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Consumption
As I sit outside on my porch I stare off into the darkness, focusing my attention to the moon. On this night it was full, and seemingly shone brighter than…
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Pastel Horrors
The Easter basket arrived this morning, though I live alone and ordered nothing. Inside, nestled amongst the garish plastic grass, wasn't chocolate, but a single, impossibly large, milky-white eye staring…
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Midnight at the mountains of Mourne
I remember the first time I saw the Mourne Mountains in the mist. It was a Friday, just after the rain had passed, and the clouds were still clinging to…
Read NowThe Secret Room
I always thought that I was pretty safe from most things since I was living on a military base. The past recent events have proved otherwise. My name is Seaman…
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From Where It Came
Hello Grandma, I am currently writing to you because I'm afraid that you are the last of my relatives who I believe will be willing to hear my story. You…
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We Watch You Sleep
People are suing about everything these days. I remember hearing about that direct marketing company Monat getting a class action lawsuit against them because their beauty products were making hair…
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The Dark Man
My grandfather on my dad’s side passed away from cancer back in 2018 at the age of 75. Unlike my mom’s parents and my dad’s mom, my two brothers, my…
Read NowA Poem for Your Heart
I love you so dearly, so warming and bright, you give such joy that lasts me through the night. Your smiling face always so true, Don't you see? I love…
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No Such Thing As Ghosts
Jeremy Miller was never a man of God. Whereas all the other kids he grew up with spent their Sundays in their respective holy houses, Jeremy spent his Sunday mornings…
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The Yellow-Eyed Devils
Adventure. Adventure is what I craved. I wanted to gain the fruits of life that I had so long been denied in my youth—and, in those days, those fruits could…
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Blackout – 8/15/14
8/16 I was home alone when the blackout hit my house. I was sitting on my back patio reading a book when I heard the air unit to my left…
Read NowThe Birth of Spencer Terrell
The desert wind always sounded like someone trying to whisper through a throat full of sand. Outside of Natasha’s bedroom window, the giant saguaro cacti stood like jagged, frozen silhouettes…
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I walked the Labyrinth and lived to tell the tale
I’m no hero – that much will become obvious as you read my account. In fact, I’m a coward…the type who always takes the easiest path. Left to my own…
Read NowMy Wife, the Fox Spirit
It had been roughly a year. That's how much time had passed since Jessica died. She was and still remains the love of my life. I thought that time would…
Read NowImagination
There it goes again. Something definitely moved this time. It was very brief, but out of the corner of your eye, you saw something. But wait. All the doors are…
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The Kokopelli of the Black Mesa
Intense, sticky, long and uncommon are just a few words you could use to describe the summer I’ve been having. I don’t believe it to be an entirely unique experience,…
Read NowThat Night In The Mirror
I’ll tell you right now that my story doesn’t have any dramatic climax or any cathartic resolution. Don’t bother reading it if that’s what you’re looking for. My story is…
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What happens when we try to calculate a mad man’s thoughts
It was a miracle. Dr. Randleman had done it. He made thoughts visible...His achievement, AA numerical calculation of images and emotions. Dr. Randleman was a genius known throughout academia as…
Read NowI’m No Fool
"Daddy, there's a monster in my closet." "No, there isn't," I reply in my half-asleep state, "we've been through this already." Now my wife is awake too. "Shouldn't you at…
Read NowThe Mannequin Does Not Move
Elsie stood on the front steps of the mall, her brunette hair waving in the wind as she gazed at the fading storm, the clouds illuminated by the sunset. The…
Read NowIt Followed Me Home
It was no later than 3 am when I heard Chris knocking at the door again. Stumbling out of my sheets, I fought the urge to lay back down and…
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The Khatese-Kai
CHAPTER ONE Demons Of Darkness by Olivia B. She stood on the bridge In silence and fear For the demons of darkness Had driven her here They cut her heart…
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