Uncle Victor: Part 2

What you are about to read is a transcription of a leaked audio tape from Matlock State Hospital, a Nebraska state facility housing the criminally insane and those whose sanity…

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The Lair Behind the Walls

The sound of my cellphone vibrating against hardwood jolted me awake. Though it’s a no-brainer to tap that moon icon before going to bed, I was always overcome with this…

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Uncle Victor

Prelude - Uncle Victor I once heard a professor of psychology say that “old memories become future personality”. Immediately after hearing this, I thought of a very, very old memory,…

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Some Enchanted Morning

With each Sunday morning always came a familiar scent. The smell emanated directly from the kitchen, and sometimes when you entered, the air was veiled with a thin layer of…

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I Shot Bigfoot

I knew I was onto something when I saw those unmistakeable prints in the dirt. A black bear had been here, a large one. I strapped my hunting rifle over…

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The Eighth Sea

I gazed at the sea from my balcony, and in that moment, I saw it in a completely different way than I ever had. I became a marine biologist because…

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FIVE-O

Prelude It seems that every place, big or small, harbors some sort of scary story. To see my point, one need only take a look at the US map and…

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The Pumpkin Patch

Liam was the believing type, but even more so than your average 3rd-grader. Most kids at his age believed in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but Liam found those…

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