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Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear
Have you ever driven down a road and glanced back at the rearview mirror and thought to yourself, “That car wasn’t there before?” It’s a ...
The Scarecrow’s Mausoleum
Gabriel Larson walked up to Colby Pittman on the playground at recess and kicked him square in the nuts. The heavyset, bug-eyed redhead crumpled to ...
The Joker’s Wilde
If anyone ever asked me to name the best three people I know, Russell Allison would be the first name out of my mouth. We’ve ...
The House Without Doors
When I was thirteen, I abandoned my best friend. It wasn’t intentional, not really. I’d been the one that had been sure of what we ...
Sack of Knives
It knows what you hate. And it hates what you love. I originally heard about “Sack of Knives” in one of my medieval literature texts—the ...
The Molecules That Bind Us
A layperson might have found it off-putting, but to Dr. Ian Wessner, the sound was comforting, nostalgic. It was like something from a Star Wars ...
Two Stories of the Haunted Cave
“Where are we going?” I was seated between my brothers Roger and Greg in the back of my brother-in-law’s black Scirocco. It was three days ...
Child of the Garden
A heavy mist rolled over the lush grass of the cemetery, muting the hues of green land and blue sky with a heavy veil of ...
Where the Deer Go to Die
Fact: according to the Insurance Information Institute, there is a one in one hundred and sixteen chance that you, taking your car out for a ...
Bugs in the System
After World War II, Russian agents descended upon German specialists habituating in the Soviet Occupation Zone, and forcefully deported them to the USSR to work ...
