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"content": "A dog",
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"content": "It was midnight, and I was left home alone for the night. I walked in my room to see my dog staring at me with a blank expression on his face. Yawning, I crawled into my bed and fell to a deep sleep.\r\nWhat felt like moments later I felt somethi... | 629 | 18.910904 | 766 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Savor The Small Moments",
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"content": "They say you have to enjoy the little things in life.\r\nGiven how stressful my life is, that's quite a task. I was laid off recently, and had to take a low paying job to make ends meet. On top of that, having kids to support, d... | 17,274 | 40.01091 | 18,656 | 1.62 |
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"content": "BLACK COKE",
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"content": "The Black Coke ( without bad wordplay ) was one of those versions of coca-cola , like Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Zero , marketed during the 70s in state of Florida. Nobody really knew what was the particularity of this drink , It was just darker... | 19,632 | 42.497509 | 21,167 | 1.53 |
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"content": "They Baby",
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"content": "From my room, I hear the front door slam as my mom and dad leave to run some errands in town, leaving us alone. I leap out of bed and make my way to the TV room where I plan to watch Netflix all day under the safety of my blanket. As I settle... | 1,625 | 22.232159 | 1,898 | 1.6 |
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"content": "\"We Never Thought This Day Would Come\"",
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"content": "\"People don't even read books anymore...\" Kayla said as she dragged herself up the ladder to grab the book she needed from its bookcase.\r\nJeffrey, her co-intern, smiled as he continued to type down all the b... | 19,412 | 42.23431 | 20,937 | 1.6 |
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"content": "Death Dust",
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"content": "When Death Dust hit the streets, it took the city by storm. The newest, coolest designer drug has been all the rage. Everyone is doing it, from wash outs in the projects, to the social elite at lush and lavish parties. No one knows exactly w... | 8,483 | 31.466846 | 9,284 | 1.6 |
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"content": "There is No Hope.",
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"content": "You've been treading water for what seems like an eternity. You have no idea where you are, but there's one thing for sure: all around you, there's nothing but sea and sky for as far as your eyes can see. No land masses can be seen fr... | 10,675 | 33.636391 | 11,621 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Look everywhere...",
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"content": "When I go to sleep I have a routine. I check under the bed. I check in the cupboard 3 times. I Look at the foot of the bed. I look behind my desk. I always close the door and cover up the broken cupboard. Then I always look up. Her t... | 10,735 | 33.698864 | 11,685 | 1.5 |
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"content": "#FirstWorldProblems",
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"content": "I try to be grateful for the nice things in my life. I woke up this morning hungover as fuck from a great night out last night. Instead of being happy I had so much fun with my friends, I can't help but poke and prod at my mottled s... | 13,135 | 35.948086 | 14,239 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Wake",
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"content": "I have never believed in ghosts or supernatural events, I've experienced weird things but I always find the way to rationalize it. well, I didn't use to believe in that until today.\r\nMy best friend died almost 2 weeks ago, we have been together ... | 10,995 | 33.948486 | 11,964 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Everyone knew it was coming",
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"content": "Copy to BlackBox\r\nAt least everyone who wasn’t a self absorbed asshole. With the rise in racist hate groups and fascist regimes, they had to know there would be push back from the decent people in the world. What did they ... | 12,913 | 35.737793 | 14,003 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Reflection",
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"content": "My reflection stares back from the mirror, bright sunlight filtering in through the bedroom window behind it. I can see through the open window, bright birds fluttering in the tree just outside. My bed, messy and untucked, looks warm and inv... | 15,759 | 38.511059 | 17,036 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Black Magic and Tattoos",
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"content": "\"I couldn't care less about your dead grandma, you need to stop crying and get over it!\" he said through clenched teeth. He had wanted to say, \"I'm so sorry for your loss, I'm here for you if you need anything.\" His girlfrie... | 5,864 | 28.71129 | 6,502 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Blind History",
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"content": "I was in our classroom playing cards with my friends when my history teacher presented a book list full of pictures of unfortunate people being held captive and killed on school grounds during the second world war. We were gathered on the... | 15,142 | 37.871178 | 16,371 | 1.55 |
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"content": "The Party",
