Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

23 Mar Old Hag Madness

Posted at 11:00h in Demons and Possession, Dreams and Nightmares, Halloween Stories, Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Science Fiction and Aliens 0 Comments

When the leaves began to fall that first week in October so many years ago, I could not have been less prepared for what would ultimately alter the course of my life and any foreseeable future linked to it. Autumn was the time of year...

18 Mar The Hollow Eyes

Posted at 11:00h in Ghosts and Spirits, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness 0 Comments

The memories from which I write and record in the diary are strained, at best. Frequent attempts of the doctors to convince me that what I experienced was surrealistic. The vivid appearances only limited to the realm of dream and fantasy. As they have attempted...

05 Mar General Maintenance

Posted at 11:00h in Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

I see his edges. They’re there, and apparent. But he doesn’t notice them. He turns his head, and I look away before he sees me. Riding the bus is always so hard. But with my car in the shop, it’s the only way to get around....

29 Feb Sisters

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Demons and Possession, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Religion and Spirituality 0 Comments

My name is Julien Serrault. It is the 7th of January, 1882. I am an innkeeper outside the mountain town of Briancon, at the base of the French Alps. The inn does not do much trade, and in the winter months I am sometimes alone...

27 Feb Something’s Wrong with Madeline

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Demons and Possession, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Medical and Hospitals, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids 0 Comments

“No, Mama! Mama, no! Please, Mama, don’t let them take me! I’ll be good, I swear!” the girl screamed. Tears flowed from her eyes as she thrashed against the two-adult woman dressed in black. They held her arms firm and pulled her deliberately up a...

25 Feb Pass It On

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Dreams and Nightmares, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Torture and Cannibalism 0 Comments

It’s quite an interesting concept: those little “pass it on” messages, I mean. Chain letters and people telling you, “post this in five different comments or else you’ll die tonight.” Interesting indeed, but the idea lacks originality. It’s the same story with each one. “Pass...

21 Feb Colwin’s Corner

Posted at 11:00h in Artifacts and Objects, Body Horror, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Films and Footage, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Television and Lost Episodes 0 Comments

I usually like to watch TV with my little sister, Kimberly. She was only five, so of course, she watched all the cutesy kids' shows. I didn’t really mind, though. They made her happy and I liked spending time with her. She watched shows like...

20 Feb If You’re Armed and at the Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me

Posted at 11:00h in Drugs and Addictions, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Science and Experimentation, Science Fiction and Aliens 0 Comments

If you’re armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me. Make it a headshot. Shoot me in the temple, aiming slightly downwards. I need the bullet to travel the shortest possible distance through my brain before it hits my hippocampus. If I’m lucky, the sensation...

15 Feb A Germaphobe’s First Love

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

Erica hated the lack of hygiene. Erica absolutely despised unhygienic people. Just thinking about the slightest chance of her physically touching a “dirty” person chilled her spine. She refused to drink from another person’s cup. She avoided sharing food with others. She would be utterly disgusted by...

24 Jan The Two-Headed Boy

Posted at 11:00h in Body Horror, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness 0 Comments

Watching TV has always been one of our favorite things to do. In the early years, this proved difficult. Remus, being the stronger of our halves, would pull me until the remote was always within reach of his arm and out of that of mine....

17 Jan Letters to Sam

Posted at 11:00h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

Dear Sam, How are you doing? It’s been a while. I hope these winter days are treating you well, they don’t agree with me so much. You remember how blue I used to get? Seasonal Affective Disorder I believe it’s called, or SAD. Funny isn’t it?...

15 Jan Spiderland

Posted at 11:00h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Suspense and Thrillers 0 Comments

“Can we go on the roller coaster?” “Sure we can,” Kent assured his son, whose eyes brimmed with hope and enthusiasm. Little Brian ran ahead towards the ride as his father walked quickly behind. It was one of those old, rickety coasters that won’t keep you...

09 Jan All in the Family

Posted at 11:00h in Body Horror, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Toys and Dolls 0 Comments

He hoped the tape recorder would still work. It was one of those small portable ones often used in schools or libraries. Teddy didn’t even realize the irony of his action. Angie was, in fact, the one who had bought it for him....

08 Jan Never Stop At Roadside Memorials

Posted at 11:00h in Artifacts and Objects, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Dreams and Nightmares, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Science Fiction and Aliens, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

You know those people who you tell the time of events to 15 minutes early because you know they would be late? The ones who would be late to their own funerals, as the saying goes? Well, that's me. Prepare as I might. I can...

03 Jan Only Following Orders

Posted at 11:00h in Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Military and Warfare 0 Comments

The story you are about to read is one that has been, for the last 70 years, left to wither in the hearts of those few who recall it. Of the twelve of us present that day, only I remain, and my own end is...

30 Dec The Stars of Bigface Marsh

Posted at 13:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Nature and the Outdoors, Urban Legends 0 Comments

It was cold. Cold and dark. That’s all I could feel when I stared into the black abyss, that made up its eyes. There was a tingling sensation in my feet, that slowly rose up in my body like panic trapped inside of me. I...

27 Dec I Love Numbers

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

I love numbers, even numbers to be exact. I like that there are 48 stairs leading up to my cell. I like that I get precisely four hours of leisure time every day, no more, no less. I like that my wake up time, my...

26 Dec Better Films

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Body Horror, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Films and Footage, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Torture and Cannibalism 0 Comments

My brother has always had a dream of being a great filmmaker. For as long as I can remember it’s been his obsession. He got a video camera for his eighth birthday and would literally film everything with it, even the most mundane things. He would...

20 Dec Tonight’s Entertainment

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Journals and Diaries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Science and Experimentation, Torture and Cannibalism 0 Comments

In the dark of the night, little children often feel as if they see demons in their closet, and as if someone is watching them. The inky blackness of the night changes their familiar bedrooms once the watchful sun sets below the horizon. For most...

15 Dec Old Man Winter

Posted at 13:00h in Beings and Entities, Christmas and Holidays, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Myths and Legends, Slashers and Gore 0 Comments

Thank you for coming, doctor. I honestly didn't think the renowned psychoanalyst, Jeffrey Gilland, would see me. Then again, it isn’t every day you are handed the opportunity to interview an insane colleague. And I am your golden ticket to a more profound reputation, aren’t...

14 Dec Acts of Vengeance

Posted at 11:00h in Artifacts and Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Demons and Possession, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Occult, Magic, and Witchcraft, Slashers and Gore 0 Comments

The bell above the door rang noisily as I entered the bookshop. My hopes of just browsing through the books without attracting the attention of a well-intentioned but usually annoying clerk were immediately dashed. I hate to be bothered while perusing the shelves. But upon...

07 Dec The Sound of Sirens

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Ghosts and Spirits, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness 0 Comments

The only thing worse than motorway driving, is night-time motorway driving. The drizzle doesn’t help, glittering the glare of headlights and streetlights across the windscreen before the wipers smear it away, then it glitters again, then it’s smeared away again. On and on, the thump-thump,...

04 Dec Something is Coming to Get Me

Posted at 11:00h in Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

It all started after I had that damned panic attack. I am a calm person by nature, always have been. Small stuff never bothered me, even while driving. And I certainly had never been so negatively affected by something that I had a breakdown like that. Of all...

01 Dec Hospitality

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Slashers and Gore, Survival Horror, Torture and Cannibalism 0 Comments

I. The snow had stopped about an hour ago, but god damn, it was still a treacherous road. Mark turned up the radio, half to keep himself awake, and half to try to hear the music through the interfering static. The mountains weren’t good for the...