27 Feb Something’s Wrong with Madeline

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Demons and Possession, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Medical and Hospitals, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids 0 Comments

“No, Mama! Mama, no! Please, Mama, don’t let them take me! I’ll be good, I swear!” the girl screamed. Tears flowed from her eyes as she thrashed against the two-adult woman dressed in black. They held her arms firm and pulled her deliberately up a...

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20 Jan Dead and Gone

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Body Horror, Illness and Injuries, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

It had been six months since the accident. I remember because Elizabeth was helping me sign my name in our daughter Jenny’s birthday card. Slowly she guided by hand, helping me create some legible signature rather than the scribbles of a child in kindergarten, the...

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08 Jan Never Stop At Roadside Memorials

Posted at 11:00h in Artifacts and Objects, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Dreams and Nightmares, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Science Fiction and Aliens, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

You know those people who you tell the time of events to 15 minutes early because you know they would be late? The ones who would be late to their own funerals, as the saying goes? Well, that's me. Prepare as I might. I can...

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16 Dec Tantrum

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Illness and Injuries, Science Fiction and Aliens, Sounds and Voices, Strange and Unexplained 0 Comments

Let me just make something clear: I never get to go out somewhere nice. Like ever. My best friend and I struggle just to pay our bills every month, so anything fancier than McDonald's is usually out of the question. We'll save up for months to go...

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09 Dec The Hiker’s Lapse

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors 0 Comments

Maintaining a steady pace—placing one foot in front of the other, trudging along as he'd done for the past four months—Sam felt the distance growing between himself and the Creek. A crisp breeze came down from the mountain and Sam took in a slow breath,...

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24 Oct The Candy Man

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Halloween Stories, Illness and Injuries, Investigations and Crimes 0 Comments

“The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love, and makes the world taste good.” ~Willy Wonka Every town has its ghost stories. Maybe it’s the haunted house on the other side of the railroad tracks, or the spirit that haunts the tunnel in the...

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15 Aug The Lucky One

Posted at 11:00h in Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Medical and Hospitals 0 Comments

Any mother who has more than one child will admit-if she’s honest-that she has one child who worries her more than the others. This has nothing to do with love, but rather some children’s propensity to find trouble-the child most likely to get in a...

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