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"content": "A Piece of Paper",
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"content": "My right fist clenched a piece of paper. The crude folds came undone as my fingers pressed harder. The paper felt worn in my hand as my palm started to sweat. Sweat, even though my hands felt cold.\r\nStanding in the booth, feet plante... | 21,356 | 44.483383 | 23,019 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Careful what you wish for.",
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"content": "It's been 3 months since the fire, since I lost my wife. Every day, after I get off work at 4 pm, I visit her in the cemetery. I tell her I miss her, I tell her about my day, I'm trying to move on, but it's hard.\r\nToday is ... | 18,039 | 40.839306 | 19,475 | 1.48 |
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"content": "New Parents",
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"content": "Last night I heard some foreign whispers come from the room next to mine. It sounded like there were about 2 or 3 people. I couldn't quite pick up what they were saying. Every now and then I could hear them say words like: kidnap, torture, ... | 10,843 | 33.808414 | 11,803 | 1.43 |
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"content": "Good News and Bad News",
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"content": "So, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation here. For the past week, I'd been hearing scratching and scuffling sounds coming from the basement– if it can even be called that. I've had this house for about two years now, and that's bee... | 15,008 | 37.754158 | 16,233 | 1.58 |
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"content": "She loves painting",
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"content": "\"1...2...\"\r\n\"My husband and I bought her some brushes to paint a few weeks ago,\" the mother said happily to her friends.\r\n\"3...4...\"\r\n\"She loved them! She started painting right away!\"\r\n\"4...5...\"\r\n\"We even turne... | 21,392 | 44.526058 | 23,058 | 1.58 |
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"content": "The Message from Proxima Centauri",
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"content": "SETI had been listening to deep space for decades, hearing nothing but vast cosmic emptiness.\r\nIt finally paid off; on April 17, 2032, a narrow-band radio signal approximately 13tb in size was received at 3:14 am at ... | 21,657 | 44.859066 | 23,350 | 1.62 |
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"content": "Tag.",
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"content": "the only sound that could be heard by the girl were her pounding footsteps and racing heart as she rounded the corner into an alley, pressing her back flush against the grimy brick wall and attempting to catch her breath. she clutched her hand to ... | 10,743 | 33.706642 | 11,693 | 1.58 |
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"content": "eyes",
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"content": "I'm getting my brother to post this for me. I don't want ppl to be kept in the dark about how messed up some people are and to see what they are capable of.\r\nI'm so excited! It's my first time living away from home and I've just moved into my Do... | 7,153 | 30.121218 | 7,868 | 1.51 |
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"content": "Ruined",
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"content": "Let me tell you something about myself. I have a mediocre job, a mediocre girlfriend, I live on the top floor of my apartment building and I love breaking things. I’ve always had a thing for destruction. When you’ve had grief and anger and stres... | 17,264 | 39.99757 | 18,644 | 1.66 |
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"content": "A quick snack",
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"content": "I was home alone and it was almost 2:00. My mom would be home any minute but I was sure hungry. I started to head down to my basement to grab a quick snack when I heard a door open and my mom announce her arrival home. I took the bag of c... | 5,241 | 27.984585 | 5,835 | 1.69 |
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"content": "An Old Friend of Mine",
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"content": "After having survived Vietnam, I'd served my purpose. I'd nearly died helping my country and knowing that was the only thing that got me through day after day at that piss-smelling nursing home. There's nothing to do here but hope... | 19,784 | 42.644997 | 21,331 | 1.38 |
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"content": "The Last Man on Earth",
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"content": "Adam placed his hand over his chest.\r\nHe couldn't breathe. It was dark; the air was smoky and clogging his windpipe. He couldn't see more than a few feet ahead of him.\r\nHe heard sobbing and looked to his left at his wife. She ... | 14,808 | 37.571239 | 16,025 | 1.59 |
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"content": "Seriously",
