Chris watched as everyone packed up the truck for the weekend getaway. They had been waiting for six mi this to finally go to the lake. This was the longest they had ever gone without a trip there but due to the storms last winter the cabin had needed a lot of repairs....

The boat made a thudding noise every time it hit the wooden beam. They pulled it in silently, tugging and twisting the rope, not even grunting at the weight.

It had been almost a week since they last saw the boat. Back in the cabin, there was a signature in the logbook from when it had been signed out. The small sailors had taken sandwiches and binoculars and little jars to put fish in. Now the ...

Walking across the dock,

I step in a small splotch of blood,

Accidentally smearing it I wash my foot off in the cold mossy lake,

I spot a body floating in the water,

I slowly back away,

My heart beating so fast, I start to feel nauseous,

Sirens beeping,

Police cars racing towards me,

Anxious I try to sit down,

Only to find my foot misplaced,

I fall back but luckily catch myself,

A hand wraps ar...

The water was smooth as glass when the boy walked out to the end of the dock. Staring down into the water he saw his reflection and started making funny faces, this was until the reflection stopped reflecting what he was doing. The reflections eyes lit, and sharp teeth were bared. The boy jumped back and went running back to the cabin where his family was staying yelling over and over, “Daddy, mom...

The air smelled like a dying animal. That was the first thought that came to Rich as he stepped out of his smoking car. He stepped around and lifted the hood, his wife could see the cloud pour out both sides as her husband disappeared behind it.

“We’re stuck here until we get this fixed,” said Rich while rubbing smoke from his eyes.

“There was a house by that lake we passed a mile back, maybe th...

I was with my friend, Este, sitting at Olive Garden, just like we do every Tuesday night. Catching up on the week we had.

Este told me her husband was acting weird.

I remember just what she told me.

“That was not my lipstick on his mouth,” she said.

“He bought jewellery via our joint account he never gave me”

She thought it was infidelity.

I said thought so too.

So she was going to call ...

_Alone on the docks_

_Sits an old man_

_Who never talks_

_Don’t know if he can_

_No one knows his story_

_Except the dead_

_And the guilty_

_That’s what they said_

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I know his story. And I sit next to him every day. I cry when he cries. He cries over his sister and I cry over his sadness.

I know her story. She loved to listen to music on the docks. She was the first to drown. As she was...

Alone, Alexander sat on the sad, rickety dock, his head bowed like an angel’s and his feet dangling off the edge. Cold water settled between the spaces of his toes, turning his soft skin to prunes and causing his knees to shake from the chill. Anxious clouds churned above him; threatening a storm.

He shivered.

Deep water had never been a problem for him—in fact, he would even say it was a bit ...

I‘ve never thought I would ever return to this place. It was excactly how I remembered it, nothing had changed and the only indication of the passed time, were the weathered wooden planks and chipped off paint from the metal ladder at the end of the short jetty.

It was late afternoon and the clouds made the day darker than usual. But my memories of a sunny summer spent at the lake weren‘t fading a...

The lake is cold, slimy, and filthy.

You stand at the edge of the dock on a bleak cloudy day, looking out over the thick murky water.

Something isn’t right with this lake. It almost looks like it’s _breathing. _

The fog swirling over the surface. The forest on the other side beckoning you to run across the water to join the shadows.

You catch yourself from falling forward over the edge. You o...