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Category: Short Stories

Gimme A Smile by Mike Strange

August 16, 2019 Chris Martin

by Mike Strange The Tacoma City Mall had been abandoned for some time. Aside from the odd squatter or two…

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Posted in: Fiction, Short Stories Filed under: Gimme A Smile, Mike Strange, Murder, slasher, Urban Explorers

The Burning Bride by Liam Martin

August 2, 2019 Chris Martin

The Burning Bride by Liam Martin   I stared over the top of one of my bookshelves at the strange…

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Posted in: Fiction, Short Stories Filed under: Apparitions, free to read, Haunted heirlooms, Horror, Liam Martin, Short Story, Submissions

Sherrick and the Train

June 21, 2019 Chris Martin

by Dan Maltbie   PART ONE Sherrick dipped and dived his tiny speeder through the heavy traffic surrounding the central…

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Posted in: Fiction, Short Stories Filed under: Bounty Hunter, Corporate espionage, Dan Maltbie, Dystopian Future, train

I Am Roar

May 17, 2019 Aphotic Realm Admin

By Joachim Heijndermans   The man peeks through the top slot again. The one with the strange, withered ghoulish face…

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Posted in: Fiction, Free To Read, Short Stories Filed under: Experimentation, Inner beast, Instinct, Joachim Heijndermans

Press 2 For Chaos

December 28, 2018 Aphotic Realm Admin

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: call centers, chaos, Jeremy C. North, old gods, Press 2 For Chaos, torment

Devil’s Spawn

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: Bad apples, Bad Habits, E.B. Fischadler, Hell, Nuns

Dashed

November 28, 2018 Aphotic Realm Admin

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: Andrew Openshaw, Conspiracies, Future

Manna for the Great Machine

October 31, 2018 Aphotic Realm Admin

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: Blaspheme, Divinity vs. Humanity, God, Heresy, Joe Prosit, Machine, Manna for the Great Machine, pit

Music Box

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: Demons, Noel Osualdini, occult, sacrifices, strange encounters

The Troubles

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Posted in: Patreon Vault, Short Stories Filed under: Bandits, Eliza, Fear, Ferguson, Inner power, Rhinehart Ashe, Submissions, tentacles, Wagon Train

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