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"content": "I always had a voice on my head, the voice could always see the future, it warned me about many things and saved me more than once, the problem is, the voice doesn't always tell me the truth, the only way to know if it is telling the truth is... | 13,452 | 36.239601 | 14,581 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Online Relationship solutions",
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"content": "My wife has been nagging at me from the beggining of our marriage.\r\nI mean, she has a point sometimes. She does have more money than I do, she does make more money through her parents' estates... I do what I can, but it ... | 21,192 | 44.301636 | 22,845 | 1.65 |
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"content": "The Scream",
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"content": "My hair was standing on end. There was a chill, I felt it travel through my spine. The ground was damp. Then I heard it. The scream. It was the most horrible sound I’d ever heard. It rung in my ears. It went on forever. It sounded like long ... | 3,877 | 26.274553 | 4,368 | 1.61 |
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"content": "Should I wake up?",
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"content": "The state of REM (rapid eye movement) during sleep helps a lot. I get little glimpses of my room while I dream. It helps me know I’m lost within the confines of my mind. Little glimpses of reality slip in during my delusional state an... | 7,292 | 30.269915 | 8,019 | 1.6 |
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"content": "I Want To Know You",
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"content": "I know her very well, yet she doesn't know me at all. I see her greet her husband everyday after work. I know what she packs for her little girl's lunch. I see her laugh and smile without a care in the world. It's hard to believe the... | 5,613 | 28.438437 | 6,237 | 1.55 |
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"content": "I Believe You",
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"content": "\"I didn't do it. I swear.\"\r\nMy husband of ten years asserted on the other side of the thick glass that separated us. His voice shook with each word, and his fingers clenched so tightly to the phone in his grip that they turned white. ... | 15,803 | 38.554298 | 17,085 | 1.56 |
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"content": "the dream",
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"content": "one time, i got lost in the woods. there were a bunch of trees but no leaves on them or the ground. there wasn't anything on the ground actually.\r\ni didn't even know if the trees were real. they looked like they were made of some black grav... | 12,731 | 35.55368 | 13,806 | 1.47 |
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"content": "A Very True Story",
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"content": "He sat at the desk and started to type, oblivious to the world around him.\r\nDistracted by things that don't matter, that don't have any value to his life, yet he still does it every day, everyone does.\r\nHe used to know but he has ... | 17,952 | 40.756462 | 19,382 | 1.6 |
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"content": "There was an old lady",
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"content": "there was an old lady that swallowed a fly, we all know that story. she then goes on to just throw all the animals she swallowed up out of her stomach. but what if she didn’t throw all of them up? what if instead her stomach began... | 13,502 | 36.286987 | 14,635 | 1.6 |
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"content": "Friday Night Fights",
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"content": "I crack my knuckles as I walk into the ring. The man who closes the gate behind me shoots a look of pity in my direction before securing the lock. Hundreds of people have gathered in the seats around my chain-link prison, cheering f... | 21,221 | 44.337105 | 22,876 | 1.49 |
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"content": "The Crying Number",
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"content": "If you are pregnant, then you should read this.\r\nAt some point during your pregnancy, you might get a call from an unknown number. Pick it up. There will be a little girl on the other end of the line. She will be crying and screamin... | 519 | 18.275301 | 635 | 1.56 |
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"content": "Do You Mind?",
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"content": "Most girls don't even give me a second glance. Yet here she is, standing right in front of me, looking right at me. For a second I even saw her smile!\r\nEverything in my body screams for me to smile back, to introduce myself, to crack a j... | 11,964 | 34.87402 | 12,992 | 1.43 |
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"content": "Twenty-Five Years",
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"content": "Twenty five years its been. Twenty-five years, two months, fourteen days, eleven hours and twenty-two minutes, to be exact.\r\nI've been counting every second, tracking every minute, hour, day, month, year, decade. It's gone on so lon... | 19,522 | 42.364178 | 21,053 | 1.62 |
