I Found a Series of Video Tapes in My Basement
Part 1 There are only a handful of events in your life that you remember where you were. For many Americans such…
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Hospital Hill
John sat with his grandmother on the balcony terrace overlooking West Bay Road and the lower Hampshire valley. The lush green fields…
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[PLAYING RECORDING 053] We’ve lived in a mountain for... I don’t care anymore. Years I guess. It’s not like there was a…
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The Debt Collector
Grant could not have asked for a prettier day to drive on. He had only been driving for Uber for a couple…
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Hospitality
I. The snow had stopped about an hour ago, but god damn, it was still a treacherous road. Mark turned up the…
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“We’re going down!” Captain Raul Santana yelled over the intercom. “Everybody, brace for impact!” Hazard lights blinked a pulsing symphony of angry…
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Killer Look
Daniella flew through the front door and threw her books on the coffee table with disdain. “I know…right? I mean, geez…what a…
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The Window Screen
The backstory: This story was told to me by my friend’s older sister when I was in fourth grade. I assumed she…
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The Dionaea House
10.7.2004 Jennifer, friends and family of Mark, As promised, here are copies of the correspondence I received from Mark over the course…
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“There it is. The old orphanage!” Bryce shouted eagerly, pointing haphazardly in front of us. He leaned up from his place in…
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When Death Cheats You
Everyone knows the term "cheating death": it's when you get to escape the ending of your life, or the cruelness of how…
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“Play with me,” it said. I stirred in my bed, my eyes drowsy and heavy. A yawn blew out of my mouth.…
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She gave him the key as soon as he had walked in the door. It had been in a small box, wrapped…
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It was no later than 3 am when I heard Chris knocking at the door again. Stumbling out of my sheets, I…
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The Khatese-Kai
CHAPTER ONE Demons Of Darkness by Olivia B. She stood on the bridge In silence and fear For the demons of darkness…
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The Siege of Area 51
Part 1 As you may have expected—though probably not with the particularly correct prescience—the siege of Area 51 ended disastrously for everyone…
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"Where should I put this crap?" Lily asked her mother, pointing to a box of cheap artwork that looked like it belonged…
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“So how much farther until we find this ‘really awesome place’ that I just ‘had to see’?” Patricia asked impatiently, her voice…
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Alex leans in to examine the wall closer. Alex and her partner, Rebecca, had been driving for the last four hours and…
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