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The following collection of stories contains terrors that should not call these pages home, let alone this realm. Insidious tension drips from the words resting in your hands.
At the end of the day, you will step back and find your box is an empty casket beckoning you into its dark shadows.
To those who dare wander past this page, be forewarned: not all who venture into the darkness may cross back into the light.
wrapped around an oak like a deranged art project.
Dang
felt as if my soul had escaped, replaced by a vast emptiness.
The room’s energy shifted as I realized God’s spirit had left this meeting. Something had taken its place.
Yikes!!!
My friend was drunk with the spirit—intoxicated by the power he held over this deadly proof of holiness.
L eaves burned orange and red as if in defiance of the inevitable death winter would bring.
White needles poked through the foliage as though God looks more favorably upon those more visible from Heaven.
the darkness of it matched my feelings.
I began to pray, Lord Jesus, deliver me from the hands of this evil. “There is no saving you, Billy. Stop embarrassing yourself.”
Branches whipped the sides of the truck, and the mountain fell away beneath us.
This was so good! I was ready for more!
Based on True Events
Girl…
As you turn the pages, be prepared for your beliefs to be tested, your courage to be questioned, and your nights to be filled with lingering shadows.
It wasn’t until I got older that I realized one thing; imaginary friends are never imaginary.
Land remembers the injustices that memory cannot.
preferring not to indulge my sensitivity to the other side.
Been there
felt crazy, like I was losing my mind in a family with a history of mental illness.
growling into the dark corners of my room.
Time to go
But at night, it came alive.
The hallway felt like an impenetrable void,
My mother had finally begun to come around, but religion clouded her judgment. She believed me, but only to a certain extent.
Shadows danced eerily under the flickering lampposts, creating a haunting backdrop for the unfolding events.
"You see," he continued, "I've been watching you for a long time, ever since you were just a little girl."
staaaaahp!!
I have unfinished business in this realm, and that’s warning you.
The moon was making a dramatic entrance on the horizon as the sun bid a farewell glow over it.
animals’ glowing, white bones showing through their fur.
Oooo
He cannot steal that which is unclaimed. I belong to no one.
“They grow into a tree native to the soul's birthplace.
“You’re the only eight years old I know that enjoys all this spooky stuff.
Me to my future kid
Bullies were always the ones to die in the movies.
Leigh grinned at Liam. “I guess there are all kinds of masks.”
“What’s the plan here, ladies?”
This is hilarious to me. Like come on my guy…
If panic is a tsunami, the pain of Agatha’s spork-scalpel tearing through the soft flesh of his conjunctiva is a wildfire.
Sally never liked anyone and only ever interacted with them when absolutely necessary.
Same
want to curl up and quit all things.
It’s not like it was a submarine underwater with a breeched hull.
Oop haha
After all, bad feelings ruin the taste of good tea.”
She is gone, Oberon, and it is okay to feel lost. Everyone does when they lose the most important thing in the world to them.”
