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The Ones Who Sleep Alone
During my junior year of college, I was on a bit of a bender. My high school girlfriend finally called it quits for the third time and the lure of…
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Don’t Answer The Door At 9pm On Halloween
It was Halloween night, my parents had just left with my little brother to go to a party at the middle school. I didn’t go because I was in the…
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A Crack in the Dam
Leo Banks drove furiously down the road towards town. His mind raced as he considered the implications of what he’d just seen and just how he was going to warn…
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The Town That Banned Halloween
For seven consecutive years, no one has gone trick-or-treating in Bigelow County. In fact, no one in that rural, God-fearing little town celebrates Halloween. At all. Under pressure from concerned…
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Halloween Mirrors
“Come on. Just pick a damn bag!” “I have to choose the biggest one!” Henry and Anna fought in a corner of the store while I laughed at them from…
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Smiles of Fire to the Night
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula As if a mad carnival rolled into town, the leaf-strewn street of the quaint…
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The Unanswered Doorbell: A Halloween Nightmare
The sound of the doorbell echoed through my empty house like a banshee's wail. It was Halloween night, and I was alone. Not by choice, but because it was my…
Read NowA Halloween Monster
Come on, Jackie. Only kids like you have to be brave, cuz they have no big brothers or big sisters to protect ‘em. Daddy’s words repeated in my head, and…
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Why I Hate Scarecrows
I hate scarecrows. I have ever since I was little. I found something about the dolls stuffed with straw unsettling. I remember my parents tried to help me get over…
Read NowOld Fashion Halloween
I find that, in those long hours where people tend to lazily comb the internet, people will let slip their true tastes. When people are purposeful, specific, they will seek…
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Gramma’s Teeth
When I was just a little kid, my grandmother on my mother's side once scared the living shit out of me. I've never forgotten that terrifying moment of my youth.…
Read NowHalloween Fun
Every year, October creeps by and Halloween sneaks up on me. Every year I find myself trying to get into the holiday spirit last minute. I usually do this by…
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The Polaroid Camera
Tara slammed the taxi door behind her with one hand and used the other to pull her raincoat’s collar tight against her neck from sharp, slanted drizzle. She found herself…
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Dimension of Samhain
My names, “Otis Levenson” the Pizza Delivery guy. I’m a senior in high school, and I am an average student, who sometimes slack off. So, to make myself feel more…
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The Horrors of Lavender Village
Halloween is supposed to be a day of joy and happiness. However, Halloween in this small village, which I visited few weeks ago, has a different story. In October, I…
Read NowA Halloween to Remember
My friends and I decided to go trick or treating this year. We were teenagers that wanted some candy and to TP houses. We lived in a massive neighborhood, so…
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Beware The Soulless
It's been 13 years. 13 years since they found me. I want to run, but I can't. They won't let me leave. NO ONE leaves. This place traps us here,…
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A Boy in a Michael Myers Mask
“Considering how much crap people give this movie, it honestly isn’t that bad,” Mark said while taking another sip of his beer. His wife, Claire, took another fistful of popcorn…
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Concerning the Masquerade
Concerning the Masquerade Sara Stonewood Global News 09/05/18 [Sensitive Content] Halifax, NS So with the Halloween season close at hand, many police departments are bracing for an upswing in crime,…
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The Library is Hungry
Most towns have a library. They’re public buildings, institutions of knowledge and fantasy. The books held within are almost sacred; librarians and their assistants: the priests and acolytes of knowledge…
Read NowA Halloween to Regret
Before reading this creepypasta be sure to check the prequel here : A Halloween to Remember It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the incident. I laid there…
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