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Final Queens: Laurie Strode
“Hello Michael. I knew you’d come for me sooner or later…what took you so long?” - Laurie Strode. What would you do if you found out your older brother was a serial killer? Well if horror master John Carpenter was telling your story you’d be Laurie Strode.
By Joe Patterson3 months ago in Horror
Don’t Look at the Stars
It started with the lights. At first, people thought it was beautiful—the way the stars shimmered brighter than they ever had before. The night sky over the small town of Elridge Falls had always been dull, washed out by streetlamps and factory smoke. But on that particular October evening, it looked alive.
By LUNA EDITH3 months ago in Horror
Fatal Change
Stan, a 55-year-old traveling sales agent, is a Bostonian through and through. The Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Bruins are the only team’s worth rooting for. In Stan’s world, change can never be a good thing. His third-floor walkup apartment is the same one he and a fellow student originally rented while attending Suffolk University 35 years ago. The roommate moved on. Stan did not. Why leave a place he knows?
By Mark Gagnon3 months ago in Horror
The Photographer’s Last Frame. Content Warning.
The Photographer’s Last Frame Elliot Price believed that photographs could steal time. He said it once, half-jokingly, during a street photography exhibit years ago. But as the years passed, that joke began to sound more like a confession.
By Abdul Muhammad 3 months ago in Horror
Magda
In the shadowy, pine-filled countryside of Greece, there’s an old legend known to the older locals but half forgotten and unknown to the few young people living there. The legend centers around an eerie stone statue of a little girl named Magda, hidden deep in the local dark pine forest.
By Dimitris Galatas3 months ago in Horror
The Man from the Crest
There were many legends that stated there was a mysterious man waving away to boats as they departed from the shores. It's said that those who spotted him from the ships will never see the light of day again, as he waved his final goodbyes to the people onboard.
By Scintei Deniz3 months ago in Horror
The Horse That Bore Bad News
Ciaohme plucked another daisy, smiling as she ran from daisy to daisy, plucking the flowers and putting them into her basket. Her mother watched, smiling at her daughter's industriousness. The young girl saw a pony, a beautiful roan, nibbling at the grass. She ran up to it and put her hand on it. The pony looked up at her; Caiohme saw the pony smile so she smiled back. The pony threw her head back; the girl found her hand was stuck to the pony. The pony galloped off. The girl screamed.
By Jamais Jochim3 months ago in Horror
A Hat of Silk and Lightning
The problem with building a snowman in the middle of a thaumaturgic circle is that rolling the bottom ball over the circle smears the circle. Thus, Edwin had to build the snowman and then redraw the circle. He wiped his brow and exhaled, but he had finally finished the major work. He checked the small electric generator, put it into the silk hat, and put it on the snowman. In front of the snowman he placed a chewed-on pencil, a crumpled T-shirt, a whistle, and three diamonds, He lit the candles surrounding the circle and started the ritual to summon the demon that would bring the snowman to life.
By Jamais Jochim3 months ago in Horror
The Forgotten Orbital Relay
By 2270, humanity had established orbital relay stations around key planets to facilitate faster-than-light communications. One such station, Relay-Theta, orbiting the gas giant Aurelius, unexpectedly stopped transmitting. The deep-space vessel Horizon Vanguard was sent to investigate. Its crew of twelve included Captain Selara Korr, communications engineer Kael Arin, quantum physicist Dr. Elias Vann, and AI specialist Mira Chen, along with a team trained for high-risk deep-space operations.
By Razu Islam – Lifestyle & Futuristic Writer3 months ago in Horror
Did a Prank Create the Rolling Calf?
I am from Jamaica, and I always hear the old folks talk about the Rolling Calf. I have never seen one, but some people would swear on anything that they are real. It makes me wonder, what is a Rolling Calf, and how did these stories even start? My grandmother told me a story from when she was a young girl. She and her best friends decided to play a little joke on their community. It was a long time ago, not like now, where you can just call a taxi. Back then, there was only one bus that went to town, and it only came at a certain time. If you missed the bus or if there were no cars around, you had to walk. People would walk for miles and miles, or sometimes they would ride their donkeys.
By Diana Crooks3 months ago in Horror
