Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
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. […]
MoreI 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 […]
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 […]
MoreI’m not a morning person, but it was extra hard to get out of bed after I put my bare foot down onto a live crab. -Janine E.
MoreI work at the library and have seen my share of inventive bookmarks, including a green bean. Probably the grossest thing I’ve ever seen, though, was a strip of raw bacon*. -Dusty S., as told to ts *Don’t worry, we throw out the books that come back that damaged.
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 