21 Nov

Posted at 13:13h in Strange and Unexplained

I have a skull in the corner of my office. It sits on a shelf a little above my eye line. It watches me, and fills me with great dread. I acquired it at an open air bazaar in China. If you wish for a street or...

25 Oct

Posted at 15:32h in Strange and Unexplained

I hated John Sweeney from my first breath. That might be a slight exaggeration, but not much of one. The feud began in my grandfather’s day–a dispute over an insult which escalated into a blood vendetta over the next two generations. So, I guess you...

25 Oct

Posted at 09:41h in Strange and Unexplained

My hometown of Mildensboro is shrinking. Cherie, my wife, was the first to call it. One night, on our back porch over a beer, she pointed toward the old water tower out past the treeline and remarked that it sure seemed closer than she remembered....

21 Oct

Posted at 18:34h in Strange and Unexplained

There’s a lotta darkness in this world. That’s a lowercase ‘d’ dark, mind ya. There’s also the capital ‘D’ kind, but that’s another kinda thing all together. Now, some people’ll tell ya that it’s the big Darkness that ya gotta watch out for, and in...

20 Oct

Posted at 12:21h in Apocalyptic and Dystopian, Award-Winning, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Despair and Depression, Editor's Choice, Isolation and Loneliness, Jobs and Occupations, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Military and Warfare, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Survival Horror, Zombies and the Undead

In a world reduced to rubble, where the living cling to routine just to survive, Joseph Emerick finds that his greatest enemy isn’t the wasteland around him—but the darkness inside his own mind. Haunted by a voice that whispers from the shadows, Joseph struggles to...

13 Oct

Posted at 13:44h in Body Horror, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Ghosts and Spirits, Halloween Stories, Investigations and Crimes, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Suspense and Thrillers

When a recently divorced man moves into a quiet new town, all he wants is peace, anonymity, and maybe a fresh start. But a mysterious invitation to a Halloween party at an abandoned warehouse promises the chance to meet people—and maybe forget his troubles for...

11 Oct

Posted at 21:38h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Beings and Entities, Cosmic Horror and Lovecraftian Stories, Curses and Cursed Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Editor's Choice, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Nature and the Outdoors, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

Kai Arkwright thinks he’s immune to fear. But when he and his friend Morgan sneak into the Oregon woods at midnight and discover a dead oak hung with bones, their night of mischief turns into a nightmare. Something ancient waits beneath that tree, and it...

23 Sep

Posted at 09:54h in Strange and Unexplained

The prospect of discovering a shipwreck containing riches beyond our comprehension was what drew us to scuba diving in the first place. Needless to say, we were disappointed pretty quickly. The likelihood of discovering a wrecked ship is infinitesimal, let alone a wrecked ship containing...

17 Sep

Posted at 20:06h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Cosmic Horror and Lovecraftian Stories, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Domestic Life and Relationships, Editor's Choice, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Investigations and Crimes, Isolation and Loneliness, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

When a man notices strange, distorted faces peering from his neighbor’s upstairs window, he tells himself it’s a trick of the light—or children playing. But the nightly appearances grow more frequent, more unsettling, and impossible to ignore. As his obsession deepens, and his girlfriend begins...

16 Sep

Posted at 14:24h in Strange and Unexplained

The fluorescent lights hummed with their own strange cadence, a nervous flicker dancing above the library doors. The building always felt different once the last bell rang, but tonight it felt worse. The classrooms had gone dark, the lockers stretched like empty shells, and the...

16 Sep

Posted at 13:11h in Abductions and Kidnappings, Beings and Entities, Cosmic Horror and Lovecraftian Stories, Curses and Cursed Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Dreams and Nightmares, Editor's Choice, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Investigations and Crimes, Isolation and Loneliness, Jobs and Occupations, Journals and Diaries, Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals, Science and Experimentation, Science Fiction, Sounds and Voices, Strange and Unexplained, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers, Technology, the Internet, and the Deep Web

Peter, a seasoned fire investigator, uncovers a hidden machine in the ruins of a burned mansion. When messages begin arriving from the deceased homeowner—pleading for help to restore the device—Peter is pulled into a nightmarish struggle between duty and obsession. As the voice grows stronger,...

12 Sep

Posted at 18:20h in Strange and Unexplained

Two days ago, I was out for a walk around my neighborhood. It was the ideal kind of summer day; bright sun overhead, wispy white clouds streaking across the sky, and a gentle breeze to keep my body from overheating. I even took the time...

30 Aug

Posted at 21:07h in Strange and Unexplained

I’ve started and deleted this more times than I want to admit. The drafts always stall at the same place, where I have to write my brother’s name and follow it with what became of him. Caleb. Seven years old when this began, with a...

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