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"content": "They come at night..",
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"content": "I hear them every night. Snickering, whispering, gnashing their teeth. They’ve been there for years, since I was a kid. Hiding under my bed, in my closet… even behind my dresser. Just waiting. I can’t always make out what they’re s... | 12,160 | 35.05304 | 13,198 | 1.58 |
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"content": "A Good Hiding Spot",
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"content": "The dry grass crunched as I stepped on it. I scanned the trees around me. some larger than the other. No open spots in sight. I grunted as I walked further into the woods.\r\nI needed to find a good hiding spot, usually Zack was bett... | 18,593 | 41.405449 | 20,065 | 1.6 |
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"content": "Frozen",
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"content": "She stood silently as I watched her raise the gun to my forehead.\r\n“I’ve been waiting a long time for this.” She said.\r\n“You and me both” I responded. “Kara…?” I added, looking up at her. “Why are you doing this to me?”\r\n“Because I love yo... | 19,049 | 41.850788 | 20,544 | 1.66 |
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"content": "The Visit",
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"content": "Mom and Dad have decided to go at Grandpas' house. Its' been 5 years since our last visit together,although mom and dad always visit them once every year. I remember when I was 5 years old, I used to play with grandma and grandpa. The best bo... | 20,020 | 42.902718 | 21,585 | 1.65 |
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"content": "I’m in desperate need of an explanation before I drive myself crazy trying to figure it out on my own.",
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"content": "I’m just now being told this story myself so bare with me as I may leave a few details out. I’ll try my best. My mother & I have been sitting here, t... | 6,346 | 29.229273 | 7,014 | 1.56 |
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"content": "Empty mirror",
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"content": "Mr L. was not an easily scared man. In fact, he was not scared even when he turned on the news and saw that the number of bats on the streets these days has multiplied by a lot. \"Ha,ha, what's gonna happen, vampires?\" He went to the bath... | 1,435 | 21.756119 | 1,690 | 1.63 |
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"content": "I hear an ambulance siren whenever I go to bed.",
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"content": "I hate staying up till late night. But I can't do anything. I think it's in my genes. But the worst part about this thing is that whenever I go to bed, when the world is already in its deep slumber, I hea... | 1,505 | 21.921726 | 1,763 | 1.6 |
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"content": "No Coming Back",
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"content": "While travelling down the river, Thomas’s canoe came upon a small cemetery.\r\n‘Good news’, he thought. He must be nearing a town, or at least a little village where he could stop for the night.\r\nBut, as he kept travelling, he began to... | 12,258 | 35.129272 | 13,305 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Waiting in the dark",
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"content": "Miniature black holes. We're actually at that point in the project now. This is what I studied for, once they hit the switch this is what's going to change everything. I'm certain of it, or at least, I'm pretty certain of it. Butter... | 20,369 | 43.335625 | 21,965 | 1.56 |
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"content": "Happy Birthday",
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"content": "Timmy tried his hardest to blow out the fifteen flickering candles. He huffed and puffed...but to no avail. He glanced at his mother who had spent hours slaving away to bake the beautiful cake, and her expression made him feel unbearably... | 8,216 | 31.221994 | 8,999 | 1.63 |
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"content": "The Clown",
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"content": "“Are you paying attention?” The clown asked while fluttering his eyelids rapidly.\r\nHis weary captive nodded slightly; the days of hunger and dehydration had left him worn and broken.\r\nUnconvinced, the clown reached out and gave the man a ... | 20,206 | 43.136654 | 21,787 | 1.59 |
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"content": "Trouble With Being An Artist",
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"content": "The trouble with being a respected artist is that you constantly have to out do yourself or else people will begin to talk. They'll say that you're resting on your laurels. It's like a never ending saga for me. No matter wh... | 19,548 | 42.39468 | 21,079 | 1.59 |
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"content": "Paradise",
