“You know you’re going to hell, right?” Henri asked. Natalie ignored him. She was entirely focused on chipping away at the layer of dirt...

He calls her Janet, even though she’s told him at least a dozen times that it’s not her name, and she wishes he’d stop.  “It’s a...

I was 19 years old when he climbed in through the window. He must have climbed in, because I can’t imagine how he got in otherwise. I...

They said Laurie wasn’t disappeared so much as displaced. Nobody knew what to make of it. She kept turning up, see. John David swears he...

The girl's parents met him at the door, wringing their hands nervously. Matilde's eyes were swollen and red as though she'd been weeping....

“Tell me, Victoria, have you ever read Edgar Allan Poe?” Victoria kept her eyes on her place setting through the first three courses. It...

By the time Kyle finished sandbagging the aswang enclosure, the clouds above were beginning to swirl ominously. He eyed them warily as...

TW: Violence, gendered slur Grease floated on the water's surface like slimy orange clouds. Lena wrinkled her nose, loathe to plunge her...

The gifts started off small: safety pins, washers, the odd shiny pebble. “It’s a crow thing,” Felicia told me as we fed the shelter cats...

TW: naughty words, casual drug use, college kids making dumb decisions Yes, this story is inspired be a tweet. Please don't judge me. I...

You have to understand, I was never really into the social media thing. What others saw as a great, broad expanse of connection always...

She adjusts to the city easily enough. She even likes it, at first. Libraries, museums, theaters, plenty to keep her entertained. Even...

My mother always said “blood is thicker than water.” But she was wrong. For one thing, that’s not the full quote. What it really says is...

I didn’t invite the sleep demon in on purpose I’m not sure that “sleep demon” is the right term, but it’s all I’ve got. It’s definitely...

Rose petals led the way up the stairs, scattered as though leading the way to some romantic encounter. The scarlet trail past the landing...

“Mustache Twirling 101,” Rob read. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” “It’s mostly a joke. And it’s not just, y’know, twirling,” Mike assured...

Frank had been dead for five years before we moved in. You’d think he would’ve taken that as his cue to move out - to move on - but he...

The realtor elaborated on the abundance of natural light filling the two-story Victorian, explaining that the beautiful glass pane...

It’s a nice house, is my first thought. It’s not a surprise, just a fact. Every neighborhood has a House. It’s old and decrepit,...

She never sees her. She never hears her. “So what kind of sound is this, anyway? Like a tapping sound?” “Um, yeah. Like a cable tapping...