterloo
It was your average evening. The normally blue skies were turning a pale orange as the sun set, the evening breeze was rolling in, making everything a bit more relaxed…
Read NowThe Curling Flames
This is the fourth entry in the By the Fire's Light series. “So,” Jared said, a sneer on his face. “I suppose you’ve come to find out why I did…
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Hitchhiker’s Haven
My name is Noah Ryley, and I like to burn things. It had all started when I was nine, after my parents separated. Custody was granted to my mother since…
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I am a Head-hunter working in a very specialized sector
8am, Monday morning. I arrived at the office early, entering through the non-descript and well concealed back door set off a rubbish-strewn back alley. There is no way you’d know…
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