Stories tagged “creepy”
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A Mystery Explained
I should have known the pale faces would respond well to fear. I chuckled, remembering. I can still see the terror flashing across their faces, their eyes wide as I strode from the sea, a blue skinned demon with eyes of liquid fire. I’d burned th...
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The Porter House
The huge, creaky house, known as the Porter House, had been abandoned and neglected for as long as anyone could remember. It sat nestled in a grove of gnarled trees with wild, seemingly alive vines creeping closer to the foundation in an attempt to rec...
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I Know We Can Make It
Getting her this far was a huge accomplishment. The taste of her lips, the look in her eyes, all screamed “take me”. But he had been tricked before, and he wanted to take this slow. Women are evil, he knew that, but he couldn’t help b...
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The Autumn Crop
Here, at ground level, the swaying fields of harvest appeared infinite, a pattern of earth and grass and seed replicating itself until it blanketed the world. Flecks of blue sky were caught in the harvest’s high heads, like daubed paint, designed...
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Thesis
Homophaga Agricola: A flightless quadruped of the class Aves. While its role in our ecosystem is vital, it is little understood. Scela paused to wet the nib of her pen. Birdsong vibrated distantly on the morning breeze – threshers. She ruthlessly...
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All in the Timing
She wasn’t sure she’d be able to finish her research. Or even start it. Youth tended to congregate in fields shortly—sometimes mere minutes—before each harvest, and as she didn’t want to end up a subject of her own study, ...
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Pony eyes... Cute or Sinister?
Rebecca had just began her walk home from school when she saw an old horse trapped in a yard. She was about nine. She only got to walk home from school because it was about two minutes from her house. “Oh theres a sucker i can use. Haven’t ...
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The Dodgy Hotel
I had no intention of spending the night at that hotel in any case. I’d decided that regardless of my current circumstances, in spite of anything else that might befall me, I would not accept lodgings in that dodgy old shack. Of course, Lady Fort...
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Aurora, Awakened
“She roams the forest at night as though sleepwalking, our nightmarish Princess. That infernal owl clings to Her wrist and whispers the Witch’s orders in Her ear. Have not you noticed the absence of the Good Faeries? They stay locked in a l...
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Chat Log #1
1: hi 2: hello 1: some1 is stalking me 1: uses my name to send me rude messages and stuff 2: heh, that’s prolly me 1: what?! 2: i always found u cute :) 1: i’m not joking!! this is the kind that strangles u in the back alley 2. er… th...
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Just a construction Error(retro ficlet challenge)
The crazy thing about this is it’s just a construction error. Some careless contractor installed a doorknob backwards. It’s not even an important doorknob, just my bedroom closet door. It does give you the willies a little when you realize there’...
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That Creepy Old Man.
Walking home from school, seeing the sun placed at the horizon, Jimmy is slightly horrified by his dark town. As he is walking as fast as he can, he notices many people passing by him About 9 blocks from his house he notices an old man staring straigh...
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Winners [predator challenge]
The lights in your house are pleasant; warm, but not overpowering. Safe. They look like home from the harsh reality of a cold night spent peering into your living room. It could be my home, too. You said you would call. I remember when we met. A sparkl...
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A creepy breakfast
The taste of his curdled pus lingered—-not like the others.
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Bless The Little Children
The little girl’s white teeth flashed as she sank them into her mother’s jugular.
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Drama
“You’ve got to be careful, and don’t stay in the room alone. They’re actually extremely smart.” “How smart?” I asked “Human smart.” he said. I looked at the creature in the cage. It looked like a do...
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A Brush With Fate
It was an ordinary day, happy even. He just had his thesis title submitted and was crossing the yard to get to the ATM. The plan was to get home for the weekend, being offered pretenses of love and delicious food. But as he was kicking the ever-present...
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Pop
It came up through the ground during the night, secreted from the cement like a brown oily sweat. It looked like de-icer, and it got tracked everywhere. Doorways and lobbies were colored brown, then the hallways, then the classrooms. Eventually all the...
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Is she the one?
He stood there and watched her. Watched her as the goon, and therefore the unwanted one, opened the door for her. Is she the one? Are you there? He stopped himself. No. No she isn’t the one. Too…too rough. Too hard. He stood in the shadows hung...
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Strange Harvests: The First Event
“How many teeth do you have left?” That was the last message on my voice mail. There was no name, just the question and a burst of static. I replayed it. “How many teeth do you have left?” It seemed to be an innocent question bu...
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Some Mistakes Cost a Fifth
The bible fell to the floor. The exorcism wasn’t working. We needed to try something else before it was too late. On blood stained sheets, the little girl we were trying so desperately to save writhed around, face contorted with demonic rage. She...
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Sometimes Survial is a Death Sentence
I rested my head upon the charred bones of the earth. The spray of the ocean against my tortured skin was a balm to my poor sunburned body. My clothes, little more than rags now, offered scant protection from the elements. Hollow trenches that wound ar...
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Obsession
At night, I watch her. Most evenings I simply lounge back on the oak tree in her backyard and wait for her to come home from work. On other, riskier occasions I even dare to stand in her front yard and stare off into the dim light of her windows (thou...
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Disappointed
Adam sits back slightly, adjusting his grip on the wire. He puts his feet up against the back of her seat, preparing for when she does something stupid. At some point, they always do something stupid. He watches out the front window. His cold blue eyes...