Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
Unexpected
But What Exactly Was the Thought?
Probably Merry Christmas, but let’s let you be the judge with these perplexing holiday gifts… -My mother-in-law likes to get us wearable blanket-capes. Seriously, we’ve gotten them more than once. -I got a lacquered box with a naked woman on the lid… from my mother. -My aunt likes to knit vests for the whole family. […]
MoreMousy Brown Hair
I don’t remember when it happened, but it was cold, I know that. I was sleeping. My hair was long at the time and I had it in a sloppy pile on top of my head. As I slept, I kept feeling something. I didn’t want to wake up, so I tried to convince myself […]
MoreIgnite, Igniting, Ignition
Volkswagens put a lot of emphasis on safety. It’s good that they do. Be happy your car won’t start. Mine did and the steering column caught on fire… while I was driving. I was just 16 and didn’t know what to do. I pulled into a cheap motel parking lot and hopped out, leaving the […]
MoreStrange Bedfellows
Out at the farm, you’ll get just about every kinda critter in your house. One night, laying in bed, I felt this, I don’t know, kind of rustling on my neck. I thought maybe it was a tick. I reached up to brush it off, but I wasn’t sure what I was feeling. I shot […]
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Twinkle, Twinkle
I’m a mortician’s kid. I grew up around dead bodies, playing hide-and-seek in a funeral home. I had chores in the home, too, such as vacuum the viewing rooms. One night, while vacuuming, something seemed to twinkle in the casket. I went to see what it was and it was the woman’s eyes. They were […]
MoreLend Me Your Ear
I was just a kid when the Army sent me to Vietnam. A lot of things happened and I just couldn’t tell you why. One of them was that I had this necklace with ears strung on it. I was at a bar there one night and a Marine walked up to me and got […]
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Spiders In My Bathtub 