Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
I volunteer at a Civil War historical site. Most of the time I wear a period piece outfit and play like one of the original residents of the house I give tours at. On this particular day, I just wasn’t feeling like it. Thank goodness I didn’t dress up that day. On the first tour […]
MoreThis is kind of a ghostly story, but one night, we were out on the back porch having a get together. It was just a few of us, having a few beers. As we were sitting there, this shadowy figure kind of appeared and approached us from the side. I looked around to see if […]
MoreEureka Springs was a wellness retreat due to the supposed healing waters of the springs. The trouble is, the people who came here to not die, still did. Some just from whatever ailment they were trying to cure themselves of, others from gross mistakes and/or negligence that killed many at a time. They say this […]
MoreI’m still not sure to make of what happened that Summer. All I know is that we all experienced it. It was me, my brother and my mom. We were living in this rented house. It was weird because this house was plucked up off the ground in Miami and plopped down on some cinder […]
MoreWhen I moved into my current house, I slept on a mattress on the floor for the first few days. The house has all hardwood floors. One of the first nights there, I swear I heard a skittering of claws/nails across the floor that brought me out of a deep sleep. Heart racing, I bolted […]
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 […]
MoreThe dorm room I stayed in in college was haunted. First there were a few silly things that could maybe be explained, like a snapchat filter reacting to the same part of the wall. It was the dog filter and it would open and close its mouth when we asked it questions. Also, there were […]
MoreDEFINITION OF TUB SPIDER noun tub spi·der \ ˈtəb ˈspī-dər \ Tales that create the feeling of said horror.
MoreDefinition of horror, as defined by Merriam Webster noun hor·ror | \ ˈhȯr-ər , ˈhär- \ 1a: painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay, b: intense aversion or repugnance. 2a: the quality of inspiring horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character. b: something that inspires horror. 3: horrors plural: a state of extreme apprehension.
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Spiders In My Bathtub 