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Frank’s Forest
In the backseat of her mother’s minivan, Ashley admired the passing autumn foliage and contemplated the excitement and fear she and her best friends were sure to experience at Frank’s…
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Within the sands of time
Sand covers many small now roofless buildings of unknown purposes. Time and weather had been withering away at this place for thousands of years, and it would continue to do…
Read NowThe Devil’s Chamber
This is such a stupid idea. Why are we even doing this? Those were the thoughts that arose in my mind on that chilly, eerie evening. Sitting in the passenger…
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Nell’s House
Everybody’s got a story. I don’t believe in ghosts but if you ever asked me if I’d been somewhere haunted, this is the story I’d tell. Down the road I…
Read NowChildren’s Laughter
I went to a remote prison in Pennsylvania for robbery in 1989. If you try and find it, you will be out of luck because its gone, erased from most…
Read NowThe Prophetic Monolith
Somewhere in the Pacific ocean is an island, surrounded by a swamp filled with the carcasses of fish and other, less recognizable things poking out of the mud. The mire…
Read NowThe Expedition
Andrew Sullivan was a wealthy man with his wife and his son before he made his billions from founding internet companies. His companies survived the crash that took out his…
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Night Nurse
I just got this sweet little job over on the Northside. It's too cool; I sit with this old lady from the evening to early morning. I don't like to…
Read NowThe Meteor
In 1990, a small meteorite was sighted in the night sky by the Hubble telescope. It appeared to be on a collision course with earth, but calculations showed that it…
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I Remember
I remember the house from my childhood. I remember it being my uncles'. I remember the rather odd fashion the house lied in - ruins. And I remember my father…
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Werewolf Ears
"Did you hear about Sal?" Jimmy lifted his eyes from his work, looked at George's reflection and replied, "Sal, no, what's up with him?" He probably spent more time hovering…
Read NowWhere A Kid Can Be A Kid
When I was a child my father owned a janitorial company that worked almost every night at our local Showbiz Pizza Place/Chuck E. Cheese’s. He would often bring me to…
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The Orchard
You're in a strange room. You don't remember how you got there, but you know that you don't necessarily need to be there. As such, you decide it would be…
Read NowSpirits of The Caribbean – Vwayaje O Diab
If you are familiar with the tiny island of Trinidad, the southernmost isle of the Caribbean, you may be aware that it is rich in folklore and tradition. You may…
Read NowThe Smooth, Black Stone
At the edge of the Pacific ocean, on some abandoned beach in the tropics, there is a large, smooth rock that sits just beyond the reach of the highest tides.…
Read NowPlacidity Row
I’ve often thought it likely, though have no way to really prove, that in every sizable town in America there is at least one area that feels a bit strange…
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The Theater of Cruelty
I work in IT, and I travel a lot for business. I find myself in weird places. One time I was on a train in the middle of Massachusetts, somewhere…
Read NowThe SCSI Temple
The first time I met Ada Klesco, she caught ahold of my hand and held it for a very long time. At first, I assumed that it was just a…
Read NowTragedy at Tuckahoe Lake
TRAGEDY AT TUCKAHOE LAKE Ronny was impressed- they were great at telling his tale. “We only save the BEST campfire story for the end,” Stan told the wide-eyed kids as…
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