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"content": "When the woman finally regained her consciousness she found herself lying in her bedroom. As she tried to get up, she felt a throbbing pain on the back of her head. Yet she moved gradually towards the living room and found it well decorated. ... | 19,419 | 42.248302 | 20,945 | 1.69 |
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"content": "A Single Kiss",
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"content": "It disappoints me how many people think Death is cruel. I am quite gentle, actually. Sweeter than a kiss, softer than a butterfly's wing. I love my children too much to be harsh. A single kiss is all I need to take them.\r\nAnd when I tak... | 9,556 | 32.528282 | 10,432 | 1.41 |
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"content": "Face Claim",
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"content": "It's the stench that wakes her up.\r\nIt smells like formaldehyde and decay and in the deep recesses of her brain, the parts not currently occupied with the massive headache and the disorientation, she knows something isn't right.\r\nIt take... | 16,223 | 38.957993 | 17,538 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Promise",
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"content": "Marshall is my best friend. We've been friends since we were little kids, and we promised that we would never leave each other. He is always there for me when things get rough. Through my transition, though, he started acting funny. He never wa... | 5,346 | 28.103056 | 5,948 | 1.45 |
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"content": "Can We Go To The Park Now?",
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"content": "\"Hey do you mind taking these to the mailbox?\" I said plopping three packages into my daughter's arms. \"Sure thing.\" She said as she walked out the door. I went to my couch to sit down with my younger daughter when I hear... | 1,843 | 22.785625 | 2,145 | 1.67 |
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"content": "The Town",
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"content": "Out past the big city lights, through the windy mountain roads and off the exit you never see anyone ever take, there is a town.\r\nIt’s a beautiful town; the lawns are all green, the houses are all pretty, and the people are all happy. On the... | 9,715 | 32.700756 | 10,598 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Th Ear Infection",
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"content": "A few days had gone by, and the bump just inside my ear canal was getting bigger and more painful. At first I had thought it was just a zit in an unfortunate location, but soon it swelled and turned sickly colors of green, brown, and r... | 1,683 | 22.381071 | 1,969 | 1.51 |
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"content": "Rough Town",
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"content": "We lived in a town of tattered fences, cracked pavements and lonely winds. You could smell the crime creeping underneath your front door, could sense it floating around you when you walked to the nearby shop.\r\nI didn't feel safe. And becau... | 12,356 | 35.219719 | 13,409 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Grandma?? Is that you?",
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"content": "I was 14 when my grandma passed away, she had Alzheimer. She forgot everything and everyone including her own language but remembered just one name and that's mine. 2 years later, i was usually sleeping like always when I felt th... | 17,576 | 40.335011 | 18,978 | 1.64 |
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"content": "A Set of Dreams",
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"content": "Not long ago, I had a set of strange recurring dreams. The setting was always different, but the contents of the dreams were the same.\r\nI had an itch on my left hand. I scratched it and it went away. The next night, it took a little l... | 14,653 | 37.414501 | 15,856 | 1.55 |
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"content": "The Girl With the Violin",
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"content": "I have a beautiful painting in my living room. I hung it above my fireplace. It seemed like the perfect spot for it. It’s of a young girl in a lilac dress playing an old violin. She’s so delicate, the way she holds it. She perc... | 3,490 | 25.683432 | 3,954 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Return",
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"content": "For years, I have been away, but now it's time for me to come home. I can't wait to see my daughter; I bet she's grown so much. I hope she still remembers me. 1256 Pine Drive, this is the address. The house looks so different from what I remembe... | 7,575 | 30.563004 | 8,322 | 1.49 |
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"content": "Flip Phone",
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"content": "I have an old phone from the pre-Apple era, so basically a flip phone. It can only make calls and send rudimentary texts to people in my contacts list. No YouTube. No Facebook or Twitter. No Tumblr. No mobile games or apps. Just crappy calls... | 16,444 | 39.18766 | 17,779 | 1.64 |
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"content": "The Old Man Inside",
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"content": "Somehow, I always wind up with my keys in the wrong pocket. By the time I'd managed to fish them out with my left hand, I'd completely squished the overloaded bag of groceries I was hugging in my right arm. At least one tomato had no... | 21,076 | 44.1646 | 22,723 | 1.51 |
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"content": "Tag, You're It",
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"content": "It was a warm summer afternoon and the street was bustling with people. Gleaming glass mid-2010's era buildings flanked this particular avenue on both sides. I don't think I had any particular goal in mind when I left to go on a walk. Ju... | 10,861 | 33.82209 | 11,821 | 1.55 |
