Buried in Hanging Hills
When Jade was only twelve-years-old, her father came home one afternoon with his arms and legs covered in claw marks. Jade felt…
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Follow the Green Lady
“My dear, are you awake?” Nikki Chambers had fallen asleep on her best friend’s tombstone when she heard those strange words from…
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The River Serpent
My best friends Darius and Jordan learned about my fear of swimming during an impromptu tubing trip on the Farmington River. The…
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The Sinking House
Colt was only thirteen years old when he rowed as fast as he could away from Benji and Caleb, the most menacing…
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The Pig Man
“I still have nightmares about my mother,” I told my friend Zack on a frigid October night in downtown Mystic. “She’s running…
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People Don’t Die. They Hide.
When I was ten years old, my brother came home to die on a frigid day in January. Purple lesions ravaged the…
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The Winsted Wildman
The first time Sasha got high, she stood face-to-face with a black bear in the backyard of her friend’s house. She was…
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“I swear I’m dreaming of someone else’s memories,” Samantha told her fiancé on the anniversary of their engagement. “I know I sound…
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The Glawackus
When my grandfather passed away during an early winter, my family scrambled to rid the house of his belongings before the first…
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The Jewett City Vampires
“I’m going blind,” I told my wife when we moved to our new gothic-style home in Griswold on a breezy day in…
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