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Headphones
I can tell, how you're staring there at this screen, finding some enjoyment. You need anything, just anything to keep you awake and entertained. It's late, you're dead tired, but…
Read NowModern Monster: Frankenstein
Kurt Atkinson was an average college student with a knack for anything science-related, and had wild dreams of one day being celebrated as a hero in the science field, even…
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The Cat With Human Teeth
There I was, scratching my ninth scratch-off ticket in a row at my local convenience store. My eyes widened with hope, but also sank in with the anticipation of disappointment.…
Read NowRECORDING 21A3
{BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION. DATE: NOVEMBER 21. 11:11:11s} [ SPEAKER COUGHS. AVERTS EYES; NERVOUS.] Um, okay so—damn it! How do I start this—well, okay. Let me say this first, I’m not crazy.…
Read NowMary Had a Little Lamb
“It’s not too bad, is it, sweetie?” Humbly dressed and brown haired, Wilbert Snow smiled at his daughter, and Mary gently smiled back from the living room. Mary’s father, Wilbert,…
Read NowThe Black Figure
Freddy Krueger only stalks the victims that fear him, right? He plays with their dreams and gets into the deepest and darkest parts of their subconscious minds, right? That kind…
Read NowThe Ringmaster
The Ringmaster enjoys the cries and pleas of his acts. He enjoys the thrill of seeing pure, innocent fear in the eyes of whom he chases. He has no face,…
Read NowEye Contact
We’ve all experienced it, right? That sudden feeling like someone is looking you. A chill runs up your spine, and you are convinced that you have to find the source…
Read NowScientist’s Log
Chief Scientist's Log 12/7/2007 12:31 AM A new find was brought into the lab today. Men working the demolition of a condemned warehouse at this facility discovered a rusty oil…
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The Burdener
David sat at his computer looking over his work for the day. The list was lengthy yet complete, most importantly on time. Two more years at the same college. Two…
Read NowCatching Up
It is with you at your birth and will haunt you to the day you die. What am I talking about? Well, I am trying to put out the real…
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She’s Got Two Left
Church bells rang through the cold December night as softly as a whisper. The final ring hung in the air as she held her breath. It sent a chill down…
Read NowSystemic Risk
In the early eighties, around the time the internet was being developed, the military funded a massive experiment to see if similar technology could be used to design an artificial…
Read NowSeven Times
It sounded like footsteps. When she was three, staring after the retreating back of a woman with a once-familiar smell, her young brain snapped at attention at a feeble noise…
Read NowGraduation
Westley was rich. Not in the manor in which he was stuck up or thought he was better than everyone else, but in the manner where the only friends he…
Read NowDeath is Near
Sometimes as adults, we remember the days when we used to go out and have adventures. More than going out to eat at 3 in the morning. More than sneaking…
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Cigarettes Will Kill You
There was a time when I was younger that I didn't let the people around me know that I smoked cigarettes or was a regular fan of vaping. My best…
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