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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

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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

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

Rosaline

Impression

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

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The Idiot Down The Street

Kade!

2 min read

I walked into my house after a long day I work,Iet out a heavy sigh as I put my headphones on my kitchen table. I heard a strange noise coming from my basement yet didn’t pay mind to it.I then remembered I forgot my wallet in my car, “shoot!” I exclaimed. I walked outside to the car and opened the door, however I felt this eerie feeling someone was watching me. I looked behind me and saw the idiot...

Thriller

Horror

That Thing Is Not My Husband

Maranda Quinn

3 min read

I know nobody’s going to believe what I’m about to write. Honestly, if I wasn’t the one living it, I wouldn’t believe it either. Exactly one month ago, my husband Michael went missing.

We were having problems. And not the kind you fix with a couples’ retreat or a box of chocolates. I cheated on him. With my best friend, Sarah. It was one time. A drunken mistake. But somehow, he found out. He didn...

Horror

Science fiction

The Pottery

Aes

2 min read

Adults surround the table, whispers of excitement create the lively hum of the yearly tea party. A tradition. One that people wait for from the moment the previous one concludes. Men and women gather round, dressed in fancy clothes, fit for the auspicious occasion.

The year is 1479 in the town of Kantor. A quiet town made up of a few hundred cottages that litter a small valley. The weather is al...

Drama

Horror

The House on Hill Street.

Anonymous

1 min read

I slowly make my day towards the door, the stairs creaking beneath my feet. A gust of cold air hits me, making me shiver.

I approach the door, bringing my hand up to the door handle before pulling the front door open.

Walking into the house, I glanced around. Most of the windows were broken, and glass was scattered across the floor. The walls were wooden, and there was a room to my right, whic...

Thriller

Horror

isolation

thatghostrae

1 min read

isolation. no sound escapes these soles. skin so cold tears began to freeze. 3 coats cannot keep this flesh warm any longer. I carry a single knitted glove and two dice in the bag stapled across my chest. sun sets beyond the trees, yet I do not mourn the dinner I will miss. depression a cave in which the light can seem so small. I followed no path yet was led right to this small opening in the roc...

Horror

Whisper

Noms

1 min read

Mirror mirror on the wall

Voices speak, darkness falls

Gnaw at your mind, beg when you're weak

A whispered lull, shrieking calls

Picture picture in the frame

You turn your head and hide your shame

Hands reach out, gnarled, oblique

Laughing at their twisted game

Passing passing pass you by

Watching watching, watch you try

Ignore, pretend like they don’t speak

And keep you up all hours of night

W...

Poetry

Horror

What Sinister Sings In The Bamboo Forest

Matthew Chan

1 min read

Bamboo trunk was there again, in front of him, swaying sinuously, seemingly innocent in the faint breeze that sent the bamboo leaves fluttering like ten thousand vengeful crickets. He knew better, the sun filtering through green dappled leaves, the hue of this particular bamboo trunk was tinged with red, like the stink of blood. Pockmarked and scarred as if a multitude of swords and spears had bee...

Horror

Fantasy

The Darkness

Leon Lorenzo

1 min read

If only this world had shown me a little more mercy…

I wouldn't be filled with so much rage, the temperature rising

I can feel the crimson in my veins begin to boil

My eyes, now bloodshot, stream like the rivers around me

Quickly transitioning into steam, that hovered over my skin

Creating a light fog in front of me, in the distance, I can see my destruction

Through the mist, I can see the f...

Horror

Mystery

When I Look In The Mirror

Den.

1 min read

I see a pure form. I see everything that lies under the veil of good. I see all that could have been but never was. I see everything that is and is willing to be. Even good would admire its beauty.

It speaks to me. “Good is weak, I am the strength. Good is light, I am the darkness. Good is destroyed, I am the destruction.”

Its words, its fire eyes, its fire colour-held me, pulled me a...

Fantasy

Horror

Burn It

SmileyGuitar

1 min read

If only this world had shown me a little more mercy, I could have saved it.

I would have saved it, or at least tried to my last breath

But they didn’t

They didn’t care

They didn’t hear

They didn’t notice

And they didn’t want to.

So,

I don’t care anymore

I don’t hear them anymore

I don’t notice them anymore

Because they don’t matter anymore

All that matters is me

The one who sn...

Poetry

Horror