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"content": "Making Good Use Of Time",
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"content": "An old neighbour of mine brought me in one day to show me something he had just finished making. A time machine! I thought it was a joke at first. To convince me, he demonstrated its use right in front of me. The whole machine d... | 19,954 | 42.821659 | 21,516 | 1.56 |
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"content": "The real angels",
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"content": "The angel Gabriel came to the Virgin Mary, in all his beauty and holiness. I’ve heard that phrase my whole life. Angels being perfect messengers of god. The depictions of angels from the renaissance to now are of these perfect angels. I... | 21,344 | 44.471645 | 23,007 | 1.55 |
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"content": "Those Who Do Not Learn From History...",
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"content": "Do you believe that every person is really just a character in history? Are there infinite Abraham Lincolns being born in separate universes only to later be killed by their own John Wilkes Booth? Will infinite Ei... | 20,016 | 42.898659 | 21,581 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Paralysis",
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"content": "I've been here for what I think must be a couple of days.\r\nIt's so dark, I can't see my own hand if I were to put it in front of my face, which I can't because I am unable to move or see. As frightning as this is, I get some relief from the... | 15,799 | 38.549934 | 17,081 | 1.48 |
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"content": "You can't stop running",
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"content": "Your're fleeing as fast as you can. There’s nothing but fog. You can’t see more than 3 feet in front of you. Occasionally a lamp post, fire hydrant, or parked car will emerge from the mist but then sink back into the veil as you ... | 4,834 | 27.506607 | 5,393 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Bad Dreams",
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"content": "A scream in the dark and the drum of little feet down the hall and into my room. \"Mommy!\" She cries, leaping in to my outstretched arms. \"She wants to stuff me in her belly and take me away!\"\r\n\" I know, Sweet Pea, but it's just a drea... | 19,168 | 41.968021 | 20,671 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Merry Christmas Mom and Dad",
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"content": "The burning log in the fireplace cast a warm, inviting glow over the broken screen of the television above the mantle and the dingy carpet of the living room. Its soft colors brightened the decaying Christmas tree in the cor... | 21,443 | 44.59053 | 23,117 | 1.67 |
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"content": "The Good Doctor",
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"content": "One of my biggest strengths as a doctor has always been the ability to give people bad news (especially really bad news). I wouldn't say I enjoy it, but I knew it would be a big part of the job. People always react in different ways whe... | 12,662 | 35.486603 | 13,733 | 1.51 |
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"content": "Don't Ever Ask Her To Come Upstairs",
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"content": "I was was about six when my parents and I lived in a little house in Wisconsin. It was a one story house, except we had stairs leading down into our underground basement. The basement door was gone for a week, becaus... | 1,900 | 22.896217 | 2,210 | 1.58 |
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"content": "the greatest summer",
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"content": "\"The first day of my senior year is going to be amazing,\" I think to myself as I walk through the wide, heavy doors of Rummister High, \"It's going to be long, but amazing\". The last two weeks of summer were filled with sand and ... | 18,723 | 41.531181 | 20,197 | 1.66 |
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"content": "At the Door",
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"content": "I've suspected for a while that my girlfriend is clairvoyant. She often seems to know things she couldn't possibly know. I tried to ignore it until one night while staying at my place she kept crying in her sleep that her cat was in trouble... | 7,635 | 30.621794 | 8,386 | 1.5 |
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"content": "My first kiss ghost",
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"content": "This story is true\r\nMy first kiss was followed by strange events. I went on a date with a girl on my 16th birthday and we walked around the neighborhood and shop districts just chatting and having fun after we got something to eat... | 8,065 | 31.058998 | 8,845 | 1.61 |
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"content": "Stroke, Arrest, and Eternity",
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"content": "'There's no text book for something like this,' I keep telling myself, over and over, hoping this time it will sink in. 'They couldn't have known. They thought I was drunk or uncooperative. It wasn't their fault!' I say, cl... | 15,024 | 37.766666 | 16,249 | 1.56 |
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"content": "The Sky?",
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"content": "What is the sky? A blue space with a glowing orb? A place where birds may freely fly? I never understood what the sky truly was, never seen it with my very eyes. Sounds are all I really have; birds chirping, creaking floors, and dripping water... | 5,121 | 27.853363 | 5,704 | 1.48 |
