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The Lover’s Tree
I had recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales with my rescue dog, Splash, so-named for his love of puddles, and this summer past we had ambled through the woodland on…
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A Collector of Sorrows
I call myself a collector of sorrows. As a teen, I felt alone and ignored. My classmates bullied me, and my parents spent most of their time at work. They…
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Coming Soon
January 11, 2022 [tap, tap] Hello, um, [clears throat] hey Night Crawlers… if I can still call you that. So, listen, it’s January 11, 2022, and… I know it’s been…
Read NowBe Careful
“In recent weeks, a rash of murders has swept the city. Police are calling it the work of a serial killer, but when questioned about this statement, Police Spokesman Daniel…
Read NowShadows of Bedzin
When I was young my grandmother used to tell me stories of her youth. When I was about the age of fourteen, she told me about her and my grandfather’s…
Read NowThrough the Woods
I don't have long left. They're coming for me and it is only a matter of time before they find me. I'm sitting here, in this abandoned shack I found…
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My school thought it was a serial killer. They were wrong
It started about a week after the first snowstorm of the winter season. I go to a private university in the Midwest. I won’t name the school or the state…
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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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The Boy with the Burned Fingers
It is a strange thing, what fear and ignorance does to the haughty human race. In our own twisted creativity, we desensitize ourselves to our own undoing. And in the…
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Blood Moon: Law of the Fish
Read Part One here (Author’s Note: These stories are meant to be read in reverse order of the zodiac, so this chapter comes first, though it deals with Scepi, the…
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The Hungry Twins
"We're hungry," Mia said in her usual monotone voice. "You know we need to eat. Otherwise, you're responsible for what happens." She stared at me with icy blue eyes, waiting…
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We Thought You Knew
The rental house exceeded my expectations. You may think $400 per month rent for a three bedroom, two bath, furnished house four miles from a state university suspicious, but having…
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My Mother thinks She’s Dead
My Mother has been acting strange lately after coming home from meeting her friends. She's no longer been her bright cheery self. She sits in her chair crouched in a…
Read NowI’m Not Scared
I have to be brief, for I don’t really know how long I have until it finds me. My name is Daniel Lockwood, I’m a 20 year old British citizen…
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Renaud Herbert Hansen
Mr. Hansen’s body was interred in a stately mausoleum of his own design years ago, and yet he still works for us. I’m forced to interview with the remains of…
Read NowThe Heights
When I was in junior high I had an unusual hobby: breaking into people’s homes. I didn’t do it for money; in fact, I never stole anything at all. I…
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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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The Haunted Toy Car of Anamosa
In December of 2002, I visited an orphanage in Anamosa, Iowa. I visited this orphanage because Irene Walters, the orphan keeper, indicated that there was something amiss with a child…
Read Now44 Ashbrooke Lane
I was seven when I moved into that house at Ashbrooke Lane. At least that’s what my parents tell me. My recollection of that time is vague. I have memories…
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