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Forgotten
August 14, 1945 “Everybody line up!” Barked the headmistress of the gloomy orphanage. All the young children scatter, they push each other trying their best to get in line quick. Once everyone was lined up, the cruel headmistress made her way down the line. She eyed the children with her cold blue eyes, she was all business. Headmistress Ketch was never casual, the children always saw her steely grey hair tied into a tight bun, and she always wore a pressed grey dress. The children had a nickname for her, they called her the iron maiden. She obtained that nickname because of her hands, they would feel like a paddle of iron whenever she would spank the children. Though, sometimes the spankings would be a little… too rough.
By Jinx Cipriano7 years ago in Horror
Monster on the Shelf (Pt. 1)
“That's just it, I can write outlines all day, but I can't put down the words for a whole story.” That was the conclusion I came to every night, after hours of working on little more than plot summaries and outlines for stories that I dreaded would never be written. Following this, or sometimes even prior to this, my wife would assure me that I could do it. The fact of the matter was, the closest I had ever come to completing anything like a finished novel had been when writing single segments of a story with people at work, and having them continue with the next segment. That had worked wondrously, so why couldn't I just do that alone?
By Caleb Sherman7 years ago in Horror
What Does Cannibalism Do to Your Body?
Cannibalism is one of the most universal taboos. Frowned upon in nearly every culture around the world (even if there isn't always a law on the books to punish this very specific act), cannibals populate the worst of our ghost stories and horror movies. From Sawney Bean and his clan in the hills of Scotland, to Hannibal Lecter in Silence of The Lambs, cannibals are everywhere.
By Neal Litherland7 years ago in Horror
The Boy in the Cul De Sac (Part I)
This story starts in 2009, the year my parents divorced. My dad made the decision to stay in Kentucky while my mom, twin sisters, and I were moving to Georgia to stay with my grandmother. I was actually excited for this move. I got to see my grandma, got to eat endless Korean food, and got to live near the beach. Everything was expected to turn out great, but of course, it didn't.
By Hannah Yun8 years ago in Horror
Dragon Ring
I sat, shaken and breathing heavily as my vision cleared. I waited and then felt the blood tickling my lips. I stared into the darkness, waiting for another blow, but it never came. I blinked a few times, hoping to stop the tears, if only for a moment.
By Mary O’Rourke8 years ago in Horror
Gail Force Winds Pt. 1
My grandfather's old farm lands hadn't been touched in ten years now, not since his death left it untended. It seemed a fitting place to escape my troubles now. My childhood home was situated at the edge of some 98 acres of land the old man owned, God bless his foresight in purchasing the defunct hunting club's property. I had been paying taxes on said land for five years now, my mother defaulting on it herself, prison time didn't suit the taxpayer well.
By Caleb Sherman8 years ago in Horror
Common Man's View: 'The Maus'
A symptom of just being a common man, sometimes I know exactly what I want to say about a movie, and sometimes I watch one of these Netflix Originals and I come out the other side having no idea what I've just watched, or what to say about that feeling of uncertainty.
By Caleb Sherman8 years ago in Horror
Eternal Night
The coldness washed around me, and I felt colder than the surrounding air. I glanced down at the grass. It was pretty green for a place filled with so much death. The gray, moss-covered stones scattered around the cemetery. The tombstones stuck out of the ground like crooked teeth.
By Mary Binninger8 years ago in Horror
