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For The Animals
It's hard for them, you know. For the animals. The buildup, the push. The ever-expanding girth and guts of the city gushing, contorting, bursting, spilling outwards. More and more, they…
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I Used to Have Two Bodies
Have you ever had a dream where- hold on. Scratch that. That’s not what this is about… dreams. Dreams aren’t real. Memories are real. I used to think that dreams…
Read Now5 Mysterious Ghost Ships and Their Haunting Stories
Everyone has heard stories about the adventures of different ships that vanished mysteriously. The same goes for unexplainable and spooky tales of sailors and crews of those ships. Throughout history,…
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The Haunting Melody
Deep within the dark, foreboding woods, nestled among the gnarled trees and overgrown shrubs, stood the abandoned cabin, shrouded in mystery. Its cracked walls and broken windows bore witness to…
Read NowThe Mannequin
I think it’s cute how my daughter, Ryan, has such a vivid imagination. She always thanks me for carrying her to bed after she falls asleep on the couch. But…
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Small Town Mysteries
No one knows where it came from. No one knows why it showed up in our little town, of all places. The only thing we knew for sure was that…
Read NowReturn to Sender
Another bouquet of flowers showed up today. That’s the third this week. They’re beautiful flowers, they really are. Roses, and lilies, bursts of color and baby’s breath. Lovely arrangements that…
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Missing Time
When I was a boy I used to live in this little town outside Casa Grande, Arizona. Well, when I say small town, what I actually mean is five houses…
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The White Wolf of Woodberry
Jack’s heavy footsteps crash across the muddy ground of the forest. His breath is heavy and ragged, having been running for what felt like hours. He was properly lost, having…
Read Now<strong>What Are The Scariest Movie Scenes With Horses</strong>
Horses and humans have a long-lasting relationship that goes back thousands of years. Therefore, it is not surprising that we find their presence in movies, particularly horror movies. Apart from…
Read Now5 Most Haunted Places in Europe for Your Ghostly Adventures
Would you like to visit haunted places and have spooky adventures? In that case, a trip to Europe is definitely something you should aim for. Europe, a continent that combines…
Read NowI Was The First
Yuri Gagarin was the first man to enter space. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone ignorant of this fact. The knowledge of his feat seems almost universal, the Soviet cosmonaut’s…
Read NowNow, What Was I Just Doing?
You don't know it, but someone has been removed from your life. They haven't died, they haven't moved, they have simply ceased to be from present future and history. However…
Read Now5 Haunted Cruise Ships for Sea Mystery Lovers
Seas hide many secrets, which is why some people are obsessed with water. Going on a cruise might be an exciting way to experience the sea. However, many fatal accidents…
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I Don’t Experience Thursdays
I’ve had this problem for as long as I can remember. In preschool, I remember being confused when they told us there were seven days in a week, because I…
Read NowA Parent’s Plea
Throughout my years of reading people's stories of this nature, I have noticed that many of them speak from the perspective of a child. This is entirely apt: we've all…
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Why Dead by Daylight is the perfect game for Halloween
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer horror game that was released in 2016. The objective of the game is to escape from a killer who is trying to kill you. The…
Read NowSymphonies About Drowning
The faucet is dripping in the bathroom. It has been the whole night. I haven't gone in yet. Yet. I moved here two months ago. It's my first house and…
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Graffiti Joe
It was the Christmas season. It had just gotten dark, as I was finally able to leave the office that night after working overtime. The streets were damp from the…
Read NowDid Boy Kill? He Killed Them All.
This is Part 5 and the last installment of the Did Boy Kill? series. You can read the previous installments in the linked tag. They are dead. They are all…
Read NowThe Watchtower
People always have pondered what another intelligent being would be like. They’ve always theorized that these beings would be light-years away and that us, humans, would be dead a very…
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A Child Like No Other
When I joined the case at 47 County Street, I didn't know what to expect. As a social worker, I see all kinds of screwed up things from child abuse,…
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