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Old McDonald’s
I’m sure many of you have been to a newly remodeled McDonald’s. Possibly one with a McCafe. But have you ever looked up why they started remodeling the restaurants in…
Read NowThe Shades
I like to drive past spooky places.You can find them anywhere, if you know what to look for. An abandoned building, a mist covered field, a quickly darkening forest at…
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Seven Turns Road
If you ever find yourself driving alone at night, maybe after a night drinking with friends, getting off work late, or pushing yourself to reach a distant destination, refusing to…
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The Town That Could Not Point
Everyone on the train was normal. Of course, Stuart didn’t care to notice that they were normal. When something is normal, the brain doesn’t pay it any mind. Why would…
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Between the Lilies
She fell in love with the cottage as soon as she saw it. We’d driven for an hour, and, at first, my wife had been the most unsure of us…
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Bigger Fish
My friend and I have always known not to go into the woods around my house at night. I live in a really, really rural area. Like, the nearest house is about…
Read NowReturn to Funland
Please consider reading Funland, by the same author, before proceeding with this story. Thank you! I live in a small town in Massachusetts where nothing big ever seems to happen.…
Read NowOn Floating Bodies
Whenever Gideon said something like "This is going to be fucking awesome" the end result was, inevitably, disaster. But that was ok. Aidan loved disaster. So when Gideon showed up…
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Hospital Hill
John sat with his grandmother on the balcony terrace overlooking West Bay Road and the lower Hampshire valley. The lush green fields from springtime were now singed-brown; the lack of…
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Another Fairy Tale
Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a story that became well known in all the kingdoms of men. It started as a whisper in…
Read NowMisanthrope
Call me a misanthrope, an introvert, whatever. The fact is, I always thought I preferred being alone. I had a couple of friends. Well, mainly acquaintances. People I worked with.…
Read NowThe Eternal Suicide
It seems archaic, putting pen to paper in this day and age. Hell it’s been so long that I am archaic. I figured after so long, I should at least…
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Brach’s Candy Factory
((Author Note: The following explanation of how to get to Brach's is true; I’ve been that way. Go if you dare, but don’t enter. Seriously. If you would like to…
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The Massacre at Wahini
Doctor Smith has requested that I tell my story as part of my rehabilitation. I couldn't find myself able to speak it, so, he had me write it down instead.…
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Fish in a Barrel
Daniel Truman was an older guy I used to work with. All things considered, he was a decent person, though he was one of those folks who had a story…
Read NowThe Argentinian Incident
In the winter of 1998, there was an undocumented wave of brutal murders that nearly wiped out the entire population of a small fishing village in Argentina. All evidence of…
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Crawley’s Gate
The ocean wind clutches at my upturned collar as I write this on the deck of the ferry, bearing up at the rising silhouette of the approaching island through the…
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This Ukrainian ghost town wasn’t as abandoned as I thought…
It was around noon when the rust-coated sign that marked the town’s entrance came into my view. Sighing in relief that Google Maps hadn’t failed me, I guided my car…
Read NowThe Secret Faith of the Spiders
Author's Note: This is both a tribute and a shout out to anyone out there who has experienced similar events or has met someone that had them. I've tried to…
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This is Not a Place of Honor
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, huge numbers of formerly classified government documents were made available to the public for the first time. Such was the glut…
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