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The Silver String
The package sat on the porch for an hour before Jack bothered to retrieve it. He eyed the box warily, like it might bite. It had been a drunk purchase,…
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Taxi, at Your Service
Good afternoon, welcome. Please, please, make yourself comfortable back there. What’s the destination? Alrighty, one sec. Let me just type that in here on the GPS. Oh, yeah, okay. I…
Read NowThe Hand of God
Drip. Drip drip drip. That’s all I can make out, the slow dribble of some far away liquid hitting the floor. The sound around me is muffled, like wax has…
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Taurus Season
HOW FAR are you willing to go to reach the top? True to my usual form, I fucked around and found out. I’m Chad Martinez: fifteen years old, freshman, nickname…
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The Sinister Painting
The taxi drove off, leaving Funk on the Hoddeston lawn, surrounded by valises. Funk was thinking it more than merely odd that Barclay, for whose coaching he had come prepared…
Read NowMissing Teeth
When I woke up in the morning, I knew something was off. It wasn't until after my morning shower and shave that I figured it out. Not until my toothbrush…
Read Now5 Most Haunted Places to Visit in Asia For Your Next Eerie Adventure
Want to know why horror enthusiasts adore visiting various Asian cultures? Perhaps not surprisingly, that’s because Asia is full of ghostly legends and haunted sites that tell paranormal stories for…
Read NowDid Boy Kill? The Visits of Mister Bob
This is Part 4 of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. Much has happened over the past week since I last…
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The Choir of the Hollow Sky
As a devout Catholic, I had waited all my life for the Rapture. When it finally came, I realised the falsehood of my God. It was four days ago now,…
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King’s Drift
It was an overcast and dull Saturday afternoon when I was attacked. I was twelve years old at the time and despite the threat of rain, we took to the…
Read NowTrick-or-Treat
A gust of October wind sent a shiver up my back. Goosebumps prickled through my ghost costume, the former bed sheet flapping like a flag in the wind. I followed…
Read NowThe Grimoire of Leonard Hopkins
I work for the county sheriff’s office up in NorCal. I received a call in the predawn hours on May the 23rd, 2020 telling me to investigate the collapse of…
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The Problem with the Drains
“Man, that shift sucks!” I hear it all the time. I can understand why people say it; I used to think the same thing. I still do some days. I’m…
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I Went To a Funeral That Was Supposed To Be a Wedding
I was supposed to be at my friend’s wedding this weekend. And the thing is, maybe I was there? Only I’m pretty sure it was canceled. I went to the…
Read NowThe Farnsworth Experiments
You may have heard of the Farnsworth experiments. My dad was one of the scientists involved. He rarely talked about it, and when he did he always said the rumors…
Read NowI ran over my neighbour’s dog, now I think he’s stalking me.
I need help. I am in hospital and in a stable state. I am Australian so healthcare is taken care of, just need urgent legal advice. I am a 26…
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The Disposition of Dead Flesh
I often find myself pondering dead flesh. No, it’s not some weird fetish and I’m not crazy. You could say it’s a matter of absolute necessity but we’ll get to…
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The Fog Man of Duskwood
The sound of the television static always felt louder when the room was entirely dark. On Halloween night, the air in Duskwood, Virginia didn't just feel cold—it felt heavy, as…
Read NowPrometheus
There was nothing about the old library on the corner of South and Second Street to stamp it as anything out of the ordinary, save for its size. The library…
Read Now“Free Will”
1 - The Rosebud I wake up to sunlight.A heavy, warm stripe of it is lying across my face, the kind that comes through high windows in the late afternoon.…
Read NowWhat Waits in the Woods
As a child, I was always fascinated with the woods. While the beautiful pines scattered the land, captivating me with their size and showing me a picture of strength and…
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