Tiny Tales of Everyday Horror
Going 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 […]
MoreI was at home eating edamame, placing the pod in my mouth between my teeth and pulling like a cartoon cat does with a fish. I must’ve been watching a movie because I wasn’t paying much attention. After a few pods, I looked down at the one I had just pulled between my teeth. There […]
MoreI was on a road trip with my family, you know. It was late at night and us kids were laying in the back of the station wagon to sleep. The road must have been just paved because it was so smooth and we seemed to just be going up and down, up and down. […]
MoreI’ve been a vegetarian since I was 13 years old. It’s more common now, so I don’t get as many, “then what do you eat questions?!”, which is nice. I was starting a new job and was getting to know a co-worker who invited me over one night. She was really excited to try her […]
MoreI was socially awkward in college, but I was in an art program so we all were. There was this girl in a few of my classes who seemed to want to be friends. I talked to her a few times, but she never seemed to listen to what I was saying and kept telling […]
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Spiders In My Bathtub 