A Childhood Phone Number
It started when a friend of mine came over, which led to us speaking at length about our childhood homes. He grew…
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Pass It On
It’s quite an interesting concept: those little “pass it on” messages, I mean. Chain letters and people telling you, “post this in…
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Don’t Look, Don’t Listen
While others can find forests unsettling in the dark, I’ve always found that there is something uniquely tranquil about walking through a…
Read NowYou Got a Leak
I just couldn’t do it anymore. After thirteen long years on this road, it was time for a change. I’ve been all…
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It all started last Monday. I received a call from his basketball coach. My son, Riley, had been acting more strangely than…
Read NowThe Birth of Spencer Terrell
The desert wind always sounded like someone trying to whisper through a throat full of sand. Outside of Natasha’s bedroom window, the…
Read NowSomething is Imitating My Friends
My name is Joseph. I’m a 25-year-old living in Wisconsin. Around three years ago, when I was about to turn 22, I…
Read NowThe Shadow That Stayed
Night One — 11:17 PM The refrigerator hums in the kitchen, falls silent, then starts again. I've been staring at the same…
Read NowThe Ledger of Howard Nestor
The asphalt road leading through Duskwood, Virginia always seemed to swallow the headlights of Owen’s battered old sedan, but tonight, on Halloween,…
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Don’t ignore the motion sensors
Things have been tough ever since mom passed. Dad's a complete shell of himself, and I've been left on my own to…
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Writer’s Block is a Bitch
"Why aren't you writing?" "I'm getting there. I just, um, I just haven't figured out a good starting point yet." "Excuses…" "I'm…
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The Mystery in Darby
The cool autumn air filled the lungs of Detective Josh Gaines as he exited his patrol car and walked to the front…
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This Little Light of Mine
The most worrying part of the whole experience was that this isn’t something that happened in a strange place. It wasn’t too…
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I Need Somebody
I This wall once held a chalkboard. The one behind me displayed a map of the United States with big red stars…
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The Show at the Barn Theater
I performed my heart out on stage, but I don’t think it was enough. It was like moving through tar, with every…
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The Endless Warp of Time
I In the picturesque countryside of Ceredigion, a historical county in the west of Wales, with its rugged cliffs delving into caves…
Read NowProphetic Pages
It was a rainy Saturday morning, and I could hear the rain tapping against my window. I looked up from my laptop…
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A Tale from Portaferry
The clear night sky was a perfect reflection of the water below it, and the moon hovered amongst a quilt of black…
Read NowA Real Head-Turner
It took him six blocks to realize he was being followed. He was an office worker in the city. He spent his…
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We Chose Hell
HELLO. My name is Max Regnier. My story begins at the end – if there is an end. I’ve been consigned to…
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The mystery of Blackfeather Woods
The following is a collection of official police reports and files from the Stirling County Sheriffs office. They are part of an…
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