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To Build a Fire
Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, ...
Axe Murder Hollow
There was once a farmer who lived outside the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. On a small hill overlooking his fields he built himself a little ...
I Found a Dark and Lonely Road
I try to live my life without too many regrets. I’ve had highs and lows like everyone else, sure, but I do what I can ...
The Jacob Motel
Asphalt tires glided us along the black sea of the Interstate. My vision had become blurry, tired from the constant repetition of the white line, ...
A Case of Insomnia
A curious case emerged in the fall of two thousand four. A man, aged nineteen, was found dead of an exhaustion-induced heart attack. The man, ...
The Corruption of Hawkswood
If one were to drive southbound from the historic city of Durham, following the winding roads through the old pit villages, you would eventually come ...
The Whimper Tree
When I was a kid, I used to love it when my granddad came to visit. He was a big man, tall and stout and ...
Lights by the Roadside
I’m an EMT in my childhood hometown of Hillhaven, Montana. There’s only one hospital worth the name in the whole county, Hillhaven General, so when ...
The Little Dentists
I had my first trip to the dentist last week. I do mean first, too. I don't think I ever went growing up. Mom said ...
Slow and Steady
I bought a new house last month. It’s a lovely little place. It’s rustic, homey, remote—everything I wanted. The man I bought it from built ...
A Fear of Silence
Back in 1956, I signed up for a psych experiment in college. They had a float tank, one of those sensory deprivation chambers, and they ...