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"content": "Don't Cry",
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"content": "“Don’t cry, don’t cry, honey, everything is going to be alright”, my mother gently whispers to me as she caresses my hair.\r\nI stop for a moment and, holding my breath, I begin looking around me, regarding them all with my red, watery eyes. ... | 10,124 | 33.092129 | 11,030 | 1.6 |
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"content": "Man's Best Friend",
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"content": "I've only had my dog for a short while. Even so, we've gotten quite close; he witnesses the most intimate parts of my day. In my home, he is an observer of every little thing that I do. He knows things about me I share with no one els... | 10,047 | 33.032482 | 10,949 | 1.54 |
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"content": "Swimming Pools",
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"content": "I never swim alone in Pools for good reason.\r\nI was planning on swimming with my friends at the brand new community pool, but thing didn't go my way. Only one could make it so I almost cancelled but then I realized that I shouldn't giv... | 19,157 | 41.958099 | 20,659 | 1.54 |
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"content": "Am I a monster?",
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"content": "I’m making ground beef for tacos with my SO and when I didn’t change out the tongs from when I was chopping all of the raw meat to when I was stirring the cooking meat… well let me tell you she was NOT happy.\r\nShe said I must have a s... | 19,373 | 42.175289 | 20,893 | 1.66 |
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"content": "My Feeding Nurse",
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"content": "It's been weeks since I was released from the hospital, but a nurse still comes to feed me. Every night, she straddles my waist with her two twisted legs and dangles her red, bleeding hair over my face. I can't move. Can't scream. All ... | 19,360 | 42.161541 | 20,878 | 1.48 |
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"content": "For the Advancement of Science",
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"content": "For a long time, science was slowed by the need for human volunteers. Now that we have phased them out, every field is advancing with incredible speed. Medicine, technology, space travel - all have benefited from the remo... | 15,502 | 38.233025 | 16,761 | 1.54 |
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"content": "I hate my job.",
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"content": "I work at a well known home improvement store, orange and white everywhere. I work as a lot associate, the people who you see pushing carts and helping people load things into their cars. I'm doing my normal routine, work my way across t... | 21,615 | 44.796112 | 23,305 | 1.42 |
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"content": "Martin's Cake",
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"content": "Every Saturday, the neighborhood gathered at Martin’s house for his special cake. Everyone was there tonight, but under a sadder pretense: Mrs. Dodson’s daughter went missing this morning. Others’ children have recently gone missing, too,... | 19,689 | 42.556427 | 21,229 | 1.55 |
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"content": "Creepers on the Bus",
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"content": "Fuck public transportation. Seriously, every time Sammie got onto a bus, a rail, or a shuttle, there was always some weirdo somewhere on the ride who would come along and ruin the whole thing. Like today, for instance. All she had w... | 21,222 | 44.337547 | 22,877 | 1.5 |
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"content": "Naughty Play",
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"content": "\"Where have you been? I've been looking for you for hours! Why can't you ever stay in one place?\", she sighed. Reaching down, she roughly grabbed his arms and pulled him along the cold concrete floor of the cavernous warehouse, tightenin... | 21,281 | 44.401814 | 22,941 | 1.34 |
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"content": "Just a Doll",
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"content": "I see my sister's doll sitting limply on her bed. Silent, motionless. But I know the truth. That thing laying on her bed is anything but a toy. It may appear to be a doll, but on the inside, it's pure evil.\r\nIt killed my dog, my parents, ... | 7,652 | 30.647648 | 8,404 | 1.69 |
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"content": "For the Sake of Art",
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"content": "I watched with feigned interest as the tiny rivulet in the gutter spewed out a herringbone pattern. Usually I loved rainy afternoons. But today was too important to allow myself to be caught up in its beauty.\r\nI have an art rival.... | 10,595 | 33.559837 | 11,535 | 1.45 |
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"content": "Angel of the Desert",
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"content": "If you are attempting to cross the border through the Chilhuahuan Desert, there is something other than border control that you should watch out for.\r\nIt will appear to you as a beautiful woman dressed in an all white cloak. Its h... | 21,756 | 44.982445 | 23,460 | 1.42 |
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"content": "She Swears Her Father is Outside",
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"content": "My daughter can’t sleep. Neither can I.\r\nTonight, she raced into my room, dragged me out of bed, and pointed to the window. She said, crying and shaking, the man outside looked just like her.\r\nI grabbed her by the s... | 12,975 | 35.789303 | 14,069 | 1.63 |
