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The Mourner
When I was a child I realized quickly that I was the youngest in my extended family by a large margin. The way I figured this out was that it…
Read NowA Knock at the Door
On the 25th of November, 1941, my Great Uncle was killed when the HMS Barham blew up like a powder keg after being torpedoed by a German Submarine. The event…
Read NowThe Shadow Being
When I was fourteen, my mother and father were divorced, and I went to live with my mother and a man she supposedly fell in love with several years ago.…
Read NowPredator/Prey
After a night of carousing with his buddies, Billy was ready to head home. "Are you sure you want to walk home by yourself?" asked Todd, "You've heard the rumors,…
Read NowThe Shadow
Boxes. Boxes everywhere. Stacked on top of each other, scattered messily around the warehouse and some were torn open as if a child had been rummaging through them. The boxes…
Read NowTerritorial
For as far back as I can remember, London has always been my city. Yes, it’s changed over the years but it’s still the city I know and it’s still…
Read NowThe Story of Time-travelling Dad
This is the story of time-traveling dad. He died in 1997 after buying his son a 2012 mustang and then being killed by the Rake. My name is Ralph, but…
Read NowWeisserdorf
My last memory was that of surviving a deadly Nazi airstrike. My head was groggy, still ringing from the shrapnel blast. I thank whatever god is out there that my…
Read NowThe Homeless Man
Somewhere in New York City there is an old homeless man missing both his legs from the knees down, whose spot along the streets is the corner of Lexington and…
Read NowDon’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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Dreamcatcher
Grey sea beneath a grey sky. Tossed carelessly between the waves, I cling desperately to the promise of air. Something awaits me within the water’s depths; I’m certain of it.…
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The Crash of Thunder
Charlotte’s heart was broken. She had always wondered what it would feel like, in a way. She hoped it would never happen to her, but part of her wanted to…
Read NowCoal Mines
There isn't much to do around Westbrook, our shitty little town in the Appalachian Mountains. The town itself only has a population of two thousand, and most of them work…
Read NowMomentary Discomfort
Horror Haiku 1 Howls keen through the air Piercing through the lonely night Moon is full and bright 2 Lips red as the rose Skin white and frigid as snow…
Read NowThings Change
Funny how things can change, isn’t it? I’m a careless person. I leave things for weeks at a time, and sometimes never come back to them at all. There are…
Read NowAltimahtei
Fortapt Sjel.. my.. my name is.. Fortapt Sjel.. Ahhrg this pain, the never ending pain, like somebody has a grip on the inside of my head.. like a hand is…
Read NowThe Man Dressed In Black
I was raised in Southern Arizona but as a young teen I ran away from home and found my way even deeper south, toward Mexico. Young and with no money…
Read NowNonexistance
Do you ever wonder how scary death is? Think about it; it’s the one thing that we truly know absolutely nothing about. Some people may cite religious beliefs of an…
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