19 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Conspiracies and Government, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Investigations and Crimes, Jobs and Occupations, Locations and Sites, Science and Experimentation

It’s not on record as the drowning experiment. The official name is AQ521-G4, but I’ve chosen to call it what it truly was. It was marketed as an opportunity for people with previous experience in aquatic settings to earn high positions for coastal work, aquamarine...

18 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Sounds and Voices, Suspense and Thrillers

I sat down on the padded stool. It was cushioned and made of black leather. As I lifted the sticks, I couldn’t help but shake the feeling like I was being watched. Like there was some sort of audience staring at me just outside of...

17 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Conspiracies and Government, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Science Fiction, Strange and Unexplained

The Mandela Effect. That phrase never meant anything to me. Spooky, I guess, but it wasn’t something I thought about for more than five minutes. I mean, honestly, until college, I didn’t even know what it was. I’m not one for conspiracy theories or ghost...

14 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Period Pieces, Strange and Unexplained

In the room over his London shop, Darke methodically counted the copper, silver and most especially the gold coins that had poured in during the day. The feel of the cold and beautiful metal in his long, wispy fingers was always comforting to him. The...

13 Apr

Posted at 17:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Ghosts and Spirits, Locations and Sites, Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, Nature and the Outdoors, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

I opened the back door to my house, without bothering to put shoes on, and walked towards the line of trees that stood at the entrance to the forest. It was summer and the warm breeze carried with it the smell of nature, thick and...

11 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Illness and Injuries, Locations and Sites, Natural Disasters and Storms, Nature and the Outdoors, Psychological Horror, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers

Outside the wind shrieked against the window pane, the news had said that there was a blizzard headed her way. Stacey had been rushing around the house since 5 pm trying to get her bags packed. She was hoping to hit the road by seven...

03 Apr

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03 Apr

Posted at 11:00h in Strange and Unexplained

They’ve called me a shit-magnet since I was a kid. It’s only an expression, sure, but I think it might also be a real thing. If a smile can attract smiles sure as a corpse can attract flies, there’s no reason a guy like me...

31 Mar

Posted at 11:00h in Strange and Unexplained

As a freelance convention planner, I stay at many hotels over the course of a year. I spend about a week per trip in an all-expenses-paid suite of my choosing, doing nothing but studying the location and interviewing the staff on hand to get a...

28 Mar

Posted at 11:00h in Strange and Unexplained

All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. (‘Macbeth’: Act 5, scene 5) With turned, frozen earth stinking sharp on his big coat and gritting black under his fingernails, he checked the side lane was empty before clinking the allotment gate shut behind him....

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