🏆 Top-Ranked Stories (Sorted by Average Rating)
Suicide Sky
ENTRY 1 My name is Jason. I live in the suburbs of a small city on the east coast. I’m not sure I want to ...
The House in the Rearview Mirror
Unconsciously, I must have seen it from the start–that run down two-story house, with its paint-peeled porch that lorded over an equally neglected lawn. The ...
The Capstone Library
When you’re a teenager, everything is unfair. You can’t do this, you can’t go out, TV has to be off, and people just don’t understand ...
Vanishing Act (Part 2)
This is the 2nd in a multi-part series. If you haven't already, please read the 1st part here. Part II To this day, I don’t ...
Blinding Lights
The day was bright; the Las Vegas sun is blistering, making me feel blinded just being outside. The ring of the gas-station bell goes off ...
The Heart and the Cabinet
When a heart fell out of the medicine cabinet, Carrie Pickett screamed. Not two seconds ago, she’d wandered in, relieved herself, and opened the swing-door ...
A Walk Home on Halloween
I had just moved to my current flat in Raynes Park, Southwest London, and was still fairly unfamiliar with the area. Now my current bosses ...
Parents Know Best
My upbringing was about as traditional as an upbringing gets. My parents were married, I had a younger sister, we lived in a nice suburban ...
There’s Something Wrong With My Daughter’s Treehouse
It took me nearly three months to build this mansion of a treehouse for my daughter. It had slides and swings, windows and doors, ladders ...
There Were Two Moons in the Sky Last Night
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? ...
The Show Goat
The police cruiser rumbled down the long gravel driveway, trailing a moldering cloud of dust that’d hang there until they left. About halfway down there ...
