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Shannon Higdon

Roommates

Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Strange and Unexplained / / 10 minutes of reading

The second Darryl’s keys were rattling in the lock Katie was off the couch and racing to the front door. “Did you do it?  Did you do it?”  She was practically bouncing up and down with giddy anticipation and unwilling to give him a second to even breathe.  “Did you kill her?  Is it done?”  Darryl couldn’t help but to smile and shake his head.  She was such a bad influence on him.  He tried to remember the first time they had met but for some reason was unable to.  It just kind of seemed like she had always been there.  Tim and Jerry had been his roommates for close to eight years and somewhere along the way she just kind of fell in with the twin brothers.  Before Darryl knew what happened she was living in the little, two-bedroom house as well.

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In-cide

In-cide

Strange and Unexplained, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness / / 33 minutes of reading

“Holy shit…Gary?  Is that you, Gary?” Gary quickly spun around to face the voice he’d immediately recognized, although he was far from convinced that it was actually coming from the form of his brother and best friend: Mikey.  It seemed fairly obvious that since he was most likely losing his

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The Contract

Strange and Unexplained, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Technology, the Internet, and the Deep Web / / 60 minutes of reading

Teddy Wilson rapped one knuckle against the smoked-stained glass door adorned with the worn, white letters that announced, “Martin Croker: Editor” before popping his head into the room. “You wanted to see me boss?”  The man who served as his immediate supervisor for the last decade was on the phone

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Human Nature

Strange and Unexplained, Apocalyptic and Dystopian, Locations and Sites, Military and Warfare, Science Fiction and Aliens, Space and Cosmic Horror / / 92 minutes of reading

Laura pulled her cellphone out of its storage compartment and queued up the first video before wondering if she really should watch it again.  They had, technically, only been in space for eight hours with another seventy-two yet to go and she’d already viewed the three-minute clip close to a hundred times.  The little voice in the back of her head that said she would tire of it if she continued at her current pace was quickly silenced, however, once play was pressed…yet again.

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A Day at the Park

Locations and Sites / / 24 minutes of reading

The girls were adamantly opposed to the move.  This, of course, was no surprise; most children hate having their lives upheaved and relocated. Especially at the ages of eight and eleven, like Mary and Sarah were.  Sarah, in particular, had a very difficult time leaving her best friends in the

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The Big One

Beings and Entities, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors / / 16 minutes of reading

The competitors of the thirtieth annual “Super fish” tournament sponsored by the Angler Warehouse could not have asked for a better day; seventy-five degrees and not a cloud in the sky.  The competition was open to just about every type of fish that Lake Michigan had to offer, but when several large Pumpkinseeds or Rock Carp counted the same as an average sized Sturgeon or Catfish, the fishermen were always on the hunt for “the big one.”

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The Psychopath

Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Beings and Entities, Locations and Sites / / 11 minutes of reading

Mena had been in the shower for nearly an hour when the water-heater spit out the last drops having any semblance of warmth to them, prompting her to quickly shut off the flow before that damn chill re-attached itself to her.  It was honestly the first time she had felt warm in a week.  There were only two towels and they were…suspect, at best, but she made do nonetheless.  The odds of her winning the lottery were probably higher than the odds of finding anything clean in this place.  Two weeks ago something like that would have driven her crazy.

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the dark spot

The Dark Spot

Beings and Entities, Artifacts and Objects, Dreams and Nightmares, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained / / 20 minutes of reading

“Hello, my old friend,” Griffin said aloud as he stared out the window at the dark spot.  It had been at least two decades since he had seen the shadow-man.  A moment later, Julie came into the bedroom and stood next to Griffin at the large bay-window.

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the quest creepypasta

The Quest

Strange and Unexplained, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites / / 18 minutes of reading

Grynnwald grabbed his son by his beaten breastplate and shook the hysterical young man, slamming him against a massive oak tree, nearly unleashing the chest-piece in the process. “Haurik!” he screamed desperately trying to break through the panic.  “Compose yourself!”  It took a moment for Haurik to fall silent, save

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another fairy tale

Another Fairy Tale

Strange and Unexplained, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore and Folktales, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids / / 26 minutes of reading

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a story that became well known in all the kingdoms of men.  It started as a whisper in the back of ale-houses and progressed to the point of street-corner news barkers.  No one knew if the story was

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Elf on a Shelf (with a Knife)

Beings and Entities, Artifacts and Objects, Christmas and Holidays, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Strange and Unexplained / / 30 minutes of reading

“It’s creepy,” Dan balked. “It’s cute,” Julia countered. “Besides, it’s fun. I mean, geez Scrooge, where’s your Christmas spirit?” Dan picked up the doll and turned it over in his hands. It was the prototypical Christmas elf as imagined by Hollywood in a red onesie, Santa hat and painted on

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killer look

Killer Look

Strange and Unexplained, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness / / 31 minutes of reading

Daniella flew through the front door and threw her books on the coffee table with disdain. “I know…right? I mean, geez…what a bitch.” She was talking through her Bluetooth which was commonplace but still earned her a fair number of strange looks in public. It was 2017 for heaven’s sake,

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vilification

Vilification

Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Drugs and Addictions, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained / / 76 minutes of reading

Vilify [vil-uh-fahy]: verb (used with object), 1. To speak ill of; defame; slander 2. To make vile. * * * * * * He awoke into an imperceptible brightness; lights, many bright lights, coming in from all directions and making it impossible to see beyond the glare. The details of

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