Hell and the Afterlife

30 Oct Unfinished Business

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Ghosts and Spirits, Halloween Stories, Hell and the Afterlife 0 Comments

I live in a country where, unfortunately, Halloween is not a big thing. It’s almost not a thing at all, and this fact disappoints me to no end. I’m a bored 19-year-old living in a small town where everyone I know still acts like they...

21 Sep Does it Hurt When You Die?

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Illness and Injuries, Medical and Hospitals, Religion and Spirituality 0 Comments

Katy took a long hit on the pipe. Her eyes rolled up and back into her head. She choked on the smoke that invaded her lungs, and an attempt at a giggle was unsuccessful. Her blue eyes watered and her almost-laugh was strangled by another...

30 Aug The Lion

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The wind was howling outside and the screen door kept banging against the front of the house. We were all hanging out in Mason’s living room watching TV and doing our damnedest to ignore the storm, but Jacob just kept on hollering anytime he’d hear...

29 Aug Yellow Ledbetter

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

The land beyond the bridge had been in my family for generations, forty-four acres of farmland. My father was as rooted to it as the oak tree in our front yard. Although he was sympathetic to my plight, he was certainly not going to move...

10 Jul Renaud Herbert Hansen

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Locations and Sites, Science and Experimentation, Science Fiction and Aliens, Technology, the Internet, and the Deep Web 0 Comments

Mr. Hansen’s body was interred in a stately mausoleum of his own design years ago, and yet he still works for us. I’m forced to interview with the remains of the sad dotard almost daily. The world honors Hansen for his invention of countless beloved...

09 Jul Slices of Life

Posted at 12:00h in Based on True Events, Drugs and Addictions, Hell and the Afterlife, Science Fiction and Aliens, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

The following happened to me seven years ago while I was a sophomore in college, and it was my first experience with any drug other than weed (great choice, right?). There are many things in this report that are downright stupid and reckless, ranging from...

02 Jun The Ceremony

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Investigations and Crimes, Jobs and Occupations, Journals and Diaries, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals 0 Comments

When you are met with the sort of anxiety which, ultimately, is there to make you consider the possibility that your own memory is a lie, it is only natural to face difficulty in recalling even things that happened a short time ago. If I...

25 Jan Dandelions

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

The first time I saw Bret, I was nineteen. I’d found a job working security at Dave’s Storage Unit. My duties included keeping vagrants and thieves from disturbing the 40 rental units that were laid out in five neat rows in the middle of downtown...

20 Jan I Visited the Seven Gates of Hell

Posted at 19:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

Part 1 Have you ever heard of the seven gates of hell? Its a hugely popular paranormal site in rural Pennsylvania, surrounded by urban legend and horror stories. I always took it for granted how popular that site was, growing up only 15 miles down the...

17 Jan I Steal Bodies

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Hell and the Afterlife, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

Part 1 I am dead. Well, at least the real me is. You see, this body I’m using to write this isn’t mine. I stole it. Don’t worry, I won’t be using him for too long. Once I’m done writing this all out, I’ll give it back to...

15 Jan Jesus 2.0

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

This story is part of the author's Heavensville series of interrelated stories. If you enjoy it, the author invites you to click here to read the other tales in the series. The first thing I noticed about him was his shaggy, champagne-colored hair that reached down to...

01 Jan Heavensville

Posted at 11:00h in Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Locations and Sites, Religion and Spirituality, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTjeERc0a8[/embedyt] This story is part of the author's Heavensville series of interrelated stories. If you enjoy it, the author invites you to click here to read the other tales in the series. Heavensville was stunning to look at, with tall and lush trees lining the sidewalks, beautiful...

02 Oct Self-Portrait of the Dead

Posted at 16:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness 0 Comments

My mom hates her father. Grandfather Jack’s name might as well have been a swear word when I was growing up. Dad told me the story once, on the condition that I never tell mom I knew. Jack was married to my Grandmother Kathy for 22...

04 Sep Eavesdropper

Posted at 16:00h in Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality 0 Comments

I’m an introvert with a counter-intuitive hobby: eavesdropping. It’s not an ethical hobby. That’s the thrill, isn’t it? To know the secrets of a hundred strangers… Rest assured, their secrets are safe with me. That doesn’t make it okay, but I considered it a victimless crime....

01 Sep Secret Bar

Posted at 16:00h in Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

Every city claims to have them, and every city will tell you that theirs is the best. Most larger places will lay claim to having quite a few. I am of course speaking of secret bars. The kind of bars with no name out front,...

11 Aug If Glass Could Scream

Posted at 16:00h in Hell and the Afterlife, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Religion and Spirituality, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

"Purgatory on Earth" read the flyer as it flapped unevenly in the wind, poorly stapled against the wooden post of a power line. It was an interesting title, not exactly the alluring intro phrase most religious recruitment ads used. For what I knew of Purgatory,...

06 Aug Satan Offered Me a Job

Posted at 16:00h in Beings and Entities, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality 1 Comment

Part 1 “I’m sorry, did you say Satan?” The young man standing on my porch nodded eagerly. “Yes, sir!” he said. “We have come to spread the message of our lord and savior Satan.” I looked from him to his companion. Both were dressed in ill-fitting white button down...

29 Jul What Happens When the Stars Go Out

Posted at 16:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Hell and the Afterlife, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

The red lights are only making the pain worse. It is an immense, earth-shattering pain, in my midsection and in my head. I try to move, but I can't; I try to speak, but I can't do that either. It hurts too much, and my...

07 Jul The Reaper’s Scythe

Posted at 16:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

There is no fear as potent as the fear of the unknown. No monstrous visage discovered yet has been as terrifying as the infinite potential for horror which exists before the mask is removed. That is why we humans, in our naive misunderstanding of the universal...

06 Jul Never Use Cheat Codes on a Ouija Board

Posted at 16:00h in Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Ghosts and Spirits, Hell and the Afterlife, Occult, Magic, and Witchcraft, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

(Never Use Cheat Codes on a Ouija Board, featured on the Top5s YouTube channel) In my hometown, there is a unique shop of oddities called "HexWorks" that I frequent. It's an old-world boutique that specializes in niche products that I'd describe as being vintage-style with a...

09 Jun Caterpillar

Posted at 03:09h in Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Religion and Spirituality 0 Comments

I was playing with my hospital badge as I stood in line ‘Jonathan Villanueva’ Johnny V that’s me. I had just finished my shift as an emergency room nurse. Not my usual spot, but it was the Fourth of July, they were understaffed. So after...

06 Feb Do I Have Something For You?

Posted at 05:22h in Hell and the Afterlife, Religion and Spirituality, Rites and Rituals 0 Comments

What are you doing right now? Not five minutes ago. Not five seconds ago, right now. What are you doing, right now? Let me take a shot in the dark here, are you just slumped over on your unmade bed, endlessly scrolling through the endless...

14 May One’s Diary

Posted at 23:59h in Demons and Possession, Hell and the Afterlife, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained 6 Comments

Entry 1 I cannot describe the determination it has taken to get this accomplished, but I finally have control. I must thank this one body for allowing me to touch the world and deliver this message. Given the situation, I will be brief with my messages...