Everyone that served in the sandbox has a story about the war following them home. Some it’s about the things they saw, some about the things that happened to them, or the people β€” the brothers and sisters they served with. Some, if they’re honest...

8Why would you tell a five-year-old kid such a fucked up tale? Ever since the memory of my fifth birthday came back to me, this is the question I’ve kept asking myself. But I don’t have the answer. I suppose I shouldn’t be that surprised. Given the...

β€œWhy do you want this job?” I straightened my tie while staring into the eyes of this person who would determine my employment fate. His eyes looked weary and he looked tired. He sipped from his coffee mug. β€œWell, sir, I feel I could do well at...

There are few attractions that I would consider to be more inherently creepy than the Haunted Mansion. It’s a ride inside of the β€œHappiest Place on Earth” that is literally built around the theme of death and people have really grown to really love the...

Monday, September 9 I can’t go back to the shop anymore.Β  I had thought it was safe, but I was wrong.Β  It caught me by surprise.Β  It was… it was too much.Β  I probably shouldn’t have blown up the way that I did.Β  That was stupid.Β ...

Deep in the woods, there’s a beautiful mansion. In this mansion, would seem to be a happy home. In the back garden and in the front yard: children play, laugh, and have fun. There is no mother and father, so to speak, just as almost...

You know how you’ll sometimes be driving, and it suddenly clicks that you spaced out for most of the trip and don’t recall a chunk of time on the road? That was what happened this morning as I pulled off the freeway and realized that...

The first time I saw it, I was exiting the final train that evening. The station was practically abandoned at that point and uncomfortably quiet. I try to avoid getting home so late, but I wanted to take Monday off so that I could go...

August 8th, 1991 The cultists calling themselves β€œBaal-Daeva’s Truth” had become so efficient at home invasions that neither of Samantha’s parents were able to call the police before they died. The firefighters with Engine 21 were the first emergency responders on the scene, and I was...

The moon hung heavy overhead through a striated bank of clouds, and even though it was a weeknight, the Levine family was gathered on the front lawn, necks craning up and peering into the sky. The meteor shower was due to start at any minute...

For months, I caught glimpses of Claira from the safety of my cubical. So beautiful, faultless. Through innocent eavesdropping and pattern recall, I unknowingly learned almost every detail of her life; when she had lunch, who her friends were, and where she would be at...

β€œI’m sorry, Mister Aching, but could I ask you to remember for me what was giving you trouble?” Remember?Β  Oh, yes.Β  I remembered.Β  It had been last nightβ€”not a good night by any measure.Β  Kyle had come home from work, and I’d forgotten our anniversary.Β  He...

In 1989, we detected a faint call coming from the depths of the ocean. A strange cry from a massive creature, traveling alone in the vast blue waters below. At first, it sounded like an oddity, a malfunctioning hydrophone, but then we heard it again...

Stretching through one of the United States’ largest deserts is highway 50.Β  Aptly nicknamed β€œthe loneliest road in America”, it is indeed as secluded and desolate as one might imagine.Β  On this particular night, the western horizon was lit up again and again in spectacular...

Darkness coats nearly the entire room, a comforting blanket of emptiness in which only a small nightlight in the shape of a tacky, golden elephant pierces through the inky blackness. I stretch my long limbs languorously, clawed fingers scraping against the high ceiling as I...

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