I just couldn’t do it anymore. After thirteen long years on this road, it was time for a change. I’ve been all over the country. I’ve seen the flat lands of tornado alley, from Wichita Kansas to Canadian Texas, where the windmills turn like silent sentinels, and the milky way
The first time Alice saw that inkwell, she was in the old attic of her grandparents’ house, a dusty, forgotten room where time seemed to have stood still. It was tucked away in a dark corner, half-hidden under a messy pile of old books, whose yellowed pages smelled of mold
Everywhere around me was fire, chaos, and death. The complex was under siege and my side was losing. The roof above me was burning and bullets were flying through the smashed window frames, whizzing only inches over my head as I cowered behind an overturned table. Brother Jacob was six
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I remember the first time I saw the lights. I was driving home late from my shift at the mill, taking the backroad through Pygmy Stream, Alabama, my hometown, to save gas. That’s when I noticed Blessed Steeple Methodist Church wasn’t dark like it should be. The church had been
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Henry glanced over at the empty side of the double bed. Patting it with his hand brought the faint aroma of lemon detergent out of the fibres and into the air, it wasn’t strong enough to mask the underlying musk of animal in the sheets and duvet. Lately Henry never
A degree in wildlife management. It sounds so exciting, and the $70,000 piece of paper has certainly ensnared many bright, nature-loving youths with the allure of grand vistas and endless adventures, and I am one who heard the sirens call. From a young age, I knew people weren’t for me.
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I was pedaling as hard as I could, the tires thumping on each new slab of wood on the railway track. The railway was a clear cut through the woods, separating a once thriving forest into two distinct parts. Though summer break had only started a week ago, we already
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You ever have a memory you wish ya could just burn out of ya skull? A memory that pops up every now & again and when it does all the same damn feelings come flooding back? One of those memories that make you sick to ya stomach? one that feels
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My name is Holly West, and for a decade I’ve been sent on various operations to investigate the strange, the unexplainable, and the downright horrifying. Cryptids, sinister cults, sentient buildings. You name it. My organization deals with the things the cops can’t hope to. While my job isn’t as particularly
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It was Tuesday after lunch when I noticed the Door. I was walking back from the equipment cupboard to restock my phlebotomy tray, when I passed Dr Clark’s room and stopped. The examination couch that usually sat unused against that stretch of wall was gone. In its place was a
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Prologue – Past I’ve always felt like I was playing a part. Since my earliest years, I was just a mediocre actor in a family drama, playing the role of the son or the brother. I never felt close to them or cared about their feelings, but I pretended otherwise,
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It started with a photo; it was dark, the moon was golden against the sky, the stars were out, and I thought that my iphone and filters were all that I needed to be a master photographer. So I pulled over on the side of the highway last Monday night
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If you’re looking for summer vacation spots, New Zealand is definitely an amazing destination to explore. Although this country may not receive as much attention as some of the world’s more mainstream travel locations, it does have millions of tourists and plenty of gorgeous places to visit. Even more interestingly,
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The house we lived in was so big. Big enough for about six people, and we only had three. It was our dream home, the walls were made of happiness, and the roof was built from the love I felt for both of my girls. Two stories tall with a
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Hospitals were always the grimmest of places for me. There was a sadness and pain that no one but me could feel. To watch and feel the suffering of men, women, and children as they either got better or worse. It always brought a smile to my face when they
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I need help. I am in hospital and in a stable state. I am Australian so healthcare is taken care of, just need urgent legal advice. I am a 26 y/o male from the inner west of Sydney. I was just a victim of an incident in which I am
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Ever since I was a child, I’ve dreamed of flying. Soaring high above the world, a thousand feet from any other person, with no limits or obstacles in my way, seemed like the ultimate form of freedom. When my parents would send me out to play with friends, I preferred
It was a rainy Saturday morning, and I could hear the rain tapping against my window. I looked up from my laptop and let out a soft sigh. The sound was somewhat annoying, yet also oddly soothing, and I thought it might help me focus on the history essay I
The night smells wrong. Not merely damp, not merely cold—spoiled, as though the air itself has been left too long inside something dead and forgotten. Each breath coats your tongue with the taste of old coins dissolved in rot, metallic and sour, thick enough to cling. The fog doesn’t drift;
Today is the day it ends for him. Luther has his last meal, which is a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda. Luther looks at the men who watch him eat it, who look at him with disgust. Luther just smiles through his food as he eats. Besides, in a couple
By the time Jean-Luc finally arrives, the only things awake are the moon and me. It sits in the sky a perfect, silver half-slice, dewy in the way all things get around dawn. It’s cold out. My breath fogs around my cigarette, and I hear the bus before I see
1905, late autumn. The fog that rested upon Greyport Harbor was no mere weathered veil, but a suffocating presence that clung to the flesh like sodden wool, steeped in the reek of rotting kelp and the corroded breath of iron buoys long abandoned to the tide. Each inhalation drew it
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“Have you ever felt like you’re being watched?” It’s odd to be 21 and still checking my closet and under my bed. My friends teased me about it when I told them, but it’s a habit I can’t shake. I lock my door. Even when my parents are home. I’m
Isabella walked to the front of her grandmother’s casket. Her grandmother looked peaceful in her repose, wearing her favorite dress. Isabella guessed that she just didn’t understand what had happened. It felt as if she had just visited her grandma for afternoon tea not long ago, and then days later
