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Hunger of St. Bruvia
St. Bruvia was always a hungry town. It was an old place, older than most of its residents, with crooked wooden houses leaning toward one another beneath heavy snow and…
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My Last Time Around
I am a serial killer. The absolute worst that humanity has to offer, scraped from the underside of the bottom of the barrel of society. I prey upon the weak…
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The Poolhouse in Weinwick, Oregon
For Christyana and Dean: The shrapnel of my contagion. If you know, you know. The following is a transcript of a transcript, having been posted to an early internet forum…
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The Cold-Ass Drawers Beneath the St. Flambe Rouge Spookshow
With a flick of my wrist, I flipped the cigarette up and caught it in my mouth. It was a cheap trick that I had learned as a kid from…
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What Happens at Dillerson Farm
In the world, there are locations that some may consider “strange”. Of course, there are typically haunted houses and old burial grounds that may or may not actually be supernatural,…
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Daddy’s Girl
After Momma got sick, Daddy didn’t act the same. He’d go off into their room and not come out for days. I was just thirteen at that time, but Daddy…
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There’s Something In The Coffee…
I’ve been awake for eighteen days. That's not hyperbole or any form of exaggeration. I've genuinely gone all this time without any sleep or rest. Not even a wink. And…
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Where the Caterpillars Die
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows, was my mother’s favorite idiom. Growing up, she never hesitated to use it against my childish fits, whether I was upset…
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If you’re near Rochester Heights I need your help, the thing in the hallway won’t let me leave my room
I Through my peephole, I saw that it was still there. The flayed skin glistened under the dim glow of the hanging incandescent lightbulb. It knew I was watching and…
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A Letter From Dundee Lunatic Asylum
First I would like to begin by extending my eternal gratitude to you for reaching out to me with a genuine open mind. So many have come to me after…
Read NowThere’s Something Under the Boardwalk
If you're reading this, it's because I have no other choice. Nobody will listen to me, not even the police. It's only a matter of time before they come for…
Read NowThe Old Mine Shaft
We stand in the overgrown lot, staring at the cluttered remains of the large wooden building in the deep reaches of the West Virginia Mountains. Nature had taken most of…
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You can only bury the dead so deep
Walker McCoy was the measure of how stubborn the dead could be. He was buried at twenty-two feet in some nowhere prairie just outside of Greer County on October 4th…
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I Found the Corpse of a Time Traveler
I’m a postgraduate student studying archaeology at a prestigious university in the UK (not going to disclose my identity or the name of my school, so don’t ask). Over a…
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When a Rooster Crows
When I first saw the stranger, he was standing in front of Lester McCreed’s house. The stranger was dressed simply enough—overalls, a plaid shirt, a brown cap, and one of…
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I dove to depths uncharted. The ocean isn’t safe anymore
The first thing I felt when I hit the water, was fear. It had been months since I’d last dived, hell, I even got nervous when I took showers. But…
Read NowA New Doctor Just Started Working at My Surgery. I Think He’s Harvesting Something.
It was Tuesday after lunch when I noticed the Door. I was walking back from the equipment cupboard to restock my phlebotomy tray, when I passed Dr Clark's room and…
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I Made Him Up For Company on Long Car Rides, Now He Follows Me Everywhere
As a kid, it took everything I had not to paint the inside of my family’s car with a wave of vomit. My carsickness was the bane of our long…
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I Went Undercover to a Body Farm
Every flashlight in Moreau Bay scoured the forest for my missing wife, Jemma. All except his. His light pointed to the open water and lit a path to his strange…
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