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"content": "The sun feels warm against your skin. With your eyes closed you can see only red, which deepens to maroon as you put on sunglasses. It is an unusually clear day in early May and the day is already warmer than usual. Your eyes are closed and yo... | 749 | 19.508327 | 909 | 1.54 |
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"content": "Family Dog",
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"content": "I'm a well trained dog, the family that raised me didn't have to train me much. I know not to chew on the furniture. If I have to use the bathroom, there's a dog door to the backyard. I only whine occasionally for table scraps because they a... | 19,439 | 42.267979 | 20,965 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Trade Secret",
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"content": "I'll let you in on a little secret. The worst part of my job as a mortician. People think it's the gory part of embalming. Not really. It's quite mechanical. The blood comes out one tube, the embalming fluid goes in another. Think of it li... | 20,800 | 43.850288 | 22,430 | 1.58 |
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"content": "My girlfriend was always afraid of being alone.",
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"content": "From an early age, she always felt like something was off whenever no one else was in the room. It's a bit strange, sure, but I love her, so I don’t care. Whenever she was afraid, my girl would call and I... | 3,238 | 25.333029 | 3,680 | 1.68 |
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"content": "2020",
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"content": "I was told stories as a kid and my grandfather always had the best but I have a vivid memory one time where he had a stroke. I was like 9 at the time and we went to see him at the hospital. They told us it would be okay But I noticed his story's w... | 14,791 | 37.55415 | 16,006 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Running",
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"content": "We’ve been running for years now, running from the lies, the truth, and what’s in between. The world is coming to an end now, though it’s the opposite of what I thought it’d be: blue skies, cloudless days, perfect weather. Nobody can go outside... | 8,808 | 31.797859 | 9,632 | 1.42 |
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"content": "Hunting",
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"content": "Have you ever dreaded the feeling of being watched through your windows?\r\nHave you ever feared discovering that you weren’t alone while walking through the streets?\r\nHave you ever feared that while you were home alone or living on your own,... | 20,456 | 43.439896 | 22,056 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Best friends forever",
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"content": "Sally and I became best friends the day my family moved into our new house. She was always a weird one, only wanting to visit at night and never letting me introduce her to the rest of the family. She told how special i was and how... | 15,141 | 37.870979 | 16,370 | 1.49 |
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"content": "Wolf girls",
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"content": "Growing up, everyone knows at least one wolf kid. They’re the ones who run around the playground on all fours, howling and growling while the rest of the class is playing tag.\r\nThey’re a classic type of weird kid, but not the kind you real... | 17,782 | 40.562302 | 19,201 | 1.66 |
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"content": "The Film",
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"content": "I knew it was a bad idea. People told me that i shouldn't watch it. I had heard tales of people being driven mad by this dvd. I was a fool. I cracked open the case I had found at the bottom of the bargain bin. The jacket was covered in dust, a... | 16,873 | 39.630783 | 18,229 | 1.61 |
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"content": "The Painting",
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"content": "My wife and I wanted to do something different for our anniversary this year. We booked a private, after hours tour at a small art gallery downtown. After dinner at a restaurant nearby, we walked over to the gallery where the owner met us ... | 3,669 | 25.97348 | 4,145 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Lock Your Doors",
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"content": "How hard is it to remember that? People should know when to lock their doors and windows at night, especially in this day and age. Murders and rapes and abductions are on the rise. Almost all of them occur when the occupants are asleep,... | 16,241 | 38.976898 | 17,558 | 1.66 |
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"content": "There are Eyes In My Throat",
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"content": "In an attempt to rebuke the actions of those around me, i will keep these memoirs as a way to prove, without a doubt: Everything is fine. Over the past weeks a series of formidable events have taken place throughout the worl... | 18,288 | 41.093143 | 19,740 | 1.56 |
