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Submitted to Contest #223
It was my first year at Mason University, known for its horror stories and urban legends. I did not come here for that reason; in fact, I did not wish to entertain the idea of the truth behind those stories. But the superstition found me, anyway. It seemed as if once every class, a student would bring up an unnatural account from the night before. And the teachers always bared the same response: nerves, and then, denial. Words may have been enough to fool other students, but body language told me more. The teachers were hiding something, and...
Submitted to Contest #221
In the summer of 1969, a family sat around a roaring campfire. The children had smushed smores gripped tightly in their hands, smiles on their faces, and attentive eyes toward their grandfather. It was storytime, and Grandpa had a good one. He was finally to tell the tale of how he met Furrow, a man who had an ever-impactful influence on his life, someone he had always mentioned, but whom the children had never met. “Alright, little ones. Prepare for a spook!” I met Furrow in the year of 1921. I was in a prison cell, my first and o...
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