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Dark Radiance
It's dark. When you don't know where you are or how you've come to be there, even the simplest things can be supremely frightening. So it was that when Walter…
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16 Choices
Every individual will make 16 choices in their lifetime that will forever alter the course of humanity. No more than 16, no less than 16. These choices will be small,…
Read NowAny Final Thoughts
The overwhelming majority of your actions in life will have no effect on your eternal condition. After all, does a grain of sand have any effect on a prodigious star?…
Read NowMemory Lane
There was a bright pink tint to the sky and it brought a smile to Jared's face. The light afternoon breeze shook up his dark brown hair, flipping it in…
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The Lantern
1 The House It sank deep into his mind that he was being watched in the cold neighborhood. The light green shade of fog rolled through the houses. It covered…
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Don’t Be Afraid
I was thrown into an inescapable void, and the depths of my soft blankets were the only protection I had from the shadows that seeped from the corners of my…
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Mr. Strangeteeth
Apparently everyone is in on the joke or I’ve been living under a rock so I'm sorry if any of this is redundant but I have to reach out because…
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Apartment 701
Deep within the covers of her bed, Lucy snuggled into the warmth that she had built up within her cocoon of quilts, smiling to herself sleepily as she began slowly…
Read NowEchiridion Aetheri
This may seem a little strange for a story, however I assure you what I am about to describe to you happened to us. There were five people present when…
Read NowThe Pregnancy
Since before I could remember, I've wanted to be a mother. It seemed my whole childhood and teenager years were spent yearning for a child of my own. By the…
Read NowThe Screaming Woman
I noticed her walking home from school one day. Her long hair was as dark as a raven's feathers, and flowed out behind her as she walked. She was about…
Read NowMy Sister, The Artist
For as long as I can remember, my sister Ivory was always the creative one of us two siblings. She even made a career out of it. While I was…
Read NowIce and Bone
I was struggling to identify something, anything, within the icy presence swirling around me. For eight years I had anticipated and feared this day. My eyes were rushing from side…
Read NowGloomy Sunday
Szomorú Vasárnap, or Gloomy Sunday in English, is a hit song written in 1933 by Hungarian composer Rezső Seress. It's more commonly known as the Hungarian Suicide song because of…
Read NowThe Doorway
There is a doorway, one that can be any door, at any time. This door leads nowhere, yet there lies a realm of twisted reality to the opener. This door…
Read NowB.H. Home Co.
Nothing bad could possibly happen to me today. I got the job I wanted and now I’m sending you some of that good luck. Whoever you are, you could probably…
Read NowA Painted Christmas
Patrick Finn arrived home from his Christmas conquests, beating out the snowstorm by mere miles, mere minutes. He felt not only the foreboding presence of a hazardous blizzard, but also…
Read NowThe Movie Theatre
You're happy. The sun is shining in a perfect, cloudless blue sky, the birds are singing peaceful tunes, everyone you meet is kind and gracious to you, and your friends…
Read NowMr. Entropy
Where do I start? Well, I was heading home after looking through some old Nintendo games at a yard sale, when- No, don’t leave. It’s not that kind of pasta,…
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