The scent of jasmine swept in with the night breeze and teased him with memories of the woman he loved. He was much younger back then. Dillon loved to party, and he and his close friends lived in the darkness. They traveled from one social gathering to another, only to collapse in exhaustion when daylight ...

“Promise me that you’ll never do that again!” My mother’s face was screaming like a scary Halloween mask. I tasted iron, and warm spit dripped down my lips. The limp body of a tiny kitten was crumpled in my lap. “O-okay, Mama,” I stuttered, resisting the urge to lick the salty-sweet taste from around my ...

I have family living in Richmond, Virginia. I have visited them during the holidays. Richmond also houses the museum of my favorite author and hero, Edgar Allan Poe. The museum has been on my bucket list of places I want to see but haven’t yet. I wonder if Poe haunts the museum. With Richmond’s bloody ...

This week’s cryptid comes from the tiny state of Rhode Island. Well, it was supposed to be a cryptid. However, during my research, I came across a fascinating story.  New England got battered in the 1800s by Tuberculosis. Although, the New Englanders called it consumption. The deadly disease ate the life force of its victims. ...

This is why horror warms my soul. Horror and gore are my favorite thing. There is something about curling up in my fuzzy blanket, listening to creepypasta that is relaxing. As I’m writing this, I’m listening to a creepy Youtube video and enjoying my lavender candle. I grew up watching scary movies and eating ramen ...

Meet Andrei here. Read about his first day | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Date Gone Wrong| Car Ride Home | True Visage The Old Rocker was the same as it always was. In an older part of Montreal where parking was non-existent. Andrei learned long ago that driving here was a mistake. For multiple reasons. For one, Sven never let him ...

The bar was quiet when the woman entered. There were two other patrons, both smoking near the corner of the bar, chatting animatedly with each other. Lottie sat down on the stool at the other end of the bar and adjusted the cold steel that was sitting in the waistband of her jeans. The bartender, ...

Disclaimer: The following is a work of fiction and contains graphic sexual imagery. I saw stars and blackness. The hot desert sun caressing my face brought me out of the black abyss. I felt the sharp vampire’s claws graze my face softly as I stirred in his powerful arms. I opened my mouth to speak, ...

Meet Andrei here. Read about his first day | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Date Gone Wrong| Car Ride Home The Volvo parked on the driveway, its bright neon lights turning off at the same time as the engine. Andrei got out of the driver’s seat, hair disheveled from raking his scalp during his drive home. He locked his car ...

Meet Andrei here. Read about his first day | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Date Gone Wrong Her head felt like lead, and every that made everything hurt. A seat belt held her in place as she pulled her head up. It flopped right back down, and she groaned from the effort. “You should relax or go back to ...