Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
Where 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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