Color in Darkness
In the darkness we are strangers to ourselves, gray-skinned, white-eyed and black-haired demons rather than the usual familiar streaks of color that…
Read NowThe Meteor
In 1990, a small meteorite was sighted in the night sky by the Hubble telescope. It appeared to be on a collision…
Read NowA Long Detour
The hitchhiker Andy picked up on that July afternoon was one of the stranger people he had met. She had, after warm…
Read NowNegative Gate
Look behind you. What do you see? Invariably, there will be a wall somewhere in your view. Now stare deeply into the…
Read NowThe Toolbox
You wake up one morning to find a note taped to your mirror: "Don't worry, I took care of everything." Your clothes…
Read NowThe Disappearance Of David Lang
David Lang's two children, George, 8, and Sarah, 11, were playing in the yard when Lang and his wife came out of…
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I Remember
I remember the house from my childhood. I remember it being my uncles'. I remember the rather odd fashion the house lied…
Read NowWe All Die In the End
I watched, unable to muster the courage to jump in after her, as my sister fell down the cliff edge. My voice…
Read NowWhere A Kid Can Be A Kid
When I was a child my father owned a janitorial company that worked almost every night at our local Showbiz Pizza Place/Chuck…
Read NowThe Unmentionable Bargain
There's a small, inconspicuous building called "Padraic Willoughsby and Co." in the industrial district of Birmingham, UK. Most of the time, its…
Read NowThe Smooth, Black Stone
At the edge of the Pacific ocean, on some abandoned beach in the tropics, there is a large, smooth rock that sits…
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Explain This?
I am 53 years old, and the memory of this experience, which occurred when I was 11, the sheer terror I felt,…
Read NowThe Statue
You some how wake up surrounded by very tall hedges. You are very disoriented and groggy. As you observe your surroundings, you…
Read NowThe Classified Ad
Every year, for an unknown number of years, an ad is published in the New York Times Classifieds section. The advertisement is…
Read NowRemember to Turn the Lights On
I was six, maybe seven years old when this happened. My family had just gotten back from visiting my aunt's house. My…
Read NowCellular Phone
If you call yourself on your own cellular phone, sometimes you will get an answer. You won't hear anything other than heavy…
Read NowThe Real Monsters
When I was a little boy, I was afraid of monsters. They always lurked in the dark places where the light didn’t…
Read NowSome Things Should Just Be
It was an atrocious act, but it worked. And just like everything else in this world, there was a consequence. This act…
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