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HE leads THEM
As you learn things, you notice things As you notice things, you learn things As you learn more, more becomes real to you And as more becomes real to you,ā¦
Read NowLeft Behind
Barbara was sure the ritual worked. She stood up from the pentagram as 5 wicks slowly swirled their smoke in the room. The weather seemed angryālightning flashed and roared throughā¦
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My life is an ideal one. Good paying job, friends, apartment, nice car, and a beautiful girlfriend. Hell, even the town I live in is great. Which is not toā¦
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Oblivion’s Call
Royās hand dripped over the chalice. Crimson drops made black in the dimness, echoing as they mingled with the blood of everyone else who had preceded us. āWhat theāā Iā¦
Read NowSpectrophobia
Mirrors surround us, human beings, through all our history. Even before the first mirror was invented, one could see his reflection in some body of water. Whatever happened in theā¦
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The Oojkata
Turn back now, before your past is dug up like old bones and your soul is consumed in fire. I blinked once, watching the faded trees, like twisted, gnarled fingersā¦
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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 aā¦
Read NowThe Darkman’s Domain
3 weeks ago, I moved into my new house in the Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey. I moved in with my friend Ben. Ben and I split theā¦
Read NowYeah, So Quit Asking
A homeless man is sitting on a park bench. You are jogging. As you jog up to him, he holds his hand out and asks for change, you jog onā¦
Read NowCaught In The Cycle
The blazing gold sun wanes in the sky over the still lake, its light rays coming down, touching the water and the land stretching beyond it. As the wondrous ballā¦
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The Hallway Wasn’t Empty
Did you know that, once introduced to routine, our brains are capable of accepting it to the extent that when something changes, it doesnāt notice? The change could be smallā¦
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I’ve Never Seen A Child Eat Their Pet Before
When I joined the case at 47 County Street, I didn't know what to expect. As a social worker, I see all kinds of screwed up things from child abuse,ā¦
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I Sleep to Communicate
Most people sleep to rest. I donāt. I sleep to communicate. The person I visit knows things. It knows things about you. It knows things about them. It knows thingsā¦
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Sacred Bond
Licking the apple lip gloss off my lips isnāt enough to calm me down. I might as well down the whole bottle, puke out every last bit of brain matterā¦
Read NowYou Know That Old Urban Legend?
If you grew up in the country as I did, you've heard it. The one about some bridge or some location, usually in a valley and almost always near water,ā¦
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It Was Underneath
Three shredded arms and various disemboweled body parts were spread across Billy Fergusonās bedroom. They were randomly on the floor near his Hot Wheels cars, Star Wars toys and Nintendoā¦
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Halloween Mirrors
āCome on. Just pick a damn bag!ā āI have to choose the biggest one!ā Henry and Anna fought in a corner of the store while I laughed at them fromā¦
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I Met Someone Who Makes Me Feel Seasick
"The water is perfect at this time of night." Shana lifted her long, white dress over her thin shoulders and dipped under the cool depths of Lake Diamond. "Don't beā¦
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