Salt in the Dark River
The house sat empty at the top of the hill. Its security lights were a beacon in the night, like a lighthouse…
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Mother Earth
In my experience, when one is tired, one tends to “see” differently than when one is awake. For example, children “see” things…
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The Crooked Room
Call me Bramwell Alden. I can't give you my real name because my prick of a family is too well known. My…
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Nina the Killer
I heard recently that there is a new killer. I was surprised when I heard it for the first time. I first…
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I thought it was a great house and at a price we could afford, despite being laid off after ten years of…
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Plasticity
I remember my first kiss. What boy doesn’t? Lisa Miller’s soft wet mouth pressed into mine as the salty flavor of her…
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The Ember Smell of Winter
Emilie, Stan and I enjoyed our grandmother’s tales. During school breaks, Mom and Dad drove the three of us to her home…
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Winter Time
All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. (‘Macbeth’: Act 5, scene 5) With turned, frozen earth stinking sharp…
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Only a Dream
I think that I was so scared and intimidated by my dreams for so long that I kept them to myself. I…
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The Signal-Man
“Halloa! Below there!” When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with…
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I Made a Monster Out of Clay
The top half of Councilman Jones’ body hung by a steel cable looped around his neck and tied off to an old…
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Caterpillar
I was playing with my hospital badge as I stood in line ‘Jonathan Villanueva’ Johnny V that’s me. I had just finished…
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Cold Wind, Cold Earth
"With little evidence towards his innocence, he is to be hanged the Monday from next on charges of military treachery and murder...as…
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People always have pondered what another intelligent being would be like. They’ve always theorized that these beings would be light-years away and…
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The bitter cold of night’s sharp breath covered his grey skin in goosebumps, under the glow of the pale moonlight. He drew…
Read NowBurning Sage
“OK,” the woman screeched, her eyes the size of plates, a grin the size of a banana strained to provoke some kind…
Read NowPeople In The Woods
They were strange. The people in the woods. Beautiful but strange. They come to town every Sunday dressed in their best, they…
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Dave the Ouija Board
Hi. I'm Dave. Dave the ouija board. Finished? There's usually some sort of response at this point. Swearing. Laughter. General disbelief. Don't…
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I think it should go down in law that all small towns need an urban legend. Nothing ushers in excitement to a…
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Where the Nightmares Go
The sun shone dimly through gray skies, barely illuminating a vague dirt road upon which a young teen walked. The young man…
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