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Category: Horror

Beware The Beast

Beware The Beast (story by Aidan Coyle)

January 20, 2021 coylewriter Leave a comment

Confusion and chaos lifted. All was still and clear in his mind. Only hours earlier he was filled with misery,…

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Posted in: Horror

Flies (Story by Risa Peris)

July 21, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

Around midday, the sky darkened with flies. They filled the sky with annoyance and doom. Maybe this was the end.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Folklore, Horror

The Gathering (Story by Risa Peris)

June 15, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

“Have you found Braxton?” I was tearful and shivering. The interrogation room I was in had a constant flow of…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Horror, Marriage

This is My Plague Year (Story by Risa Peris)

April 3, 2020 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

At first, it was the rats that died. They cluttered the streets and alleys like putrid feces with fur. Their…

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Posted in: End of the World, Fiction, Horror, Mental Health, Social Issues

Funeral (Story by Risa Peris)

October 21, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

  I was the coffin maker’s daughter. Papa made the most lovely coffins. Deep, roomy, lined in French silk, smoothed…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction, Horror
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The Kids Are Back (bp coyle)

August 4, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘I met the sweetest little old lady on the way back from the shops,’ my wife said. I was up…

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Posted in: Horror

What You Won’t See (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

It’s not what you see but what you don’t see that terrorizes you. We moved to Laurel Lane in my…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Horror
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How To Make A Deal With The Devil (bp coyle)

May 10, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

So, let’s not get into the why, it’s really of no importance. The fact is that I want to do…

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Posted in: Horror, Humour
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Be Afraid of the Dark (bp coyle)

February 13, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

Nyctophobia: extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness. An irrational fear? I really must disagree. There is…

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Posted in: Horror, Humour

The Russian Tea Room: Halloween (Story by R.C. Peris)

October 31, 2018 periswriter Leave a comment

October 31st. Halloween. It was a tradition to go to The Russian Tea Room. Manhattan. We began with Pelmeni Siberian.…

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Posted in: Fiction, Ghost Story, Horror

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