As a kid hide and seek was my favorite game. In my neighborhood all the kids would come and play it. Hide and seek was always very fun and innocent, that’s probably because my life was never on the line. Not like this. The thing had ripped the life from my mother in front of my very eyes, then asked if I wanted to play a game. It was classic horror movie stuff, but it was still terrifying when hap...

She was perfect in every way. She was smart and funny and beautiful. But she was also very shy and rarely ever spoke to people. Unlike me who was very outgoing but wasn’t intelligent, has messed up humor, and wasn’t at all attractive. She hung around in the back while I jumped into the middle of the chaos. She was kind while I was considered evil. She was very innocent and sweet and I was dirty mi...

This was bad, horrible, horrendous, terrifying. The body of my best friend was propped against the wall blood splattered everywhere. Without thinking I called the police and they arrived in minutes. Me and my two other friends were both taken into interrogation. I was sweating profusely as o waited for my turn. Praying that I don’t look suspicious.

Here I was, sitting in a uncomfortable metal ch...

Hearing thoughts isn’t all it’s cracked up to be I learned. One morning I just woke up with the ability I haven’t looked at people the same since. I’ve heard so many things I wish I didn’t, from confessions to fantasies.

The first day of this power gave me a new best friend. His name is Jacob everyone always considered him weird. He always just sat in the corner in school never participating, ne...

From a young age I was told to never go into the woods. The village said it’s where lost souls would roam. They also told of the woman in the mist, the woman of deception. She would lure people in with tricks or illusions, only to brutally murder them once they’re vulnerable. Like every child here I grew up with these stories and warnings but when my mother died I lost all of my sense.

Here I am...

It was freezing. That was how I woke up on the fourth of December. It wasn’t unusual to wake up cold during the winter so I got excited. Quickly I turned on my light and opened the curtains

Snow mountains of it. The large flakes billowed from the gray sky glittering in the faint sun. Frost covered every window in the house I ran out of my room. Before my mom could speak I was getting into...

Legend says the thing in the mask is as old as time itself. Others argue differently saying he was the son of death themself.

The story goes that during a horrible disease millions of years ago a figure would appear in front of someone. It wasn’t tall and intimidating like people would imagine it was actually short and huddled into itself. It usually only wore a casual coat and held a bl...

“I don’t know why I just couldn’t help myself” Kate said brightly twirling the knife in her hand.

“You..I can’t believe you..” Cole stuttered he was concerned and confused. Him and Kate had been talking on the phone just a few hours ago and now here she was. In an alley blood spattered on her clothes a red knife and dead body in front of her.

He had never thought her capable of murder just...

Don’t get caught be quiet I chanted in my head as I scaled the outer wall. I’d looked for the blind spots where there were no guards for awhile last night. After the meeting. Meeting, that’s a very formal word for what was going on. Really this whole thing was crazy the war, the secrets, the laws. But I suppose what could I expect, I’m a princess after all. I’m supposed to be with a prince or at l...

My son has been telling me for days now he’s afraid of his room. It all started Halloween night he was happy and falling asleep. Then two hours later he woke me up saying he was scared. He hadn’t done this since he was really little but when I asked him why he wouldn’t tell me. Then he stopped getting clothes from his closet at first I just thought he was being lazy and dramatic. Then his stories ...