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"content": "Depth Perception",
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"content": "As a kid, did you ever squint one eye shut and then the other, watching the position of the world shift back and forth till your head ached? It's a bit like that.\r\nYour eyes can only see so much, but your other eyes see plenty else. ... | 20,428 | 43.416515 | 22,028 | 1.69 |
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"content": "The Doubling Cube",
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"content": "The President poured himself a drink. Why not, he had certainly earned it. He would celebrate the penultimate achievement of mankind. Earth was on the precipice of world peace. Evil was about to be eradicated forever. All he had to do... | 16,565 | 39.311596 | 17,907 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Hold The Door",
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"content": "A man is getting into an elevator when a woman comes running down the hallway. She begs him to hold the door for her, citing some important meeting that she has to attend. The man stares at her. She looks like trash. One of her black heel... | 14,777 | 37.5364 | 15,991 | 1.57 |
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"content": "Nothing like the first time...",
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"content": "I remember it like no time has passed. The day was clear and bright, and it smelt of pine and citrus. I was sitting on my porch staring off into the treeline. It was sunset and I remember smelling the sweet air and watchi... | 8,242 | 31.246843 | 9,030 | 1.67 |
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"content": "The Screaming tortures",
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"content": "My favourite band \"The Screaming tortures\" latest album had finally come out after what seemed like ages. They had a cult following, their music not unlike screamo, emo, and horror-goth-rock.\r\nThey had been on the scene for q... | 19,731 | 42.590206 | 21,274 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Parent/Teacher Conference",
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"content": "I wasn’t looking forward to this meeting. My son’s first grade teacher called me a couple of days ago and wanted to discuss some drawings Brandon had done in class that she called, “disturbing.” Brandon has a pretty wild imagi... | 5,772 | 28.599466 | 6,401 | 1.59 |
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"content": "I was just playing on my phone.",
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"content": "It was an average night, but it was also the first time I had been home alone, while my parents were out of town. It was late, but I decided to go for a swim in our pool. I had been texting a friend before, so after I go... | 5,333 | 28.092173 | 5,934 | 1.63 |
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"content": "A calming soak",
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"content": "A nice long bath that's all I needed. Time to sort my thoughts out and contemplate the disappearance of so many of my friends. Slowly, I sunk into the water letting the temperature and aromatic smell wash away all my worries. My cares an... | 16,236 | 38.971535 | 17,553 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Broken Promises",
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"content": "\"Kill them.\"\r\n\"I can't!\" I whispered pleadingly.\r\n\"Do it,\" he said. Stern brown eyes bore into my own. \"The sooner the better.\"\r\n\"But -\"\r\n\"You know what will happen if you don't,\" he said with a low, threatening grow... | 9,091 | 32.066124 | 9,938 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Under the Mistletoe",
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"content": "When I first saw you, I knew you were the one. You were laughing, your amber hair cascading in a waterfall down your back. The streetlight made it shine like liquid gold.\r\nOur first date – we went dancing. “Why don’t you just let ... | 17,642 | 40.410976 | 19,052 | 1.62 |
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"content": "I Shouldn't Have Tried To Be So Brave",
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"content": "I bolt upright in bed, something having awoken my unconscious mind before I can consciously register what I am hearing.\r\nA thump from the living room down the hall, followed by the distinct sound of footsteps.\r\... | 18,820 | 41.629055 | 20,305 | 1.61 |
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"content": "Not-quite dead",
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"content": "I am immortal, and it is terrible. Not because I outlive everyone I love,or because I can't truly experience life. No, it's because in 1453 some people killed my family and fed me to hogs. I can't really describe how it feels. The hogs g... | 14,270 | 37.050518 | 15,447 | 1.56 |
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"content": "The turning tide",
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"content": "It’s a cold winter morning, and warm smoke rises from a stale ashtray. The gas stove is still on, a flock of geese running around wildly inside the empty kitchen. An old man lays on the floor front of the kitchen sink, a small river fl... | 12,293 | 35.166462 | 13,343 | 1.57 |
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"content": "Eternity",
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"content": "I open my eyes to the darkness around me. I'm dead, I must be. I saw the doctors above me scrambling, felt the pain deep in my stomach, saw the blood pouring from all the holes in me. I remember going numb, and the life slipping away until all... | 10,225 | 33.195835 | 11,139 | 1.63 |
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"content": "The Deadliest Animal",
