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The Smileyman
It was a normal Friday night in Glasgow, Scotland. Clubs were clearly visible, the bright lights and the blaring noise dominating the night. But with light, there was also darkness.…
Read NowIn the Broad Sense
There is something wrong with me. I cannot hide it anymore. I fear my family suspects that something is not quite right with me. They reach out to me, but…
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It Comes From the Dark
I’ve always had a fear of the dark, but until I was fourteen or fifteen it was a childish fear. I had just became old enough to work and my…
Read NowKnock Knock
I bolted upright in the bed not sure what I expected to see, but knowing that something had startled me awake. Moonlight filtered in through the window and I shivered…
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Apartment 701
Deep within the covers of her bed, Lucy snuggled into the warmth that she had built up within her cocoon of quilts, smiling to herself sleepily as she began slowly…
Read NowThe Screaming Woman
I noticed her walking home from school one day. Her long hair was as dark as a raven's feathers, and flowed out behind her as she walked. She was about…
Read NowEvil is Not a Toy
It was not a dark and stormy night. In fact, it was the opposite. It was clear, calm, and unseasonably warm for late October. The sky was full of cheerily…
Read NowAncestral Memories
It is said that all of us have ancestral memories locked away within us. Some even argue to say that these memories are kept in consciousnesses separate from our own,…
Read NowThe Eye of the Storm
Howard Krugler, a famous actor, sat in his car. The chrome vehicle rested upon the right shoulder of the highway. It was a fancy car, one of the new 2014…
Read NowA Quark in Seas of Black Infinity
I. When I dream of a void, I dream of an unending chasm. White shadows whisper, and they eat into my mind. I hear the smells of sacrificial flesh, and…
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Truth or Dare
"Okay, now it's your turn!" Chloe cheered loudly. "Sssshhh! You're going to wake up your mom," said Krissie. "Oops, sorry. Teehee... So truth or dare?" "Erm... truth..." Krissie seemed to…
Read NowMr. Entropy
Where do I start? Well, I was heading home after looking through some old Nintendo games at a yard sale, when- No, don’t leave. It’s not that kind of pasta,…
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Chatroom A
It was the summer of 2019, the 16 year old Thomas Mitchell and his family went on a trip to their cabin in the Stillwater State Forest of Montana. He…
Read NowSmall World
I was walking alone. No one to talk to, and I could care less. My mind has been running wild since the start of this year (which it's now fall,…
Read NowIn which a door is locked
It is the summer of your 17th year, and the parents have left you and your brother alone for just shy of three weeks in July. Your brother is 2…
Read NowSpreading the Word
There have been many myths surrounding the belief that corporeal beings are capable of crossing into our world from another plain of extistence, usually with utmost intent to wreak naught…
Read NowThe Painting
THE EYES There was once a young artist named Lisa. She was haunted all her life by disturbing dreams. One dream in particular made her dread sleep. It was always…
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