If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Nightmare Creatures
The Growth by Sandra Stephens
Category Archives: horror
see also: terror, gross-out, discomfort
Stella’s Magick
be nice to the person you’re sheltering in place with
The Visitation of Mike Brady
The doorbell buzzed, and it wasn’t an especially long buzz or short buzz. It was just a regular buzz. There was nothing of the harbinger about it. I figured it […]
Stop Haunting Me Already: A Modern Ghost Story
Before you died, you made me promise that if you died I would never ever forget you. Funny how it’s only now that I’m remembering you said “if” and not […]
Peacetime
Since the war, he does not go to the baths. He cannot bear to be near other men, naked toads squatting in drifting steam. He does not like to see […]
Livestock
This morning I woke up early, like I been doing ever since I started doing the livestock chores. It’s getting to be high summer now, and by seven it is […]
The Happiest Place On Earth
I never suspected anything – no one did. I mean, did you? When you went, did you? See, that’s how I know how good they were – I don’t even […]
The Accountant: A Ghost Story
I’ve been a cop for twenty-seven years – a detective for the last twelve. I retired last year – had to. I’ve had a trick knee since that raid we […]
The Last Rush Hour
I woke up like usual. The sound of morning rush hour traffic outside my window. I thought about the report I had to write and send off to a client. […]
Cellular Connection
He was going to end it tonight. This time for sure. This time he really would do it. He would not let himself feel guilty. He would be cold. That […]
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