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The Hanging Tree
The ball flew towards the boy. With a cry of alarm, the boy dropped to the floor. “Damnit Jimmy, you're supposed to catch the ball not hide from it!” a…
Read NowWhat Haunts the Fields
"In the midst of the fields, they say are where the bodies were found. They were nailed to a stick of wood and used as scarecrows, but not before their…
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Halloween Night
"I love you Halloween!" This exclamation six-year-old Harry cried out to the night sky left his mother, Mrs. Jane Florence, reeling with laughter at the door. They'd just gotten home,…
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A Man’s Home is his Castle
The problem with authentic, unaltered vintage homes is always in the basement. Walking through the upstairs, Christine and I fell in love. Original shellac finish on the window frames, the…
Read NowHe Said He Would Protect Me
There were rules in our house that no one ever had to say out loud. Don’t speak when he’s drinking.Don’t look at her when she’s disappointed.Don’t cry where anyone can…
Read NowA Hands-On Approach
From: ------ @ ------ .com Re: entries/information requested re: compiling psychological profile Written below are the journal entries of Christopher Young, brother of Daryl Young, found saved as individual files…
Read NowThe Old Railway Station
It’s not the most uncommon thing to find yourself at the receiving end of a horror story in a public gathering. After all, everybody has their ghosts, don’t they? And…
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Butcherface
Part 1 In 1997, my friend (who we'll call Chris) moved across state. At that time, we were 10, we didn't really have much of a way to see each…
Read NowDeath’s Lottery
1 – ‘Crime’ The night was dark and cold, wind was blowing through the trees but otherwise there was hardly a sound to be heard. This silence and solitude suited…
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Attention All Shoppers
Attention All Shoppers! I’m going to post this here for one reason, and one reason only: because I am NOT a bad person. Yes, I had a few issues with…
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I Saved the World
You have to listen to me, this isn’t right. You can’t do this. You can’t let this happen! Okay... hold on, let me try again. Something different this time, calmer.…
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Gemini Season
WHAT IF you think your sibling is trying to kill you? Let me explain. I’m Chandra Edwards, sixteen years old, birthday May 28, high school sophomore, identical twin. I live…
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The Ladies of the Mist
It began with the disappearance of Edwin Huntington, a pimply, bookish boy, whose only notable feature, if gossip held true, was his last name. He was sixteen years old and…
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Peripheral
I still remember the night it happened. I was nine. We were driving home from my grandma’s house late, rain pounding the windshield so hard the wipers couldn’t keep up.…
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That time at Shadow Lake (Part 1)
The first time my brother and I made a deal, I ended up in the hospital. I remember being at the park when I was five years old, my legs…
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Northern Lights
I never wanted to go on that stupid hike in the first place. Yet there I was, allegedly enjoying nature and getting healthy exercise while hiking from “cabin to cabin”…
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The Tained Vase of Białowieża Forest
I must admit that when I first obtained The Tainted Vase of Białowieża Forest, I did not think it was an item I would one day part with. At best,…
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I stumbled into a gang initiation, and now I about to become their victim
My hand was resting on my thigh, nervously caressing a little box tucked away neatly in a corner of my pocket. My date for the evening was sitting on the…
Read NowThe Woman in the Walls
I guess the story starts about a year ago. Charlotte and I had just moved into an apartment in the city. It was smaller than our condo, but much, much…
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Continue Watching
I thought I could take this to the grave. I thought 7 years later it would be a shadow of a decaying memory pushed far back into the depths of…
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The Dionaea House
10.7.2004 Jennifer, friends and family of Mark, As promised, here are copies of the correspondence I received from Mark over the course of the last month. For the most part,…
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The Pain Doctor
I have always wondered what it would be like to stare evil eye to eye as equals. To sit across a table from and break bread with it. This lifelong…
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