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The Hallucinations of Cy Abrendo
“How do you know that what you experience is real?” Was the question I posed to my class that blustery Thursday morning in January. I teach psychology at the University…
Read NowThe Candle
She gave him the key as soon as he had walked in the door. It had been in a small box, wrapped up with a bow. He tried not to…
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The Dream of Every Dentist
“You are here,” said the man in the black suit, “because you are dentists.” The man in the black suit stood in a bright room before ten men—ten dentists in…
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Your Life: The Final Season
I'm sorry for this. Recently, I received a package in the mail. I didn't recognize the sender. It seemed harmless enough. So, I opened it up. It was a DVD.…
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Why We Fear the Dark
I don't have much time, so read every word carefully... because detail is not a vanity I can afford right now. My name is Seth Anderson. I am a 43-year-old…
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Notes In The Dark
Monday 28 December 18:00 I'm not sure how long humans are supposed to stay sane without human interaction but I've been doing alright so far I think. The silence is…
Read NowDon’t Think of the Old Hag
It has been six weeks since my first sighting of the wicked old hag. I woke up in the middle of the night and went to roll over, but my…
Read NowClockwork: Your Time is Up
A little girl sat in her room. Her messy brown hair was put into little pigtails, as her hazel eyes stared at the door. She hugged her stuffed giraffe close…
Read NowThe Diary Of A Madman
May 26, 2009 Hello Diary, My name is Daniel Franklin. I just got this leather-bound beauty of a book in a garage sale. Its covers are smooth and black; the…
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My neighbour is a monster. He must be stopped
I’m writing this journal to collect my thoughts and leave a record for my children, so they can understand why I’ve taken these actions. Because, when all’s said and done,…
Read NowThey’re Coming For Me
I am sitting on my bed, shaking with fear. They're coming tonight, I know they are. They're coming for me. I can't stop them, there are too many of them.…
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What happens when we try to calculate a mad man’s thoughts
It was a miracle. Dr. Randleman had done it. He made thoughts visible...His achievement, AA numerical calculation of images and emotions. Dr. Randleman was a genius known throughout academia as…
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The Children in my House’s Walls
The head in the wall was crusted and decayed, mummified in its plastic shroud, the withered face open-mouthed in a scream—or maybe the jaw had loosened as the muscles decayed.…
Read NowGood Night / Good Bye
“Do you believe in Cartesian duality?” “Cartesian what?” “That consciousness is not caused by physical processes but by something else — some sort of soul if you will.” “I guess…
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Caged Animal
They say that when an animal is caged, the animal will go through several stages of acceptance. Firstly, they will explore their new environment, experiencing the dimensions of their space.…
Read NowScreeching
It was a lovely fall afternoon with leaves crisp and fiery and nary a cloud in the sky. The sun shone gloriously in the deep cyan ether giving off the…
Read NowSyntax Glyphs
Peri had been doodling to pass the time, it took hours for the elevator to descend into the facility. A bat, some circles, some lines, numbers, squiggles. She made "rollercoasters",…
Read NowThe Garden Below
I knew I was going to hate it the moment I walked through that door. The cramped entrance hall was already thick with the musty smell of old carpet. I…
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Gorefather
Editor’s note: This transcript is from a video that was posted by the user 1101001dontsuffer onto the video platform YouTube, but was deleted only a few days after being posted.…
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A Night at the Inwell House
A smile covers my face as I look up to see Emily looking down at me as I awake from my nap. I never really took work seriously, something she…
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