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Dec 30 2017

The Psychopath

Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Beings and Entities, Locations and Sites / December 30, 2017 / 11 minutes of reading

Mena had been in the shower for nearly an hour when the water-heater spit out the last drops having any semblance of warmth to them, prompting her to quickly shut off the flow before that damn chill re-attached itself to her. It was honestly the first time she had felt warm in a week. There were only two towels and they were…suspect, at best, but she made do nonetheless. The odds of her winning the lottery were probably higher than the odds of finding anything clean in this place. Two weeks ago something like that would have driven her crazy.

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Dec 27 2017

The Dark Spot

Beings and Entities, Artifacts and Objects, Dreams and Nightmares, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained / December 27, 2017 / 20 minutes of reading

“Hello, my old friend,” Griffin said aloud as he stared out the window at the dark spot. It had been at least two decades since he had seen the shadow-man. A moment later, Julie came into the bedroom and stood next to Griffin at the large bay-window.

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Dec 25 2017

The Quest

Strange and Unexplained, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites / December 25, 2017 / 18 minutes of reading

Grynnwald grabbed his son by his beaten breastplate and shook the hysterical young man, slamming him against a massive oak tree, nearly unleashing the chest-piece in the process. “Haurik!” he screamed desperately trying to break through the panic. “Compose yourself!” It took a moment for Haurik to fall silent, save

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Dec 23 2017

Forest Awaken

Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Nature and the Outdoors / December 23, 2017 / 52 minutes of reading

His voice echoes through my conscience over and over again. I remember his face was a sickly, yellow color. The corners of his mouth were veiled with blood; the sound of the air- pacemaker was just as I’d imagined it would sound. The oropharyngeal airway stuck out from the corner

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Dec 22 2017

Another Fairy Tale

Strange and Unexplained, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore and Folktales, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids / December 22, 2017 / 26 minutes of reading

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a story that became well known in all the kingdoms of men. It started as a whisper in the back of ale-houses and progressed to the point of street-corner news barkers. No one knew if the story was

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Dec 21 2017

The Basement of Saint Andrews

Locations and Sites / December 21, 2017 / 7 minutes of reading

“Why don’t you go ahead and tell me what happened..” God I hate that woman’s voice. I never really got along with my therapists, they always seemed so… apathetic. Its like they don’t care about the patient, rather just eating up time with their bullshit “grounding techniques” in order to

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Dec 13 2017

The Cage

Locations and Sites / December 13, 2017 / 5 minutes of reading

I suppose I should put some kind of explanation here, just in case this does end up making it’s way to the outside world. Not that I hold out much hope for that, but at this point there isn’t much else for me to do. I wish I could tell

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Nov 27 2017

Krokoa

Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids / November 27, 2017 / 7 minutes of reading

While I am writing this in my home and at the time I usually fill my journal with my week’s exploits, my past entries pale in comparison to what I am about to document. In between my last entire and now, my mind, which is home to rational and logical

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Nov 18 2017

Vilification

Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Drugs and Addictions, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained / November 18, 2017 / 76 minutes of reading

Vilify [vil-uh-fahy]: verb (used with object), 1. To speak ill of; defame; slander 2. To make vile. * * * * * * He awoke into an imperceptible brightness; lights, many bright lights, coming in from all directions and making it impossible to see beyond the glare. The details of

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Oct 31 2017

The Horror in The Basement

Locations and Sites / October 31, 2017 / 11 minutes of reading

My name is Paxton and my experience occurred in western Canada on October 24th of 2015. I won’t go into too many details about myself, what is important is the story that I must share with you. I have to get it off of my mind, off of my shoulders

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Oct 13 2017

The Crimson Mansion

Locations and Sites, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances / October 13, 2017 / 16 minutes of reading

It was 2:05 AM when I did it. Everything around was completely quiet, not a single person in sight. I grabbed the folding ladder out from my garage and neatly placed it right under the light post in front of my house. I quickly ran back inside and came back

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Oct 9 2017

The Guerneville Cabin

Locations and Sites / October 9, 2017 / 6 minutes of reading

Now, before you read this, take note, I am a very critical skeptic, I am quick to dismiss any claims of psychics, fortune tellers, hell even aliens, but I am positive about what happened in that house. Guerneville, a small town in Northern California, never heard of it; wouldn’t be

