Read Part One: Flashbacks harrowed through her mind, inescapable. She lay in bed, feeling weighed down, unable to move. She remembered the first memory she had of being with him. “I know you’re probably scared. I would be too if someone had just taken me someplace I was unfamiliar with.” Dave said. “Don’t worry Eva. ...

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” -Carl Jung- The wind nipped at their faces despite the hoods of their thick wool cloaks. The wooded area at the base of the mountain did little to ease their struggle against the elements. Dusk crept upon them as ...

“So, did you find anything?” Charlie’s glass thuds to the worn table top, the ice clicking against the rim. “Not a damn thing,” he says, face scrunched up in vague annoyance. “There was nothing on that town that the museum didn’t already tell me. Went there on my first day.”  He frowned at the glass. ...

The bell rung unleashing three hundred frenzied students into the corridors. They trashed their lockers, threw papers in the air, and stampeded out of the high school for their three months of freedom — time for family vacations, summer work, camping with friends, and parties. But for three fifteen-year-old girls, it is experiment time. Eve ...

Trigger Warning: The Following Story Contains Suicide And Mental Illness She was jolted out of bed by the fear that was pulsating deep within her soul. It was that voice of hers telling her to end it all, and it was just the beginning of the day. She handled her palpable terror in the darkness and ...

Content Warning: Graphic sexual content Read: Part One His heart railed against his chest as though it wanted to escape. The gun felt weighted, heavy enough where the point of the muzzle dipped. But he did not shake. And there, Remus Harbor stood, all smiles, and a blank slate behind grey eyes. He revealed nothing. ...

Darius woke to voices in his head. Tired, he rubbed his face with one hand and looked around the room: nothing but a dresser, a single window, and a closet door. Then music began to play, and he remembered the Bluetooth earbuds in his ears. He took them out and yawned. “Oh yeah,” he mumbled, ...

Daylight fades, and Caleb stares at the vacant, decrepit house. Dirt-coated snow runs along the front of the old, yellow building, and filth coats the entire structure. The rickety porch threatens to collapse, and the sight of it causes Caleb to let out a sharp breath. The fourteen-year-old regrets his choice for completing a dare ...

I glanced up to the sky and glared at the darkened clouds that concealed the full midnight moon, and the twinkled stars. The breeze died down, and a dense fog rolled in. The nocturnal animals went silent, and the temperature plunged. I cried out to my companions. “Where are you guys?” No answer. I sat ...

“You still want to hear all this?” Charlie asks. He’s switched to water now, offering to buy you a drink but not pushing when you decline. You motion for him to go on and he shrugs. “They found what was left of a body on my third day,” he begins. .     .     .    .     .     . ...