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"content": "Cursed Melody: Echoes of Madness",
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"content": "In a small quiet town, an abandoned antique shop stood shrouded in an ominous fog, beckoning to passersby with a silent, chilling allure. Intrigued yet unnerved, a young woman named Lily entered the decrepit store, wher... | 9,607 | 32.584484 | 10,486 | 1.45 |
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"content": "You'e very brave.",
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"content": "Fear is something that we humans naturally have. It serves as protection from what we think looks scary. It's normal to be scared of stuff. Spiders? They're definitely scary. Snakes? I would definitely run away if I saw one. You shoul... | 17,380 | 40.129959 | 18,771 | 1.68 |
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"content": "The 3 Stages of Terraforming",
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"content": "Welcome to the terraforming business, kid. Our crew will be stuck here for at least five years before the first colonists arrive.\r\nDid you sign the NDA? Good. Then let me give you the basics of our operation here.\r\nStag... | 13,041 | 35.850197 | 14,139 | 1.53 |
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"content": "The price of forgetting",
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"content": "I thought forgetting would be a blessing. The pain of losing my daughter was unbearable—her small shoes still by the door, her laughter echoing in my mind. So when the stranger appeared, offering to erase the grief, I didn’t hes... | 16,731 | 39.484428 | 18,080 | 1.49 |
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"content": "The End",
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"content": "Years, so many that I've lost count. We've been heading in one direction, under Earth VI's orders. In the old days we'd be starving, or thirsty, or dead. The Universe provides, literally, we can skim any atomic material and turn it into somethi... | 19,808 | 42.681511 | 21,359 | 1.55 |
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"content": "Woman's Corpse Found Near Local Creek",
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"content": "On May thirtieth, at around 1PM, the corpse of 29-year-old Claudia Winters was discovered near a nearby creek by authorities. She had disappeared from her home two weeks prior without explanation. Upon closer exami... | 2,794 | 24.605139 | 3,198 | 1.46 |
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"content": "On sale",
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"content": "I wake up, but I can't move. My brain is fully awake, but I can't move anything. Is this what sleep paralysis feels like? It feels like I'm trapped. The reason I can't move anything seems to be because I'm laying in some sort of mould. It's lik... | 4,409 | 26.985083 | 4,938 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Why not explore the ocean?",
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"content": "NASA gets an annual budget of around twenty-two million dollars to spend on exploring space, and it's done nothing for us as of yet. If the icecaps are melting and the world will become an ocean anyways, why don't we explore ... | 8,628 | 31.62207 | 9,440 | 1.58 |
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"content": "Prosperity and beauty",
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"content": "The smell of rain and freshly mowed grass fills my nose as I step outside. The nightly showers have conceded to the morning sun, and it’s looking to be an absolutely beautiful day. I decide to skip breakfast in favor of a morning ... | 20,025 | 42.910484 | 21,590 | 1.63 |
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"content": "The Return of King Arthur",
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"content": "In a cave beneath the world, they say, King Arthur sleeps.\r\nThey say he will wake again when Britain’s need is greatest; that he will return to lead and protect this land. But fifteen centuries have passed, with countless di... | 21,287 | 44.40712 | 22,947 | 1.55 |
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"content": "Nightmare",
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"content": "There was a man who ended up in prison. The cells were equipped with bunk beds, and the strange thing was that the guy in the top bunk seemed to be mute, never uttering a word. From the first day in prison, the man started having nightmares, ... | 1,136 | 20.923851 | 1,349 | 1.69 |
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"content": "Silly children.",
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"content": "I work at an elementary school janitor. I'm the type that actually loves his job, i like it when things are tidy and clean, and this is basically a dream job for me. ¨When the last bell rings, all kids must go home.¨ Said the principal,... | 20,291 | 43.241096 | 21,878 | 1.62 |
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"content": "A Little Bit of Anything Won't Hurt",
