The Red Wristband
When you are admitted to a hospital, they place on your wrist a white wristband with your name on it. But there…
Read NowA Child’s Eyes
Every child fears under their bed. If they don't, they fear the closet, or maybe that little crack in the almost closed…
Read NowThe Window
I was in my bedroom, doing the typical at-home teenager thing: staying up late, digging around the depths of the internet, and…
Read NowThe Boogey Man
It started with my 3 year old son screaming in his room in the middle of the night. When I came in…
Read NowThe Growths
I'd had them ever since I was a kid. I can remember being incredibly self-conscious about them, hiding them in my pockets…
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Tower of Silence
January 19, 2003 — Indian officials ventured into a deep jungle, investigating several missing persons reports from a nearby city. What they…
Read NowA poem of fractured mind
Poem of fractured mind Doctors and nurses digging through my head Stitching through psyche like needle through thread Picking through all of…
Read NowThe Subway Ride
I live in the UK. A colleague at work heard this from her boyfriend. He works with someone who said that his…
Read NowThe Prince’s Fresh Start
Somewhere in West Philadelphia, you will find an old basketball court with a single ball lying in the middle. Pick it up…
Read NowWill You Sleep Tonight?
My name is often whispered, my memory abhorred, My touch brings out the blisters, my skin is cracked and torn. My eyes…
Read NowThe Photograph Pile
A young girl walking home from school found a small pile of Polaroid photos lying in the gutter. There were twenty in…
Read NowThe Never Ending Road
In Corona, California there once was a road known by most locals as the Never Ending Road. Specifically, the road's true name…
Read NowOne-Way Doors
Alleyways are always filled with doors, many of which never seem to lead anywhere. Once in a while, you may find a…
Read NowFarmer John
Farmer John was dead and gone; Hay-men watched his fields still: Lumpy sacks that had for long Drawn the crows in manner…
Read NowThe Ringing
You know that ringing sound that you will perceive when you are in a very quiet area? Some people say this is…
Read NowEvening Routine
Don't look up at the mirror. You know how that always goes. They look up at the mirror and it's right there…
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Where Bad Kids Go
I must have been six or seven when I lived in Lebanon. The country was ravaged by war at the time, and…
Read NowThe Girl In The Picture
One school day, a boy named Tom was sitting in class and doing math. It was six more minutes until after school.…
Read NowIn the Dark
I see you over there, tucked into your bed. I hope you feel uncomfortable. I hope you sense me over here, watching…
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