by Grace Alexander Here Be Dragons The glass slipped out of my suddenly numb fingers and shattered on the stone floor, but I didn't register it happening. I strained to see, to hear, in a room suddenly devoid of either ...read more
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by Dominique Storm Ghost stories have been written for centuries all over the world, and people keep coming back for more. A great ghost story keeps the reader on the edge of their seat, wanting to soak in more of the a...read more
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Terror from within
"His whole life was constructed around numbers. They led him to his fruitful career, comfortable lifestyle, and a fut..." "Sigh. Working on my thesis is difficult work. It is even harder when "it" decides to eat while I work. It co..." "I used to keep it under my bed. As it grew with me, I moved it to my basement. Growing up, trying to hide it from my parents was difficult, but now that I have a house all to myself, I can..."
by Terry Mahoney It was fortunate for the man that it was the wrong season for blue crabs to be moving down the Sasfras river, or he might have had his bones picked clean. They were hibernating, waiting for the warm ...read more
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Demons, monsters, and otherworldly visitors
"Frank Billings sat by the south window of the Maryhaven Cemetery caretaker's house watching an old movie on TV. While warm and cozy inside the little house, outside the window the snow was piling into drifts. A winter weather watch had gone into effect at ten o'clock. The clock on the wa..." "It was one of those nights when the red skyline stretches across the top of the land in the distance, that sits in silhouette as if giving the sky it's moment of glory. The sun..." "Their craft was small but incredibly powerful. Cramped quarters did not overly disturb the occupants. They were serene bei..." "The baby's screaming continued to get louder and more ferocious. She'd already attended to him twice, even brought him into their bed. But he's started to how again. Raphy threw the covers back and stomped over to the baby monitor and ripped the cord from the wall..."
by Scott Scherr ATM
Beautiful, crisp Sunday evening. Going on Monday in about twenty minutes. I felt like the last man alive on earth as I approached the ATM just outside Hartman's grocery store at the corner of...read more
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Another unusual encounter
by Daniel Xiao Wang I have always hated cats. At times I considered them as bad as demons. So I probably shouldn't have been surprised, they don't care any more for me than I do for them. I pulled my old beat up Carolla ...read more
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by Tim O'Dell The Librarian
"Out, get out now, you little lout!" Eric stood rigid and pointed towards the door, Hitler-like, as the child ran, tears streaming down his cheeks, out of the library, out of the bui...read more
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The paranormal
"The magnificent old grandfather clock seemed to tick in anticipation on this 13th night of June, a Friday, and also the night of the full moon. The spectacle from the balcony was wondrous; the golden orb could be seen rising between the boughs of the ancient...' "Silence is what greeted me, that and the smell of musky dank places. Entering the room I couldn't qu..." "The house on the end of Mariner's Lane sat isolated and private behind a high hedge that shie..."
by Fiona Mather Tentatively I walked down the path approaching the tree that stood guard on the way to the village that was my home. Soaking up the suns rays and feeling them penetrating my ageing bones, making me fe...read more
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by Norman A. Rubin "Memories of the past are usually quite pleasant but one bit of memory that was and still is constantly retained in my mind sent a cold finger of terror down my spine and left me in a cold sweat. Abou...read more
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by Kat Oliver GHOSTLY VALENTINE Cynical. Intolerable. Callous. Some of the nicer words my employees have for me, he thought. Maybe they're right, but I'm much too tired these days to care. I should have sold th...read more
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by Jon Coe Joe sat beside the lake, it was the exact spot that he and his true love Patricia had been sitting the previous year. As Joe reflected upon his memories, tears started to roll down his face. It was Va...read more
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