The Final Wire
/My historic fictional…
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The year was 1870. Ben Blackwood was the telegraph operator for Western Union and ticket agent for the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad in…
By Don Gardiner
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An American Wanderer In Manchester
/Todd Barton needed a drink and a bit of peace and quiet. It had been an exhausting few days. He had flown in to Manchester, England from his native Kansas City, Missouri. He was in the UK for a week, to oversee the opening of his firm’s new …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreShadow in the Night
/Who knows what stalks the night.
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Sometime around two o’clock I woke up thirsty. I got up and went to the kitchen to get a glass of cold milk. Nothing unusual, I’ve done this on many nights. As I walked past the glass- door to the deck I noticed a large black …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGod Knows The Destination
/How often we cry to God for our needs. How frustrated we feel when in place of a voice of thunder booming in rapid response to our plight, silence answers us, year after year, till we begin to wonder in what way we might have…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreSomething Wicked
/Billy Matthews was looking forward to the trip to the Lake District. While his friends were driving up together on the Friday, Billy would be catching the train on the Saturday morning, as he couldn’t get the Friday …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreEerie Sounds Of The Season
/Princess Lida Learns…
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Holiday warmth flickered as the enclosed fireplace setting sent friendly, peaceful messages, dancing and singing enthusiastic …
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreHorror Quatrain
/I don’t much write of ghosts and ghouls
Do not subscribe to horror’s schools
But of tricks and treats, I am…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreA Screaming Past
/She was careful
she was vigilant
but despite what appeared smart choices
all her relationships have turned …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreOne's Outlook
/The word "eerie" can…
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How do you define the word “eerie”?
Do you ponder the paranormal?
Do spooky and strange spirits come…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreDial-Up Hearts
/“I got it,” Emma yelled from downstairs.
“And?” Mateo said, unable to hide his grin.
“And hang up the phone, nerd,” she …
By Andy Cooper
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