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"content": "Of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, there is one unique species that is the most deadly by a landslide. In recent years, as its numbers have increased, so have extinctions in other animals. Yes, these skilled hunters can un... | 17,030 | 39.790379 | 18,396 | 1.61 |
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"content": "Wendigo",
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"content": "As the weather gets warmer, I usually find myself taking the kids on walks through the woods behind our house. The scenery caught my son’s imagination and the flowers that grew from the ground brought a smile to my daughter’s. Their favorite pa... | 14,300 | 37.085674 | 15,477 | 1.58 |
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"content": "Home Invasion",
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"content": "His wife was a heavy sleeper, but she always managed to awake in the middle of the night to walk their dog. He never knew how she did it, and didn't bare much thought to it, assuming it just came naturally.\r\nOne night, he was awoke at a... | 5,977 | 28.838285 | 6,622 | 1.58 |
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"content": "Join in the Chant!",
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"content": "I still remember the day my Dad took me to see my first football match. The other team's striker, Paul Sheringham, had lost his marker and curled a twenty-yarder into the top right of the net. It was a good goal.\r\nMy Dad, a kind an... | 15,259 | 37.996391 | 16,494 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Don't swim in the dam",
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"content": "Alf and me liked to go fishing in summer. \"You must wear your boots!\" said my Grandmother (to save us from tics).\r\n\"Don't swim in the dam!\" my father shouted after her.\r\nHe never explained exactly why we shouldn't swim, bu... | 21,354 | 44.481285 | 23,017 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Please stop looking at me...",
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"content": "The easiest way to tell apart a ghost from someone who is alive is all in the eyes. Dead people never blink. And if you don’t want to be bothered by one the trick is to avoid eye contact. Once a ghost knows you can see them... | 1,232 | 21.241673 | 1,451 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Everlasting Youth",
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"content": "I didn’t want to ever lose her.\r\nI couldn’t bear the thought of her aging, growing wrinkles and becoming frail. The thought of her now, so beautiful and strong never fails to keep me up at night. They say “nothing gold can stay”, bu... | 19,507 | 42.34726 | 21,038 | 1.53 |
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"content": "The Flickering Woman",
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"content": "Here’s an urban legend from Japan.\r\nChiratsuki-joshi is a spirit that’s said to haunt dark and empty rooms. She is often described as a beautiful woman, dressed in a white kimono with long black hair and pale skin. Her eyes are q... | 20,305 | 43.256554 | 21,893 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Grey Spot",
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"content": "I started to see a grey spot in the corner of my eye. I was scared at first and almost went to the doctor, but decided against it. After all, it was just a little spot, nothing life threatening. So I carried on as normal as I could, until the... | 1,105 | 20.828175 | 1,316 | 1.6 |
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"content": "The Trouble With Shortcuts",
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"content": "It was getting dark and I was in a rush to get home. I tried to take a shortcut down an alley when a big, burly man stepped out in front of me. He smiled a grin through his jagged yellow teeth grabbed me by the arm.\r\n“And j... | 5,263 | 28.015408 | 5,859 | 1.54 |
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"content": "Family Matters",
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"content": "\"Is there anything I can do to help put your mind at ease? Anything at all?” my sister asked, with her usual kind smile. Sweet Theresa, always so eager and willing to please. But Mother didn’t reply; she didn’t so much as look at her.\r... | 11,124 | 34.084099 | 12,102 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Road Trip",
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"content": "I walked out of my car, feeling as tired as ever. I set my bag on the counter, asked for a room in this cheap motel, and paid. I didn't really care for the service, I just needed a place to sleep for the night to finally make it to my boyfrie... | 7,586 | 30.568754 | 8,333 | 1.64 |
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"content": "\"The Perfect One\"",
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"content": "My sister’s Chrysler barreled down the road, leaning into the corners and the engine made a soft growl as we went.\r\n“It’s a nice day out, isn’t it?” I asked. She ignored me for a moment, at first I thought she was more intent on h... | 14,209 | 36.991108 | 15,384 | 1.62 |
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"content": "Bad Dog",
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"content": "It had been three or so days after Halloween, and a few people on my street, including me, still had their Halloween decorations up. Some bones, grave stones, spiderwebs, etc.\r\nI was in my backyard, racking leaves. Now my back yard didn't hav... | 20,939 | 44.01442 | 22,581 | 1.6 |
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"content": "This is how I found you!",
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"content": "Hey mom! I finally found you! It took me a while, But I'll tell you the story.\r\nIn the morning, You left to go get some food and I played with my brother.\r\nYou didn't come back for a while so my brother went out to go look ... | 17,545 | 40.305912 | 18,946 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Dont Open the Door to the Tall Man",
