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30 Jan

Posted at 20:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Domestic Life and Relationships, Dreams and Nightmares, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Psychological Horror, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

Part I I drove slowly down Maple Crescent, trying to ignore the tightness in my chest. Every house looked the same—two-story colonials painted in varying shades of beige, gray, and white, all with manicured lawns and identical mailboxes perched at the curb. It was the kind...

16 Jan

Posted at 11:00h in Body Horror, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Investigations and Crimes, Isolation and Loneliness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Natural Disasters and Storms, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers

When a series of brutal killings shakes the remote town of Port Smith, Sheriff Caleb Dunn is thrust into a fight for survival against an unseen predator. The victims are found mutilated, arranged in ritualistic displays, and eerily stripped of their clothing. With an unforgiving...

21 Oct

Posted at 11:00h in Bargains and Deals, Curses and Cursed Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Strange and Unexplained

The Peddler Man, The Peddler Man Could Bring You Delights or an Old Tin Can There Will Be Nothing to Lack When the Peddler Man Opens His Sack My grandfather was the first to encounter The Peddler Man.  He would often tell us stories of sitting on his porch,...

19 Oct

Posted at 11:00h in Ancient Artifacts, Beings and Entities, Curses and Cursed Objects, Domestic Life and Relationships, Fantasy, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Historical Fiction, Jobs and Occupations, Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, Religion and Spirituality

646 – Kingdom of Silla Queen Seondeok stood at her window and watched the night sky while considering the betrayal of Kim Bidam, chairman of the council of nobles. “Emperor Taizong is behind this! I know it!” Gim Chun-Chu, her normally composed diplomatic nephew, yelled while angrily...

03 Mar

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Locations and Sites, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Suspense and Thrillers

Part I I have never been a superstitious man, and can honestly say that I do not believe in vampires, ghouls, demons, or anything else that those youngsters with their vivid imaginations and smartphones like to dream up. But there is one thing that happened a very...

12 Dec

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Locations and Sites, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Suspense and Thrillers

“No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.” John 3:13 CHAPTER 1 Devon, England. October 1991 The Duke’s Head pub had been derelict for two years now; boarded up, condemned; but no one missed it. It had never been a...

08 Dec

Posted at 11:00h in Animals and Wildlife, Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Fantasy, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Jobs and Occupations, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors, Slashers and Gore, Suspense and Thrillers

His name was Connor. Dustin Connor, but he never went by that name. Some called him Con or Connor. I called him Mr. Connor. Mr. Connor was the bravest and most imposing man that I and many have ever known. He stood well over six feet...

13 Jun

Posted at 11:00h in Animals and Wildlife, Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers

James was an eight-year-old boy with the heart of a dog and the energy of a hummingbird. His mother died when he was only five, so he lived with his grandmother, Babcia. They were very poor: their house was a tiny, dilapidated thing, with a...

30 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Dreams and Nightmares, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Myths and Legends, Psychological Horror

The carpet smells of decay and mud as I flatten my face against the floor in an attempt to hide under our queen-sized bed. An incessant banging at the door resonates through my brain, feeling like I’m being impaled with an iron spike. Each knock slams...

23 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Illness and Injuries, Jobs and Occupations, Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained

The road is a light brown path of dirt that stretches up and down the shallow hills, running straight from end to end before becoming serpentine at its eastern end where it meets the main highway. Blades of grass struggle to break through but soon...

26 Feb

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Rites and Rituals, Slashers and Gore

My name is Mortimer Lipschitz. I know the name itself suggests otherwise, but I shit you not. That's really my name. I used to wish it wasn't. On all that's holy, I wished it wasn't. But I suppose that the name was never really the...