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Category: Horror

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Be Afraid of the Dark (bp coyle)

February 13, 2019 coylewriter

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

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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The White Witch (story by Michael A. Cosma)

October 23, 2018 coylewriter

A harsh wind was blowing and I wondered who had been chasing me. Between the golden dust and sand in…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Horror
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Haunted House (bp coyle)

October 18, 2018 coylewriter

Damn my boss. Making me work late on Halloween. My little girl Jenny was waiting for me to take her…

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Posted in: Horror, Parenting
Blood on the Ceiling

Blood on the Ceiling (bp coyle)

July 21, 2018 coylewriter

There was blood on the ceiling. My blood. My brain refused to believe it. My brain had retreated from the…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Horror
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Revenge – A Snowman’s Tale (bp coyle)

March 20, 2018 coylewriter

And so begins the first night of another short and painful life for me. It is always this way, every…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Horror, Humour

Flight 606 (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 12, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

There were 81 passengers in total on the British Airways flight. Most were crammed into coach. There were three business…

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Posted in: Fiction, Horror

When the Apocalypse Comes to Chicago (Story by R.C. Peris)

March 2, 2018 periswriter

There was a freak snowstorm on Easter. I had the day shift in the ER at Chicago General. Snowflakes, heavy…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Fiction, Horror
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She Died (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 periswriter

She died quietly. Anna. No rage. One second she was alive and the next second she was dead. My wife…

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Posted in: Fiction, Horror, Relationships
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The Monster’s Cave (bp coyle)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

Shhhhh…. Quite! Hush! Oh will you please be silent, for goodness sake. The monster is sleeping soundly. That’s the way…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Horror

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