3 Causes for Alarm
Three flash fiction horror pieces with alarming themes. See More
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Quick ViewThree flash fiction horror pieces with alarming themes. See More
In this third installment of the Beyond Reception Series, Alice Shoemaker travels to Oklahoma. She meets interesting characters along the way, including Andy, whose crippling disability is also a tool for incredible... See More
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Quick ViewCoy tells the story of his life. He never knew his parents. He's been beaten and abused, and he's witnessed things that are nearly unspeakable. But it was all a part of what he was to become. See More
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Quick ViewJacob Sims visits his hometown, Nescata, Oklahoma. Recently, Nescata has suffered several peculiar deaths. Jacob's return brings personal changes. His lifelong funk fades, but vivid hallucinations come in its place. He's... See More
Green Pastures, South Carolina is a wonderful place to live. That is, as long as you don't step out of line and your value system doesn't differ from the moral majority. It also helps to be born the right color and worship... See More
Joseph Stanton is haunted by the spirit of a past flame and a song that manages to play on its own. Donald Pagel feels a strange presence and senses inhuman changes occurring inside. Across the state, Alice Shoemaker is... See More
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Quick ViewHis patient is an unwilling participant. The bound man likes the demon inside him and the ravenous appetite it brings. On top of this, the demon knows things about the doctor and will take the fight to a personal level. See More
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Quick ViewMark Lions, age 14, lives his life with crippling anxiety, until one day his family moves to a country home and that anxiety lifts like a bad dream upon waking up. Something in their new home has caused this, and it's not... See More
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Quick ViewMikey, Jonnie and Seth, three prodigious 11-year-olds, and best friends, set off for a day of hunting rabbits. Little do they know that something so much more is waiting for them and that it will haunt them for the rest of... See More
Years later, Jonnie, Seth and Mikey are grown up. All three are very successful in what they do. But the entity that stalks them has also evolved. To destroy them it will build a monster. See More
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Quick ViewShortly after the death of his wife, Dr. Kurt Snaber packs up and moves to a new state to start over. Unfortunately, he brings with him the disembodied voices of his overbearing mother and dead wife. On the advice of a... See More
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Quick ViewAfter teenager Maddy Crandale assaults the captain of the cheerleaders, her parents move her to the country, where there's no trouble for Maddy to find. But trouble finds Maddy. Animals stalk her. She dreams that she's... See More
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Quick ViewNancy has never appealed to the opposite sex. But after a visit from a magic woman, men will give up everything to have Nancy for a little while. No wonder she is not a willing patient for Doctor Wolfstone. And while the... See More
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Quick ViewTen-year-old Drake is thrilled to be moving with his family to the countryside, where his dog, Bo, can run free. But as soon as they get there, Bo runs off and won't come near the house. A few days later, the dog's strange... See More
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Quick ViewAn Oklahoma tornado drops from the sky to sweep up Sully Jacobson and his car. Weeks later, he awakes from a coma with a crippling fear of driving. Horrid visions resist Sully's attempts at facing his fear, and glowing... See More
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Quick ViewToby and Dad live alone in the countryside. For all they know, they live alone on the planet. They carefully watch the skies for the beasts that nearly wiped out humanity. They've managed to safely hide for years, but things... See More
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Quick ViewThe Wolf has returned with powers refined. It wants to battle all over again. But it won't fight in the place where Jonnie can win. It has prepared a battlefield and plans to take them all. See More
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Quick ViewPsychologist Jonah Singer has a few issues of his own. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, chain smokes, and is haunted by a blurry past with a crazy mother. Enter Tate Powers, a mental-health counselor with a wicked laugh... See More
In this second installment of the series, Mantis finds himself in a coma. Meanwhile, a wicked spirit in human forms treks across the country en route to kill him. Without a body to fight with, Mantis must find a way to ward... See More
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Quick ViewHolden tries to get through college and into med school, while caring for his autistic brother and working nights at a nursing home. He's doing well, but then senile residents at the home start saying strangely personal... See More
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Quick ViewStrange things are happening in the Becker's new home. Noises come from the attic. Stevie Becker speaks of infidelity, but only in her sleep. Roony Becker finds himself both tempted and injured by sexual indiscretions. It... See More
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Quick ViewA town's four most popular high-school boys have died in a car accident. A surprise visitor comes to the funeral. He then visits Andrea, the leader of the dead boy's mother. As the rest of Andrea's family falls to ruin, she... See More
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Quick ViewSometimes we're blind to the bad ones. Sometimes it cost us dearly. See More
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Quick ViewA short story about a haunting past and the ghosts that linger. See More
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Quick ViewMitchell has lost his job. He's going to jail, and his daughter's dying. But magic is coming. Maybe things will get better. Maybe things aren't totally as they seem. See More
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Quick ViewA vampire story with historical references and a strong science fiction component. See More