Part I If I’m being honest, I ignored the warning signs. I mean, wouldn’t you? Sharon was perfect—or at least, she seemed perfect at the ...

My sister Brianna went missing on April 10th, 2008. On October 9th, 2013, Brianna came back. Six weeks later, on November 23rd, 2013, Brianna vanished ...

Part I My name is Elias Grayson, and until five years ago, I believed in God. Not the vague, modernist platitude of some benevolent creator, ...

Part I I stand alone, my breath forming frosty clouds as I gaze out into the desolate Alaskan winter through the windowpane. The world beyond ...

If you ever hear about a game called Corpse Hold, don’t play it. I mean it. There are some things in this world you don’t ...

There weren’t ever any stories about the forest. It wasn’t haunted. It wasn’t sacred ground. It wasn’t anything except a bunch of pine trees, and ...

Act I: The Conflict Theater 201 — School of the Art Institute of Chicago —Professor Robert Wellers “Class—listen up, please. Who would be the first ...

My wife Abby and I have a nightly routine at our house that begins around 8:30 or so, starting with putting our son Hunter to ...

Part I Michael adjusted the rearview mirror for the third time in two minutes, watching his 8-year-old son, Aidan, fiddling with a worn strap on ...

I woke on sand, the sound of crashing waves in my ears and the powerful sun shining down upon me, its rays burning my skin ...

Have you ever wanted to relive the thrill of a roller coaster without leaving your seat? Well, I found a way–but it came with a ...

Working security at the Twin Valley Behavioral Center for Children has exposed me to more strange events than I can count. For all its fancy ...