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The Mummers
When I was a child, the mummers came to town. It was not quite Solstice’s Eve yet. The nights were long and dark, and most nights a thin, jagged coat…
Read NowUnwanted Room
I thought it was a great house and at a price we could afford, despite being laid off after ten years of steady employment and a new baby in my…
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The Ember Smell of Winter
Emilie, Stan and I enjoyed our grandmother’s tales. During school breaks, Mom and Dad drove the three of us to her home in Plimmerton. It was a small coastal village,…
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Poppy’s Peril
It's Halloween eve. The night is delightfully crisp, with a bright, low-lying moon. The thrill of anticipation can be felt in the air. The autumn leaves blow with a scritch-scratch…
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Beware the Waters
Beware the Waters, says the sign that blocks the dirt road. The road, winding down to a lake, overgrown and under-kept, lay abandoned for many years. Hollowed lake houses stand…
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I Made a Monster Out of Clay
The top half of Councilman Jones’ body hung by a steel cable looped around his neck and tied off to an old oak tree on one end. It was still…
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The Wandering Woman
When I was a kid growing up in Phoenix, Arizona we dealt with Monsoon season every year. Roughly from mid June to late September, storms would roll, in making the…
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge is one of the great mysteries of our world. Erected almost six-thousand years ago, these ten-ton slabs of stone make up one of the seven wonders of ancient times.…
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The Wishing Well of Heathenberry Forest
I threw a rock down the well. It clattered against the walls as it bounced from one side to another. I waited, straining both ears. No indication that it had…
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I Took A Job In Northwest Vermont: Entry One: Wendigo Psychosis
Read part one here So I thought I'd take some time to go over some of the Abenaki legends in the area. I mentioned some stuff about the Tall Men…
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The Watching Woods
The trail was too quiet. I knew she was watching me from somewhere either up the steep slope to my right or from the tangle of undergrowth to my left.…
Read NowThe Merton Account
Dear Mr. Valentine, As per your request, I've collected reliable morsels of information from the many and often incoherent accounts that detail the events which transpired in Merton on September…
Read NowAbgar’s Story
I’m unsure of what to say. All I can say is that I’m scared. Very scared. My hands shake violently as I hastily scribble down a few words onto the…
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The woman who didn’t stop staring
Japan2007 - Michael B. It was the first country I can vividly remember. I don't mean to sound religious, but I can say without a doubt I have a strange…
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A Tale of Dark Waters
A man’s shift at the flour mill ended, and a woman approached to speak with him. He noticed sand in her hair and brushed it off. She blushed, dipping her…
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The Roots of Wewoka Cemetery
After a short time of exploring the Oklahoma territory where they were forced to go, a group of Native Americans stumbled upon a mysterious plant while hunting. This plant looked…
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56°49’0.257″N / 4°11’2.267″W
I’m going to kill her. One more nineties Clubland classic, and I’ll do it, I swear. We rejoin the A9 again and this time I pick the music. If Iona’s…
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Welcome | Ireland
From the quietest place I have ever known. Ireland 2012 - Michael B. My first trip to Ireland was like no other. Before going to Ireland, I had never been…
Read NowThe Last Fire Watcher
I do not tell this story to people anymore because nobody believes the story about the fire lookout tower. Even the friends who were with me that night at the…
Read NowCrossroads
During nightly hours of yore, in a time of horror and war, I would sit on a dank oak bench with my eyes shut, calm and closure. Then, my eyes…
Read NowThe Facility
It only took her a moment to figure out that this wasn’t where she wanted to be. The paint chipped and wallpaper peeled down as if bowing its head in…
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The Weird Horror at Westwood Avenue
Since last year, I’ve become a huge fan of those YouTube channels that talk about small mysteries recorded inside the United States. You know, those channels, with their dark backgrounds,…
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