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"content": "\"Let's get going now,\" said Lesley as she packs her bag. We are the only ones left here in our classroom because we have to finish our visuals for our report tomorrow.\r\nI look outside of the window and notice tha... | 21,328 | 44.452785 | 22,991 | 1.65 |
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"content": "We Burn Her at the Stake Every Year",
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"content": "We burn her at the stake every year.\r\nEvery year, the women of the town drag her out of her house at the end of the street and burn her alive in Mrs. Willison’s backyard. Chants of “whore”, \"slut\" and every other... | 20,911 | 43.979637 | 22,551 | 1.63 |
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"content": "Seriously, Fuck This Curse",
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"content": "The curse was simple. Anything that someone else needed more than me, I had to give it to them.\r\nIt started out small. My son was hungrier than I was, so I gave him my food. My co-worker, Greg, needed the money, so I let hi... | 17,427 | 40.177509 | 18,822 | 1.58 |
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"content": "The mirror",
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"content": "my new husband and I recently bought a little one bedroom apartment. We had moved everything in and all was well. Except for this one mirror that was flat on the back.. you know... We couldn't hang it without some sort of industrial glue. Lu... | 17,613 | 40.376381 | 19,020 | 1.59 |
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"content": "The Affair",
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"content": "Jeremy knew his wife Gail was having an affair. The only information he’d discovered about the man she was seeing was his last name, Chamberlain, and he didn’t really care to know anything else about him. The marriage was over and he and Gai... | 14,987 | 37.739677 | 16,211 | 1.65 |
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"content": "The Man in the White Jacket",
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"content": "I watched the man. He stood there, in his white jacket, not doing much. However, he seemed the be talking to himself. Or someone I was unable to see. I couldn't blame him, the hospital they stuck me was horrible.\r\nAs he wa... | 18,487 | 41.28759 | 19,953 | 1.46 |
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"content": "Pizza Order",
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"content": "“Nobody’s answering!!” He angrily dials the phone again.\r\n“Hello, Baywood Fire Department.”\r\n“Yes, how are you?”\r\n“Fine, how can I help you today, sir?”\r\n“I’d like 2 large pizzas with brea-“\r\n“This ain’t a pizza joint, sir. Call M... | 14,314 | 37.097984 | 15,492 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Not alone.",
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"content": "You lie awake. For some reason, you just can't seem to sleep. You've had a rough day, and you're exhausted, but everything in your power won't let you shut your eyes. The lamp beside your bed is on, luminating the room in a gentle light.\r\n... | 15,301 | 38.043186 | 16,544 | 1.69 |
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"content": "A Letter",
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"content": "Dear mother,\r\nThe new dog has been jumping around like a madman, utterly scared by everything in his new home! We were thinking of getting a corgi dog, but we heard they’re a bit vicious, so we opted for the pit bull instead. Don’t worry tho... | 16,071 | 38.80378 | 17,374 | 1.46 |
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"content": "Don't cry",
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"content": "The reporters who had hung around my family since the day I was born had always called me a 'special baby.' But I never felt special, just cursed.\r\nI was born with a rare genetic condition. Forget one in a million, try one in a billion. Mos... | 15,292 | 38.03582 | 16,534 | 1.69 |
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"content": "\"Mum and Dad won't wake up..\"",
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"content": "\"Do you realize what you've done, son?\" I asked him in the calmest way possible, despite the madness all around.\r\n30 minutes ago I received the weirdest phone call of my life.\r\n\"Hi uncle Alex, it's Paulie..\"\r\nP... | 18,552 | 41.358723 | 20,021 | 1.64 |
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"content": "The Last Broadcast",
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"content": "Mark’s voice crackled through the radio, desperate and shaky. \"Is anyone out there? Please respond.\" The storm outside was unforgiving, pounding against the walls of the old lighthouse where he had taken refuge. Static filled the a... | 6,518 | 29.439087 | 7,195 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Dinner",
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"content": "Tonight was the night.\r\nI smoothed my black pencil skirt and groaned as I wiped off a glob of jam from my cheek. An urgent ring from the doorbell interrupted my cooking and I fluffed my hair. After tearing off my apron, I threw open the door t... | 15,819 | 38.571823 | 17,102 | 1.61 |
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"content": "The Devil You Know...",
