Mel
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Bone White
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The shallow forests toward the west glowed with an almost preternatural haze, and the highway blacktop shimmered beneath a slick cocktail of rainwater and motor oil.
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“It was the type of early October evening I typically enjoyed: the serenity of the world tugging tight the straps of its cloak around the smattering of low brick buildings; the sunlight receding from the cobblestones along Main Street; the fallen leaves swept along the intersections and parking lots in a cold breeze scented with the promise of Christmas…”
― They Lurk
― They Lurk
“Awwwright,” I drawled. “Two sexy single ladies living the fabulous single lifestyle, then.” Mom gave me a droll look. “So … boxed wine and binging British crime shows?”
― A House With Good Bones
― A House With Good Bones
“Lake Mungo, Savageland, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Trollhunter, REC, The Blair Witch Project, the Hell House LLC movies, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, Cloverfield, Creep I and II, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Afflicted… Okay, I’ll stop now.”
― Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
― Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
“Already muted, their voices quickly fade to a tinny, incomprehensible echo, as if they have become EVP themselves.”
― Episode Thirteen
― Episode Thirteen
“When I think about the definition of what it means to be a grown man, I can’t come up with a better visual than Jerry Flanders on the night I ran to him with news of the rattlesnake. Jerry, wanting nothing more than to go back to bed but knowing he couldn’t. He was no less afraid of snakes than I was and hardly enthused about the prospect of leaving his house in the night to find one, but I’d run to him for help, and he had nobody else to turn to. The difference between boy and man. Some night you’re going to need to be the one who carries the shovel.”
― Lost Man's Lane
― Lost Man's Lane
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