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18 Oct Stay in Your Car

Posted at 11:00h in Apocalyptic and Dystopian, Conspiracies and Government, Cosmic Horror and Lovecraftian Stories, Isolation and Loneliness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers 0 Comments

Part I Listen, before I start—if anyone finds this, if anyone reads this, you need to know something. I shouldn’t be talking about this. It’s been ten years since that night, and I’ve kept my mouth shut like I promised, even when I wanted to scream...

02 Dec Before the Zero

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

It is the smell that Dachery notices first. A sour odor, not quite spoiled but somewhat acidic, wafts through the air. It joins the thick artificial popcorn butter and the sucrose of cotton candy to make a nauseating maelstrom of humidity that permeates through the...

18 Feb Like a Moth

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

Danny was always afraid of the dark. The kind of kid who'd slept with a nightlight until he was way too old. One who’d never dare to step out of his room if the hallway light was off. I remember our first sleepover, when tucked away beneath...

09 Dec The Detective and the Hangman

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors 0 Comments

“With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries?” – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Detective John McCarthy stood in the ankle-deep snow. Blowing hot air into his cupped hands while examining the scene. Christ. Why’d he...

08 Dec Connor (A Beowolf Story)

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 0 Comments

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 Aug Never Look Out a Window at Night

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained 2 Comments

I was always told not to look out a window at night, because you might not like what’s looking back at you. They call this an “old wives’ tale” or something like that, but for me, it was just a bunch of silly crap, so...

14 Jul Colony Collapse Disorder

Posted at 11:00h in Insects, Spiders, and Parasites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors 1 Comment

The air filled with smoke, but to Texan farmer Don Murphy, it was all part of his daily routine. Unlike most men, Don lived for his workdays. Even at fifty-seven he never grew tired of the fragrant fog of burning wood, the vast blue skies, and...

01 Jul Uncle Scratch

Posted at 11:00h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids 1 Comment

“Daddy, why is mommy so cold?” She was dead. Maurice knew that much, but why was she so cold? His father, a stout man named Gregory, was silent. Everyone knows we die. Not even children deny it. Yet knowing a fact and believing it are different....

23 Jun The Ophidian Motel

Posted at 11:00h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Conspiracies and Government, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Rites and Rituals, Torture and Cannibalism 0 Comments

I didn’t plan on staying at a motel that night. My apartment is normally a perfectly nice, pleasant, and comfortable place to stay. Unfortunately, the notice on the door of the building said we had to make other arrangements for the next two days. Why,...

21 Jun Are You Unfulfilled?

Posted at 11:00h in Demons and Possession, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror 0 Comments

Are you unfulfilled? I want to help you. Specifically you. Yes, you, the one reading this going “Is he really talking to me?” Yes, I‘m really talking to you. I know you, I know your type. Bored, frustrated with life, seeking that thrill that’ll make you...

14 Jun Twigs

Posted at 11:00h in Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors 1 Comment

I was twelve years old when I went on my first hunting trip. It took a lot of brown-nosing and a lot of help from my grandfather, but eventually my father caved and allowed me to go. I was ecstatic. Every fall, my dad and grandpa...

13 Jun Wolves

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 1 Comment

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...

03 Jun Kimi

Posted at 11:00h in Animals and Wildlife, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Fantasy, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Science and Experimentation, Science Fiction 2 Comments

I’ve never been good with people. It’s always just been easier to live my life alone, burying myself in fiction and living vicariously through the stories I read and watched. It was comforting to do that. My life could never have been as interesting as...

12 May Do Not Go Outside

Posted at 10:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers 1 Comment

“Do not go outside! Ignore all cries for help, no matter how human they sound!” shouted Alex’s dad. He pulled the cellar door over and paused to look back. “And lock this door behind me.” The door slammed shut. Alex locked it, walked down the stairs...

08 May Gas Masks and Cornfields

Posted at 17:00h in Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Strange and Unexplained 1 Comment

We’d been driving around Texas for a while. Clayton, Tom and I had recently graduated, so we had no destination. We were just there to dick around and create some memories until we had to snap back to real life. At one point, Tom had gotten...

08 May A Gift From Below

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids 1 Comment

Tom Strand had to pee. Sixty-four ounces of gas station root beer sloshed in his gut, disrupting the constant thoughts of his mother. The problem was Tom hadn’t seen a rest stop for nearly an hour, and dusk was beginning to settle over the Louisiana...

07 May Her Tongue Too Long

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Period Pieces 1 Comment

In places where the very old traditions still hold, August is known as “the ghost month.” Hungry ghosts are said to roam the streets and hillsides, especially at night and especially when things are quiet. Some say that hungry ghosts are created when someone innocent...

06 May The Nearus

Posted at 11:00h in Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Investigations and Crimes, Locations and Sites, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends, Nature and the Outdoors, Urban Legends 1 Comment

Most children say they want to run away from home but few ever do it. My brother Joey was definitely in the latter category, using the excuse of freedom and independence to constantly break our parents’ rules. He was a dreamer, an adventurer, someone that refused...

01 May There Were Two Moons in the Sky Last Night

Posted at 11:00h in Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Science Fiction, Strange and Unexplained, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers 2 Comments

Have you ever looked up at the moon at night and dreamed of a better life? Maybe wished for love or simply looked for inspiration? It’s amazing, isn’t it, such a magnificent celestial body just hanging in the sky, one we’ve lived with since the...

13 Apr The Taklitçi

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Myths and Legends 1 Comment

The Original Sin We were just open-minded kids. We wanted to see as much of the world as possible. God forgive us; we didn’t mean to deceive anyone. We didn’t mean to give that creature a whiff of our scent, but we did. I’m sure now...