Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
We were at the farm house. That’s what we called it at least, because that’s what it was, but it was more like a log cabin. Us girls would sleep up in the attic. One night I awoke to my older sister shrieking. She was running around, shaking her head, and waving her hands. It […]
MoreWhere I live, we have these ringneck snakes. In the summer, their babies would be everywhere. These are tiny little things; they look like a worm on steroids. You’ll find them in just about every crevice. One time I saw one working its way up the grooves of the brick wall and I thought, “How […]
MoreYou know how roaches* scurry to a dark place when the light gets flicked on? That dark place was up my pant leg. -Garry M. *This was in Florida, by the way. This “roach” was a palmetto bug, which can be the size of your thumb.
MoreGoing to bed, late on a weeknight, the slender snake showed their front half to me from under the bed. I froze, stared at it. I closed the door to the bedroom. Panic overtook my useless arms and legs. I open the door again and see its tail move through the closet opening, quickly losing […]
MoreI had toyed with the idea of collecting these stories, these Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror, for awhile. They are almost like urban legends, except these are things that have actually happened. I know this because I have personally collected these stories from people I know. One night, I noticed that the spider that had […]
MoreI was raised in the country so walking barefoot outside was just normal. One summer day, I was outside with my dog. One of her pastimes was chasing lizards. She never caught one, but it was always funny to watch. This particular afternoon, she was in pursuit of a deep almost purple colored one. I […]
MoreI was at home eating edamame, placing the pod in my mouth between my teeth and pulling like a cartoon cat does with a fish. I must’ve been watching a movie because I wasn’t paying much attention. After a few pods, I looked down at the one I had just pulled between my teeth. There […]
MoreI went to go blow my nose. I grabbed a tissue from the box. As I brought the tissue to my nose, a spider fell out of it into the sink. Two thoughts came to my mind: I almost blew my nose with a spider and how many tissue boxes have spiders in them right […]
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Spiders In My Bathtub 