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"content": "In my neighborhood we have one rule, a simple one, but a rule nonetheless. You don't open your door to the tall man. We dont know how he came to existence or why he chose us, but we do know we can survive by not answe... | 19,586 | 42.441196 | 21,121 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Denied Reality",
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"content": "“This way detective, he's in his room. Just press the button to talk to him.”\r\n“Thank you doctor.”\r\n“Sam, just answer anything this man asks you.”\r\n“Hi Sam, please tell me about yourself.”\r\n\"Well sir....I have a twin brother and... | 10,010 | 32.994667 | 10,909 | 1.6 |
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"content": "Mama says I'll like spiders when I'm older",
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"content": "For now, I just keep my eyes closed and bite my lip till I think I'm safe.\r\nI remember the first time, late at night right after a large meal when the shadows danced upon the walls. It all happened far faste... | 6,631 | 29.543621 | 7,316 | 1.58 |
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"content": "Thou shall not pass",
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"content": "You wake up after a night of drinking in a random house that you do not recognize but its not morning, its not anything. It's dark, and its dirty and you are completely alone. You look around to try and gain a sense of perception bu... | 2,901 | 24.800005 | 3,313 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Until Next Time",
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"content": "My wife and I become distant over the eight years of our marriage. And like many nights, I had fallen asleep before she came to bed. Later that night, I woke up to her watching me.\r\nI felt uneasy as she stared at me like a predator wa... | 10,299 | 33.266914 | 11,217 | 1.46 |
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"content": "One missed meal away...",
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"content": "Sadie took another bite of the fatty meat, chewing calmly as she stared into the distance. The warm juices rain across her tongue and down her chin. She had been forced to dig deep to find the tender pieces of meat beneath the c... | 11,436 | 34.392071 | 12,433 | 1.59 |
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"content": "I'm never going to let him go.",
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"content": "I’m never going to let him go.\r\nWe are going to be inseparable from now on, doing everything together, with me following him wherever he goes.\r\nMaybe he’ll even begin to like me, but it’s very unlikely. It sems like h... | 6,651 | 29.564583 | 7,337 | 1.59 |
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"content": "Below the thunders of the upper deep",
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"content": "The submarine was nearly dead quiet. Me and Jenkins had long joked about finding Atlantis when we joined the expedition to research the deep ocean floor. Now, the only joke was being here at all.\r\nOur instrument r... | 16,762 | 39.512722 | 18,111 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Little Timmy and the thing",
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"content": "Little Timmy is dealing with all the fears that come with being an 8-year-old boy, but there’s a particular fear that he has right. At night, there’s a growing disturbance from his bedroom closet. First, he just heard strange... | 10,065 | 33.049526 | 10,969 | 1.64 |
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"content": "The ritual",
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"content": "\"We have to finish the ritual\", the old woman screamed with panic in her voice.\r\nNo one seemed to care - or didn't want to care - that an obviously senile woman was screaming at the top of her lungs in the park. A man stopped out of conc... | 18,597 | 41.410397 | 20,069 | 1.6 |
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"content": "The Ball",
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"content": "That ball was so agitating. It was touch sensitive, and was apparently the most touch sensitive toy of all time. How it had become lodged between my bed and the wall, I don't know. What I do know is that it's 2:00 in the morning, I haven't sle... | 1,080 | 20.755533 | 1,290 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Knocking on the wall",
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"content": "The apartment building I live in, the apartments are close together as well as them having thin walls. At 2:15 AM one night, I woke up when I heard knocking coming from my neighbors wall. The knocking continued further into the nig... | 12,840 | 35.674706 | 13,926 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Come play",
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"content": "When I met his parents, they appeared sleep deprived. Dark yellow circled their eyes. Weeks before, their son seemed like a typical prepubescent boy. He was content just to tease his sister and play with his toys. He even dreamed of being an ... | 15,646 | 38.386215 | 16,913 | 1.64 |
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"content": "They Come To Life At Night",
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"content": "Mom always got mad when she sees me sitting on the bed reading stuff on the internet. Back when I was a teenager, there was a website where authors would post stories, creepy, unsettling, disturbing stories. I would enjoy it.... | 20,483 | 43.471123 | 22,084 | 1.5 |
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