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Oct 3 2017

Dr. Skelton’s Harvest Carnival

Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites / October 3, 2017 / 25 minutes of reading

My mind often drifts back to Keyser’s Nook on crisp autumn nights such as this. Particularly my tenth year of existence, for it was the most horrendous of my life. 1996. It was the year that The North American blizzard bombarded the entire east coast. The year I became interested

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Sep 26 2017

Mother Earth

Beings and Entities, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Rites and Rituals / September 26, 2017 / 29 minutes of reading

In my experience, when one is tired, one tends to “see” differently than when one is awake. For example, children “see” things in the dark which are not there. The first time I “saw” something I assumed it was simply a product of my over-tired brain, dismissed it, and thought

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Sep 20 2017

Some Doors Should Never Be Opened

Locations and Sites / September 20, 2017 / 13 minutes of reading

Ever since I can remember, my uncle’s root cellar terrified me. A nameless fear. They told me it was just a child’s fear of the dark, and I believed them. My family would push me towards the door in the back of the first room. I would kick, I would

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Sep 14 2017

My Roommate Got Sick After Returning from Africa

Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Illness and Injuries, Investigations and Crimes, Locations and Sites / September 14, 2017 / 14 minutes of reading

“Are you absolutely positive you locked the door when you left?” Denise’s voice was too desperate for her words to be an accusation. More like a plea. I adjusted the phone in my hand and the collar of my shirt. “Yes. Absolutely. I went back up and checked.” The latter

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Aug 30 2017

The Desert Road

Locations and Sites, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances / August 30, 2017 / 14 minutes of reading

Working late one night, preparing for a court appearance the next morning, I was somewhat taken aback by the sudden breath of the long-forgotten, but supremely familiar scent of the desert air. A phantom smell. I was in Boston, far, far away from the desert back home. Why that particular

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Jul 31 2017

I Remember Smuggler’s Creek

Locations and Sites / July 31, 2017 / 34 minutes of reading

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 The dynamic of memory has confounded me for my entire life. Memory is itself a living being, eternally aging until it decays and fades away. Each memory lives through its life cycle. Full of vitality in birth and hollow and weak in death. Like the people

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Jul 28 2017

Holes in the Walls

Locations and Sites / July 28, 2017 / 9 minutes of reading

I stepped up the old, wooden steps of the porch, to what would be our new home. It was nice enough. It had a big back yard (fenced in with barbed wire) with a massive tree and a sturdy-looking tire swing. Most importantly, the neighboring houses were probably about a

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Jul 3 2017

Dream House

Locations and Sites / July 3, 2017 / 11 minutes of reading

Farrah stared up at the dark old house, with its boarded-up windows and doors, creaky wrap around porch, and flecks of paint so weather-worn it was no longer discernible what color it had once been. It was in need of some serious attention that was for sure, but structurally it

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Jun 27 2017

The Zookeepers

Locations and Sites / June 27, 2017 / 17 minutes of reading

Odds are, you’ve been to a zoo before. If you’re like me when I was a kid, you might be disappointed to find that the lions and tigers don’t fight, roar, or do much of anything besides yawn and lounge around. If you’re really lucky, you might just see one

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Jun 12 2017

Children of God

Locations and Sites / June 12, 2017 / 9 minutes of reading

Many of you reading this will believe it’s a work of fiction. But I’m currently sitting in my friend’s room while I type this, both of us terrified of what might happen next. The only thing I can tell you for certain is that every word of this is true.

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Jun 9 2017

Fog in the Fir Trees

Locations and Sites / June 9, 2017 / 13 minutes of reading

The collection of mountains that make up Oregon’s Cascade Range, due west of Portland, have a particular quality. They hold the promise of incredible vistas and secret vantage points. Each forested crag invites climbing like few other places in the world. This promise is rewarded when, traveling west, the country

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Jun 7 2017

Whispers In The Dark

Locations and Sites / June 7, 2017 / 21 minutes of reading

My name is Wess Kellerman and to save time, I will spare you all the agony of reading my whole life story and keep the details of who I am concise. I’m twenty five years old with short blonde hair and green eyes. I go to the gym regularly to

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