supernatural
The hidden world of all things supernatural; a look inside witchcraft, spells, vexes, black magic and other spine-tingling supernatural phenomena.
Monster Talk
Even the things that went bump in the night needed to have a break once in a while. Edgar, for one, had been a bogeyman for three decades—ever since he had died from a mortal existence he could not remember living—and scaring children got old after a while. And between the hours of 3 AM and 6 AM, all the people he could frighten had fallen back into predawn sleep. (Insomniacs were not the best company. They were often bingeing the latest thing on Netflix.)
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Horror
Envious Souls
Lindsay glanced at the clock on her bedside table and noticed it was 5:49 a.m. She was alone in bed, and the sheets on Mark's side were cold and unwrinkled. He was still with his mistress, she thought. Though Lindsay knew that Mark was cheating on her with his brother's ex-girlfriend, Charlotte, she was hopeful that they would fix things. But, she knew her chances were slim. Not only was he with Charlotte, but she was also pregnant. Unbeknownst to Mark, Lindsay had found an ultrasound image in his jacket pocket. Charlotte was twelve weeks pregnant and six months away from giving Mark the one thing he wanted the most, an heir to his family's empire.
By Donziikinz5 years ago in Horror
Hidden Secrets
It was hidden, and hidden well. No one would have found it if it had not been for my cat, Scout, scampering up to the attic, seizing his opportunity when I left the attic door ajar. I live in the house that belonged to my late grandparents and had been doing some much-needed cleaning in the attic. Making my way up the stairs and I shouted “Come here you. You know you’re not supposed to be up here. What are you making all this ruckus about?” I found him hair with his standing straight up, hissing at the farthest corner wall in the attic. As I was scooping him up into my arms, I noticed a small slit in the attic wall, resembling what could be an opening. Intrigued, I put Scout down and dug my fingernails into the crevice and to my surprised pried open a small panel revealing a hidden cubbyhole in the wall. Inside was a small wooden box, covered with dust. Reaching in, I pulled out the box, and opened it to find a small black notebook, worn with age.
By Samantha Carlson5 years ago in Horror
It's Mine.
I was an ER nurse until I turned forty and decided I needed a changed. It had been years eating at me; eating at my motivation, slowing my response to patients laying on the hospital beds, some of them bleeding out. They deserved a quicker response and the monotonies of the job exasperated by the years under my belt grabbing scalpels and sponges, dropped bullets and pieces of glass and random other foreign objects people get stuck in them, wouldn’t allow me to move any faster than a baby tortious being devoured by its rival kin. Every time I needed to move, I envisioned my younger sister pulling at my leg; being the rival tortoise. She’d be all sprawled out on the floor with her hands wrapped around my ankles. Sometimes if I didn’t slow enough, she would sink her little teeth into the thin white skin of my ankle.
By Colleen Knight5 years ago in Horror
Ledger
Against my better judgement, I died on a Thursday. There was no fuss about it; one moment I was looking across the sea, there was a blackness, then I was eternal. I barely even noticed. It was a beautiful scene though - me standing there bundled in my winter jacket, clutching my little black book, looking out over the endless expanse of water and ice. The book had been my travel companion up until here. Where “here” was I wasn’t entirely sure, somewhere in the north Atlantic, hundreds of miles from shore.
By Dan Koenig5 years ago in Horror
Childs' Play
"Bang." Winnifred Daemon Hoode, sixteen years old, aimed her pointer finger at the birds sitting in the nearby tree. "Bang... Bang!" She shouted, spooking the birds into flying away. She sighed. The birds were boring. The woods were boring, her life was boring. She walked down the crumbling stone path, aligning the rubber of her boots with the edge of the stones. She balanced herself so that her steps hung halfway off the path, causing the grass to bend over slightly. No doubt by this point her mother was looking for her. Red never understood why. Ever since she was a child she had wandered through these woods. Her mother had given up trying to stop her around two years ago, so long as Red promised to stay on the path. And she had followed that rule ever since, but today was different. Today her mother had forbidden her from visiting her friend Goldie.
By Lauren Solomon5 years ago in Horror
The Little Black Book
A pair of pale colorless fingertips grazed the coarse gravel hanging down towards the ground as if they were reaching for it. Swaying like boneless twigs in the wind back and forth as gravity pulled on their weight mimicking dull but lively movement, the persons head hung similarly. The quiet strokes the persons hair made as they also tickled the ground soon became sludges as each strand absorbed like a sponge the flaring color of many alarming warning signs. The color of a siren racing to put out a fire, the color of a fatal accident on the road, the color of once clear bags filled up through needles and tubes in hospitals.
By Kelloubelle5 years ago in Horror
Eating my experiences (28)
TOME 39 I could have sworn I heard my cats caterwaul as I spun wildly through our room before Mel woke up, rubbing her eyes. I blurted out "can you get have someone get my cat?" She let a small giggle come through before standing gracefully, when she stood straight she was six feet tall and slender as could be, but always wore loose robes and dresses.
By L.D. Malachite 5 years ago in Horror
Soho Forever
It was that blooming crushed avocado face-mask! One larger than expected dollop of the exotic fruit dancing its way into my tear duct, and that was it, arse over tit! Looking, I’d imagine, like a drunken peacock in very expensive silk kimono. Nice to be found in something beautiful, even if I was crumpled in a pile at the bottom of the stairs.
By Gabriel Wilding 5 years ago in Horror
The Little Black Book
The surrounding buildings blurred together as the rain slipped off of the foggy subway windows. While the train sped past, I stared out at the gloomy world, my head resting on my arm and a sigh leaving my nose. I had barely gotten any sleep lately, vivid dreams and nightmares leave me exhausted as soon as I wake, leaving small shadows under my eyes. Work was going to be fun today, I thought sarcastically. The subway car air was cold and damp from the rain-soaked passengers and my eyes wandered from face to face. Some seemed content, and others already weary so early in the morning. Mondays.
By Kaylee Anderson5 years ago in Horror
The Book of Clauneck
I found it on a desolate winter day like any other, in a quite midwestern town. Working as a server, you can work anytime you want, somebody is always looking to give up their shift. Except on the last week of the month, when everyone wants to work, as everyone is trying to make rent. I'm one to talk, as I was behind on rent myself, again. As I looked out the windows of our dining room the sun shone bright, aided by the snow left over from a recent flurry. It was fool's gold though; the sun would set long before our hopes for a dinner rush had died.
By Andros Alain5 years ago in Horror
