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Mars

To gain my wings...

2 min read

My hands shook as I read the words on the leaf. I read the sentence over and over a

Anthony Cicchino

Guilt And Waters

1 min read

The water sparkled in the moonlight as the duck graced its surface, transitioning fro

Jom

Motor Head

1 min read

It all started with the old cars hidden in the woods. Mangled automotive machinery la

Lydia Mae

Rosey Red Trail

2 min read

The girl walks, quickly, hugging the small bouquet of roses tightly to her chest. Her

Henry Edward Nobler

Seasonal Serial Killer

1 min read

It’s the middle of November and I'm trudging through three feet of snow because, much

Rosaline

Impression

1 min read

The wind blows my hair. I’m standing on the edge again, my torn, off-white dress bil

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Lady Isabel

rojin

2 min read

It dawned on me as I lifted the axe higher under the light to watch droplets of blood trickle on down my wrist and arm, that beacon of injustice that burned so brightly within me had only been a red-hot stake for a madwoman. “N-No…” I started to sway my head from left to right, and my many words of denial started to obstruct my thirsty throat. “N-No!” I hollered out in fury, my bloodshot eyes alon...

Horror

Strange Weather

Choco

1 min read

The sky forgot its cue today,

Woke in spring but dressed in gray.

Blossoms bloomed, then shivered back—

Snowfall traced the tulip’s track.

The birds returned, confused and thin,

Windswept from a world they’d been.

Their songs fell flat on frozen air,

Unsure what brought them early there.

The sun arrives, then disappears,

As if unsure which time of year

To burn, or bow, or simply hide—

The season...

Poetry

Horror

The Sacrifice

Ryon Locke

2 min read

“Two go in, and one comes out - every year without a doubt - two go in, and one comes out, no matter how you cry or pout - two go in, and one comes out - even if you scream or shout - two go in, and one comes out - two have to go, one never gets out!”

The school children danced in a tight circle, grinning, hand-in-hand. Their wide eyes and gleeful voices betrayed the truth of what they sang. There...

Mystery

Horror

The creature in the walls

lillyyy

1 min read

No one really pays attention to the sounds of their walls. Walls make people feel safe, protected. While it might just be the opposite. They hear creaks and assume it's nothing more than old wood rotting away. Too focused on trying to find sleep to notice the noise, the whispers, the screams resonating.

They blame those nocturne shrieks on their nightmares, invention of their minds. Never facing ...

Horror

Fantasy

I Jokes

William Keiss

2 min read

This wasn’t the regular PI gig. Sitting in this dingy comedy club beneath the smog filled streets of Pittsburgh I ordered a drink and sat near the back as I often do to stay out of my targets view. His jokes were desperate and clearly he was clinging to that high school mentality where one can be the center of attention if they have the juiciest gossip. Laughing at his own stories of housewives ch...

Thriller

Horror

Happy Birthday

Aylin Beckett

6 min read

The dining hall screams extravagance. Harmony, my boss, is having her thirtieth birthday party. Her family owns the company I work for.

Today is also my birthday, but no one here will know that. I just need to stay till Harmony sees me, then I can go home and eat ice cream with my roommate, Rose. Twenty minutes tops.

My hair is a wet, and now frizzy, mess since I couldn’t find my umbrella. It ...

Horror

Cabin In The Hills

Wild Boi

1 min read

“Krissi, where are you?” I hear from the other room. I finish putting in my clothes in my travel bag. As I zipped up the zipper I hear the door open. My mother was standing there waiting with a warm smile. “Krissi, are you ready for our mother and daughter’s trip. I have a trip up to the hills. Our neighbors have a cabin they don’t used.” Okay Mom, I just finished packing my bag.

The car ride th...

Horror

The Ice Always Burns

2 min read

I always hear it. In the water, the ice. They think I’m insane, hallucinating even. But i know what i hear is not a lie, not a figment of my imagination. It’s been like this for a month now. Supplies dwindling, people going insane. Mostly me, but some have gotten bad. Ever since the plane crashed us in the middle of the arctic sea, we’ve had to survive on the few pieces of food we’ve scavenged. No...

Thriller

Horror

Living and Dead

Natalie Dawn

3 min read

The sound was back again. the scratching, the teeth chittering. I knew something was there, but I couldn't find it. I was going to be driven mad.

It all started when I moved into the condo behind my uncle's house. he let me stay there for cheap, and it seemed like a better idea than paying rent on a big house I barely used. I moved my things in and stayed for a month or so to make sure this was ...

Horror

Mystery

The Stain

S Christopher

1 min read

A blot. A blemish. I searched in vain for some visible scar, some defect of design, a cause rather than effect, because the effect - the image staring back at me - was beyond unrecognizable.

That’s not the whole truth, though. Not really. What I saw was in fact familiar, although I couldn’t have known how then. Familiar like deja vu - a fearsome sense that things don’t belong here, not like this...

Drama

Horror