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"content": "“You’ve done this before right? You understand the dangers?” asked the man on the other end of the desk, looking over his glasses inquisitively.\r\n“Yes. I’m quite familiar with the risks associated with our trade.” I replied cool... | 11,382 | 34.342854 | 12,375 | 1.64 |
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"content": "How to Speak to Cultists",
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"content": "Now that you are working from home, you need to be aware of the cultists in the neighbourhood. Given the global situation, they are aggressively recruiting. To avoid falling for their underhanded techniques, please follow these... | 18,305 | 41.106216 | 19,757 | 1.57 |
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"content": "Monsters",
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"content": "I have these recurring nightmares, where I stand alone in the darkness, surrounded by monsters, they talk to me but I cover my ears, they hurt me and they want to rip me apart, but I always wake up and keep on going with my days, hang out with... | 13,991 | 36.766087 | 15,154 | 1.53 |
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"content": "My son",
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"content": "I am a 47 year old mother with a beautiful seven year old boy. I live in a small town neighborhood in Ohio. I am married to a man who is two years older than me, whom I love very much. We lead a normal, quiet life; we are the classic family you ... | 6,970 | 29.906557 | 7,676 | 1.56 |
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"content": "Darkness",
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"content": "I seem to be awakened suddenly. It is pitch black dark in here. Im not blindfolded. All I see is darkness. Reaching out in all directions, I feel no walls, only that Im sitting on some concrete floor, I try to move but I cant, yet Im not tied ... | 14,996 | 37.747349 | 16,221 | 1.65 |
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"content": "The Snow Collects",
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"content": "There’s no twist ending here. There’s no indulgence.\r\nEach unanswered cry is a snowflake between tree limbs. Every pounded fist, every panic-induced, full bodied slam is a quiet, lilting flake falling gently through forest canopy. T... | 19,406 | 42.230648 | 20,931 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Writer's Block",
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"content": "Writer's block is such a bitch. I hate when I can't come up with any good stories or poems and it feels like my mind is just one big blank space. And that's kinda funny because, when you think about it, the mind is virtually endless in s... | 9,346 | 32.309757 | 10,204 | 1.47 |
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"content": "How much do you value sleep?",
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"content": "28/05/2013: I can’t seem to fall asleep. I wonder what happened… Maybe it’s because I read nosleep too much, or maybe it’s because of the three cups of coffee and 4 cans of energy drinks that I drank a couple of hours ago. ... | 1,601 | 22.180851 | 1,871 | 1.63 |
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"content": "How About My Feelings?",
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"content": "It is the same thing every night. My husband climbs into bed with me and just turns into this wild animal. Don't get me wrong. It's great and everything, but sometimes I just want to be cuddled and loved on. The doctor has put me... | 6,136 | 29.00396 | 6,790 | 1.58 |
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"content": "There's Always A Plan B",
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"content": "Dean Moxley was at a bar with his best friends Seth Black & Roman Jonas when his cellphone started to vibrant. \"Yeah?\" He said, as he held a Jake Daniels in one hand. \"You really think y'all will be able to just get away with... | 14,338 | 37.127316 | 15,517 | 1.68 |
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"content": "Look What You Made Me Do",
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"content": "Seth Lopez was the kindhearted, geeky and quiet kid in college. So, it was completely out of character for him to ask a girl out especially the most popular girl in class, but there he was with a dozen roses in hand, standing i... | 17,422 | 40.171753 | 18,816 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Unlimited Lives",
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"content": "Videogames, when they are considered to be too challenging, usually have infinite lives placed into them as a mechanic, so a player has all the time they need to figure out different ways to achieve their goal.\r\nNo matter how many tim... | 16,352 | 39.084175 | 17,677 | 1.36 |
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"content": "Beauty is only Skin Deep",
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"content": "EDIT: I re-wrote this as a proper short story. It can be found here.\r\n\"Beauty is only skin deep,\" the fae woman mewled wickedly as she allowed the knife to pierce her own pale flesh, drawing it down from the center of her f... | 18,733 | 41.541222 | 20,207 | 1.45 |
