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An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Have you ever heard the expression "an apple a day keeps the Doctor away?" Most assume, with no reason to think otherwise, that it is simply an easy-to-remember rhyme that…
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I Made Him Up For Company on Long Car Rides, Now He Follows Me Everywhere
As a kid, it took everything I had not to paint the inside of my family’s car with a wave of vomit. My carsickness was the bane of our long…
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Mistress Inviere
I remember my grade 11 English teacher once said that death was the greatest mystery of life. We don't know what exists on the other side of the curtain of…
Read Now44 Ashbrooke Lane
I was seven when I moved into that house at Ashbrooke Lane. At least that’s what my parents tell me. My recollection of that time is vague. I have memories…
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I was transported to a hellish alternate universe. This is my story.
The Traveller Series I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying - Part 2 I’ve travelled…
Read NowTo Whom It May Concern
To whom it may concern, I don't know your name and you do not know mine. That's just as well, because I have tried to speak with you these many…
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Father Cooke: Part 6 – Don’t Stop Believing
I sat on the wide ledge looking down at the people walking by on the sidewalk far below. They really did look like ants when viewed from so far away.…
Read NowThe Tundra
The native villagers around these parts say that there’s a stretch of tundra just north of here that is occupied by benevolent spirits. These spirits grant insight and warning to…
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I Found a Tree in my Backyard: The Animate Forests
Journal entry: August 30th, 2031. My name is Dr. Gabrielle Antario, and there’s something going on that you all should know about. It all started in January of 2020, with…
Read NowKill the Killers (Parody)
The shack was dark, almost, too dimly lit for a normal person to see into. But he was used to it, after years of wandering the darkness his eyes had…
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Father Cooke: Part 1 – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Publisher's Note: This story is part of the author's Father Cooke series of interrelated stories. If you enjoy it, the author invites you to click here to read the other tales…
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The House of Dead Gods
Nothing and no one lived in the house. Nothing except the creeping moss and the attic spiders. No sounds of mirth emanated from within, no did lights of joviality come…
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The Bottom of the Ninth
“Welcome back to the bottom of the ninth inning ladies and gentlemen and it appears that we have yet to receive an update on the injury to the twenty four-year…
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Stay Off the Ice
Ever since grade three, my friends and I could make Derek Zimmer believe anything. Anything. From Pop-Rocks and Coke will make your stomach explode; to earwigs actually burrow in your…
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Dagon’s Beacon
“Grey rocks, and greyer sea.And surf along the shore.And in my heart a name.My lips shall speak no more.” - Charles G.D. Roberts, Grey Rocks and Greyer Sea “Gods curse…
Read NowAbbadelli’s Family Villa
Author's note: A peculiar journal was discovered in the Abbadelli’s family villa, located in ███████ Italy. The piece seems to date back to the 18th century, yet is in a…
Read NowThe Banshee
I can't fall back to sleep. I don't even remember what woke me up, but now that I'm awake I can't fall back asleep no matter how hard I try.…
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The Stranger
THE STRANGER only comes at night. He only comes to certain people, too: those trapped in life, unable to free themselves from the daily grind and the cares that keep…
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The Grim (Black Shuck)
It was a dark, foggy night, as it really should be whenever something eerie happens. I was walking from my dad’s house over to my mom’s. I’d had a fight…
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Watch for Deer
The roads are different at night. It's something my mom used to say all the time. She said it when I was a child in the back seat, and she…
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The Church in the Woods
Chapter One: The Dream I had a weird dream last night. It wasn’t like your normal everyday dream. It was very disturbing to me. I wouldn’t consider it a nightmare,…
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