Everything Happens For A Reason
“Jimmy, shut the chickens in would you? Their coop door is still open.” shouted Jimmy’s mother from three rooms away, while he sat in front of the TV in the living room like a vegetable. “That’s dad’s chore!” he hollered back, just as his mother came into the room, looking disappointed at his lazy appearance. “Well, he’s […]
Love and Family
“Jackson where are you?” Tori said as she wandered through the hallway. She opens the closet door and says “Guess you’re not in the closet. Are you … under the table. Nope. Behind the blinds…. nope. You must be close, it’s like I can feel you watching me.” “BOO! Did I scare you mommy?” Asked […]
Because of the Whispers
“No, no, no, no, no, no!” He rushed down his grand staircase and found the last of the bodies. “Why!” His screams were of the rawest sort of madness and he pulled at his hair as if he were trying to claw his way to his brains and tear them out. He gagged from the […]
Deftones
I am at my home alone right now. My parents left to see some of their friends. My sister is staying over at one of her friend’s house. My dog is the only thing at home with me. I don’t really know what to do right now. I could play guitar, but whenever I pick […]
Gaze
His hands felt like a winged serpent’s breath, it blazed as he interacted with my wintry dermis. His eyes were daring as it casted upon my lips. Just as I gazed straight into his onyx eyes, being drawn into his enticing glare, my entire body went numb. I stopped receiving oxygen, my muscles tightened and […]
Better Not to Know
There’s a feeling we all experience. A sense of aching, a hitch in your breath, your heartbeat pounding in your head. A questionable feeling; a feeling we choose to ignore for the sake of our selfish naiveté and sanity. As humans, our egos will not let us admit it, but it’s the deeply recognized truth […]
Special Delivery
They were late again. Stars blinked in the dark sky, and the United States Postal Service truck slowly meandered around the bend in your neighborhood. You eyed the mail truck warily from your haunt, peering through your window as it paused to slip a parcel into the mailbox a couple houses down from you. You […]
Who’s There?
It was a warm, blustery day in the middle of October. All the houses were adorned with purple and orange lights. Halloween was in less than a week. Children eagerly chattered about what ghoulish fiend they would choose to disguise themselves as while they robbed the local houses of delectable treats. Those of more mature […]
Escape
Daniel’s P.O.V: I opened my eyes slowly., I could barely open my left eye because it was so swollen. The room was pitch black. The only light in the room was from the broken flickering light bulb on the ceiling. I looked down and I see chains that were cutting my wrist. My body ached. […]
Night of the Zombies
Maggie woke up on the ground, cold, wet, and groggy. She stood up in the middle of a dark wooded area, surrounded by nothing but trees and blackness. The dark was so thick, it was like a living presence around her. She fought hard against the blackness trying to penetrate her conscious. Suddenly, she felt […]
House Horror
It was ten p.m. and me, and my friends Noah, Alex, and Kris were leaving the skatepark. I went on my way home in the chilly evening. When I opened the door to my house I snuck in because I was two hours past my curfew. It was dark with only moonlight seeping through the […]
The Shade
Alone. The trees of the forest around him were just barely visible in the darkness, the faint glowing rays of the moon providing almost no light through the thick canopy of leaves and branches. The silence was deafening, with the only audible noise being the rustle of dead leaves beneath his feet as he turned […]
The Crow Cabin
It was a dark, misty night in the woodlands of Dowsken, Alaska. The tranquil atmosphere was interrupted by the soft crunches of feet on wet branches. Two hikers can be seen walking in the dead of night, with their only companion being the dim moon. As they were walking quietly through the dirt path, one of the hikers stumbled on […]
The Grinch Who Gave Back Christmas
Icy fingers gripped my arm in the darkness. I swiveled around to see a grinch standing before me. Something inhuman. A troll not quite as tall as the fire hydrant looked at me flustered, he craned the pudgy neck of his to gaze up at me. Slimy and yellow pirates’ teeth hid behind his dubiously […]
The Lady in the Tree
A long time goes where technology did not even exist and everything was pulled by a horse and a cart on a dirt road. A village in the new world well isn’t new anymore the setters have lived there for ten years now but their house longer than them. The village children love to go […]
Down to the Flames
She looked back and saw her footprint, shiny and clear on the dark floor. “What’s that?” She thought, reaching down to touch the bottom of her shoe. Blood. “Oh my god.” Jess turned back, suddenly realized something, and raced towards the door. But for some reason, the door was gone, disappeared out of thin air. […]
Seeing What to We Want to See
I would always avoid looking into windows as a child, afraid that if I looked out into the dark for long enough a pair of red eyes would start glowing towards me. Something so simple yet always paralyzed me with fear. Even now the fear has stayed. It’s the idea of the strange, the un-normal, […]
The Little Brown Broomstick
“Be quiet, Anne!” Mother hissed. “Yes, Mother,” I replied. We had spent the night sweeping the living room, in hopes of setting up Father’s birthday there. “Such a shame he was born on Halloween, I never get to go trick or treating like my friends,” I complained. “You don’t need all that candy anyway.” I […]
Bruises
Her visions made it hard for her to make friends, but this doll kept her company. On her 13th birthday a doll from many generations past was given to her by her great grandmother along with a small, worn down Latin prayer book. This doll is said to have been her great grandmother’s from many […]
Project 1964
You wake up in a strange bed and immediately hear a voice coming from a speaker on your right. “Congratulations. You are a successful participant of Government project 1964, also known as the personality transplant.” You freeze. Suddenly, all the memories of your old life come rushing back, but you have one question: who are […]
