It wasn’t only the jar, but the what was inside the jar too.

Though no one else seemed to care. Not mom, who insisted it had probably been broken and thrown away. Or my oldest sister, who barely looked up from her phone. Not even grandpa, who claimed he simply didn’t care for the old cookie jar anymore.

But I knew the truth about the cookie jar, and what was inside it.

The jar had been there f...

Every Friday at exactly 3:03 am, my phone rings.

Same number. No caller ID. No ringtone, just a soft hum, the kind that buzzes straight through your ribs.

And it’s always—Always—my brother’s voice.

The only thing is, he had been dead.

A year ago, my brother had allegedly died in a car accident, only his body was never recovered.

That’s when the calls started happening. And every time I answe...

“Well, this could be a problem.” Dex said, looking down.

Fortunately, he knew how to defeat the great evil lurking over the forgotten kingdom. Unfortunately, still looking down, it appeared he had no legs…or arms…or a body in general. He was just a severed head.

Dex blinked—at least, he assumed he did. With no eye lids to speak of, the sensation was more like a phantom twitch, a habit of human...