Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
I’m a travelling minister and have given sermons around the world. I also happen to be a black belt in taekwondo. One time, while waiting outside of a venue in the Philippines, I mentioned this to a young man. Now, I’m a big guy, so this kid refused to believe that a guy my size […]
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 […]
MoreThis is my grandmother’s story, but what makes it mine is the way her voice and demeanor would change when she would tell it. This would have been when my mom was a kid. My grandfather was out of town for some reason or another. Maybe it was a convention? Anyway, he wasn’t there. It […]
MoreI said, I don’t care, I’m never using your bathroom again, after she told me that copperhead came up through the toilet. -Linda O.
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 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 was in high school, during PE, I found a ball bearing on the gym floor. It wasn’t as large as a marble, but was bigger than a BB. I found that it bounced quite nicely. I was off in my own little world bouncing it off of the floor, the bleachers, and the […]
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 […]
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.
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Spiders In My Bathtub 