A clock ticked the seconds away, the sound smothered by the jute box in the corner. The music was a lilting folk song that tugged on the edge of their memories. Something they must have heard before, but couldn’t quite… Read More »Tales of the Lost #2
A bar is a bar is a bar. But something about this one was different. Dim lights cast the tables in a yellow glow and shadows warped the corners and hid the expressions on the patron’s faces. The bar stools… Read More »Tales of the Lost 1
A childhood terror, you ask? Well. I don’t know about terror. But I have this memory that doesn’t quite line up with… reality? I was probably seven or eight at the time. I was with my family on vacation at… Read More »A Campground Tale
Marien Reed brushed her hair off her forehead and smeared flour on her nose before returning her focus to kneading the dough on the countertop. Her seven-year-old son, Stuart, dashed past her and bumped her leg. “Slow down!” “Sorry mom!”… Read More »Horror Prompt 3
They say no one’s been to the other side. They say no one knows where it leads. They say it’s impossible to cross, and many have fallen to their death. They say I shouldn’t even think about it… But I… Read More »The Bridge
Julia huddled under her blanket and kept her eyes shut. If she pretended she hadn’t heard anything, maybe it would just go away. The giggle came again and then a tap tap tap of small feet scurried across the hardwood… Read More »A Creepy Giggle
No one believed me about the little things. They thought I made it up or just forgot where I put my cup or my book. But I didn’t forget. And by the time it wasn’t just little things anymore… it… Read More »Horror Story Prompt 1
I dreaded the day I had to tell Scott I was moving out. After all we’d been through, he’d really turned out to be a great roommate. Minus the super loud music in the middle of the night. But we’d… Read More »Death is a Roommate pt 7
I would never admit it to Scott, but getting a new professor made all the difference. I aced the course. But I showed my gratitude by not bringing up his relationship with Olivia. Until he brought it up to me… Read More »Death is a Roommate pt 6
I sat outside the lecture hall with the rest of my classmates and watched the clock tick away the seconds. Two more minutes and class would be cancelled for a no-show professor. But damnit, I needed him to show up… Read More »Death is a Roommate pt 5