Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls
I had found the waterfall. It was the highlight of my trip to Kyoto. It had taken too long, though. My phone was quickly dying, as the sun sank lower in the sky. I tried to remember the path back to the main road. I tried to call to mind the location of the nearest […]
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Bug-Wiser
Ok, here’s a real-life thing that happened to me. I went to this dive bar in Tucson called The Green Dolphin (it’s gone). I ordered a glass of Coors, took the first pull, and felt something wiggling against my front teeth. Reach in my mouth and pull out a live cockroach. I take it up […]
MoreTrickle-Down 101
During Finals Week, back in college, I got real sick. I think I had the flu or something. I don’t know what it was, but I felt awful. You know how those professors are, though. No excuses. I knew I would have to come in to take that test. I went in dutifully, and almost […]
MoreNo ‘chute, pt. 2
The pilot in this scene said, “Well, if you don’t wear a ‘chute, I’m not wearing a ‘chute.” I’m upside down, hanging from the thing. Neither of us are wearing a ‘chute. Most everything, like I said, is rehearsed, but some things you can’t rehearse. About a month after we shot this, the pilot has […]
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Apparent Apparel Apparition
My brush with the supernatural came when I was staying at a hotel famous for being haunted. Everyone was talking about it, asking me if I’d seen anything, heard anything. I didn’t buy any of it. The day was uneventful and I felt justified in my skepticism. That night, the sudden slamming of a door […]
MoreNight People
At night, I would get people come and visit me in the bedroom. Only in the bedroom and they ranged from very young people, kids, to elderly who are crawling on their hands and knees toward the bedroom door to get out. In the beginning, I believed they were there. In other words, each time […]
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Spiders In My Bathtub 