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Behind Closed Doors
Ever since I was young, my father would warn me to never open my mouth about my problems. “Nobody will understand you,” he would hiss, putting the fear of whatever…
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Mommy Dearest
As Julie began to regain consciousness, she knew something wasn't right. She started to panic as she realized she was strapped to a table. A big bright light beamed down…
Read NowThe Forgotten Vending Machine
There is a village somewhere in England that has not been inhabited for over 20 years. It has long since been forgotten off of most maps, and only has one…
Read NowThe Seven Springs
In the hills surrounding the town of Bodega Bay in California, there is a tree, sitting right in the crook of two hills. Scattered 10 paces around it are 7…
Read NowHouse Of Mirrors
In the heart of Washington, there's a house that used to be owned by a family of five. Nobody really knows what happened to them. Their neighbors at the time…
Read NowBlack Plague
I stood where the bronze sand and blue water met, creating a seamless border that extended south for as far as I could see and on the north side disappeared…
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Children of God
Many of you reading this will believe it’s a work of fiction. But I’m currently sitting in my friend’s room while I type this, both of us terrified of what…
Read NowCreepy Pasta With A Side Of Sauce
This thing on? I guess it is. I can see the little light on the recorder and it isn’t flashing just yet. This is a…well, OK. It isn’t a last…
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The Carnival
"Hey, Ashley. Look! Theres a flyer for a carnival! It's in town and not that far from here" "A carnival? Isn't that kind of childish..?" "Ashley.. How long have we…
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The Valentine House
“Damn, Valentine shit already?” I asked my friend Gabriel as we were walking inside a Wal-Mart post Christmas. “Yeah, bro, and it’s still December. It’s like they’re completely ignoring the…
Read NowIs It Dangerous?
The following stories come from the diary of the late Michael Tre Dirstrong. The police found this on his person at the scene of his suicide, and dismissed the stories…
Read NowThe Dark City
There's a dark forest deep in the heart of the Rockies, surrounded on all sides by mountains. In the center of the forest is a lake on the shores of…
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The Summer I Was Eighteen and Saved
The summer that I was eighteen, I was trying to find something bigger than myself. I was a dumb kid, but dumb in the sense that I didn’t understand when…
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The Guerneville Cabin
Now, before you read this, take note, I am a very critical skeptic, I am quick to dismiss any claims of psychics, fortune tellers, hell even aliens, but I am…
Read NowThe Price is Right
The Careys had spent months searching for an apartment in the city. After sleeping on friends' floors from July through the beginning of September, they were ready to have a…
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The 50’s Restaurant
In the most deserted part of Wyoming there is a restaurant. There are no roads leading to it, no signs advertising it. It's just there, in the open. Walk inside…
Read NowThe Dark Grove
There exists a small circle of trees somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, completely unremarkable from the outside, but just inside no sun or star ever shines. Rumor has it that…
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Chatroom A
It was the summer of 2019, the 16 year old Thomas Mitchell and his family went on a trip to their cabin in the Stillwater State Forest of Montana. He…
Read NowThe Bay Of Kola
The Bay of Kola, off Murmansk, is a graveyard for old Soviet submarines, which spill nuclear waste out into the Barents Sea. Many a Western explorer has braved the subzero…
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