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The Living Ghost
Bahadur Khan was a wealthy landowner, known in his village for his large estates and the fertile lands he irrigated through a small canal. After his marriage, his responsibilities increased, so he hired a farmhand to help manage his crops. When harvest time arrived, both Bahadur Khan and his farmhand would sleep in the fields to guard the crops from thieves.
By Sudais Zakwan14 days ago in Horror
Blood Lust: Hybridity and Heteroglossia of Vampires
Mikhail Bakhtin: The Heteroglossia of Gothic Tales Bakhtin (1895 - 1975), the Russian literary theorist and linguistic rhetor, contends that within any text, there exists a multitude of social voices, often contradicting voices entangled in dialogue: the writer's, the reader's, and other cultural voices. Meaning is found or lost in the rhetorical act found between the two or multitude of speakers. This heteroglossia (Discourse in the Novel) presents a problem because we often miss the plurality of sounds and only notice the sound of Butoh Dancers of death and vampire leaders who suck our blood and taxes.
By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS15 days ago in Horror
The Zodiac Killer: Randomness as Rehearsal?
California, late 1960s... The country was loud. Televisions glowed late into the night. Radios carried voices across highways and into homes. America was watching itself, war overseas, unrest in the streets, optimism colliding with anxiety in real time. And in that noise, something learned how to whisper.
By Veil of Shadows15 days ago in Horror
The Mysterious Mansion
The Mysterious Mansion After tuition that evening, Ammar, Hasan, and Zahra were returning home later than usual. Darkness had already spread across the streets. Although Ammar had warned them against taking a shortcut, Hasan and Zahra insisted on using the shorter route to reach home faster. Reluctantly, Ammar had no choice but to accompany them. This particular path passed by a large, deserted mansion, long rumored to be haunted. The children had always avoided it, but that evening, something unusual caught their attention.
By Sudais Zakwan15 days ago in Horror
The Dragon’s Promise
After the death of their parents, two brothers lived in a village. The elder brother was clever, practical, and skilled at earning money. Neighbors praised him, while the younger brother was still young, simple-hearted, honest, and inexperienced in earning a living. The elder brother looked down on him, mocked him, and even the villagers called him foolish.
By Sudais Zakwan15 days ago in Horror
The Basement . Content Warning.
I don’t like the basement. I try not to go down there, but sometimes I have to. It’s where you have to go when you’ve been bad, even if nobody knows. I prop the door open when I go down there, and I put a brick in tbe doorjamb, too. I’m not getting trapped in a spooky basement with that big bleeding Jesus heart. Uh-uh, not me.
By Harper Lewis15 days ago in Horror
The Ninth Hour of Malachi : SEASON 2
Season 2 Chapter 5 BROKEN DOCUMENTED FACT: The Monastery of the Silent Veil was built on the ruins of a pre-Christian pagan site known for ritual sacrifice. Historians note a significant number of suicides among the early monks, with bodies often found twisted into unnatural postures, mimicking the position of a figure being broken on a wheel. The term "Malachi's Hour" first appears in a 13th-century text, referencing the ninth hour of the day...the hour of ultimate darkness before dawn.
By Tales That Breathe at Night16 days ago in Horror