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"content": "11 voices",
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"content": "It was me with 10 other individuals in a room so dark that you could not tell whether your eyes were open or shut. No one had a clue where we were or why we were there. Some people stopped talking and wouldn't respond when called. At first th... | 7,396 | 30.380447 | 8,136 | 1.58 |
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"content": "BANG",
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"content": "I was watching the late night news. Then i heard a shocking story, \"There is a crazed murder killing people by breaking into doors and stabbing his victims. The neighbors had reported strange banging noise before screaming. Everyone must be very ... | 10,564 | 33.531227 | 11,503 | 1.61 |
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"content": "Morning Drive",
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"content": "Imagine driving to work early one morning. Out of the corner of your eye your phone lights up and you hear the buzz of a notification coming in. You grab the phone and unlock it. Someone commented on the post you shared earlier. You glanc... | 18,187 | 40.991478 | 19,630 | 1.56 |
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"content": "The Taste of Juicy Steak",
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"content": "I heard somewhere that broccoli actually tastes pretty good if you roast it instead of steaming it, so I gave it a shot. I'd lost 5 pounds in a month, so I was ready to eat anything.\r\nSure enough, when I bit into the crunchy ... | 20,198 | 43.122021 | 21,778 | 1.41 |
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"content": "Dinner's Ready",
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"content": "\"Dinner's ready.\" The little girl said as she knocked on the door.\r\nThere came no answer, no reply, from the other side. Just a chillingly empty silence that seeped from the space underneath it and tickled her spine. She sighed.\r\nN... | 19,013 | 41.814323 | 20,506 | 1.65 |
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"content": "Good behaviour",
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"content": "I was enjoying the morning quietness with a cup of coffee, when I heard a letter being deposited. I enjoyed a few more sips of coffee in peace before checking it out. It turned out to be a letter from the government.\r\nI had my suspicio... | 15,642 | 38.382408 | 16,909 | 1.67 |
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"content": "The New Neighbors",
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"content": "When Sarah’s new neighbors moved in, they were friendly but kept to themselves. Every time Sarah tried to engage in small talk, they would quickly change the subject or excuse themselves. One evening, while walking her dog, Sarah noti... | 1,089 | 20.784229 | 1,299 | 1.3 |
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"content": "The Weeper at the Window",
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"content": "Last night, as I lay in bed, a woman began to cry outside my bedroom window.\r\nI shut my eyes tightly and tried to wish her away. I lay there for hours, trying not to hear as she pleaded for me to let her in.\r\nEventually my ... | 12,156 | 35.04995 | 13,194 | 1.66 |
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"content": "Death's Best Friend",
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"content": "Death isn't a skeleton in a black cloak with a scythe. Death isn't even one being. Every town has their own death. Someone in the community who disappears sometimes and reappears later acting as though nothing had happened. Our Deat... | 13,857 | 36.624619 | 15,005 | 1.52 |
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"content": "Blue Jay Way",
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"content": "The fog spread suddenly.\r\n“We’ll be there in 10.” they texted, just as the sun set. I reminded them where my house was. But it’s been five hours, and I haven’t seen my friends or any other living soul, even after I went outside in the de... | 18,607 | 41.426147 | 20,080 | 1.64 |
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"content": "Always watching",
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"content": "So it's been a year since I last saw it properly. It hasn't completely gone yet. I still sometimes see it out the corner of my eye but whenever I turn around, it's gone.\r\nAlas, when I don't see it, I feel it. I always feel like someon... | 6,957 | 29.895683 | 7,662 | 1.67 |
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"content": "Love Is Forever",
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"content": "I’ve never quite understood the meaning behind the age old saying, “If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it is yours; if it doesn’t, then it never was yours”. Why would I let go of something that I love, that I care for, ... | 10,287 | 33.25219 | 11,205 | 1.67 |
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