I want to state firmly, before this all ends, that I always believed I was doing the right thing. This began with my employment as an escrow agent. Early in my career it was obvious that I had a knack for it, and over the course of a few...

Twenty four hours. That's all, I remind myself, and this will all be over. You chose this. A contest, that's all it is. A rather morbid one, but a contest nonetheless. You know when you're broke and you see a weird opportunity to make some money so you decide...

It hasn't snowed yet this winter. Bare trees and dead patches of grass that are usually made more palatable by blankets and drifts of white loom outside the windows like corpses that were never buried. It makes it difficult to keep from wandering into the darker corners of the...

I pulled off the road and into a deserted gas station, scanning the empty road ahead of me before making the decision. I'd been playing the radio loud, not really listening, but enjoying the distraction that it provided. I let out a shaky breath before pushing the dial in...

It began simply enough. That time of year arrived when the Halloween decorations were put out, and for the first time in ages I found myself paying them attention. I never decorated, in fact I never really celebrate any holidays, they’re just like any other day to me. For...

Instructions found in an envelope containing an unmarked DVD:Watch immediately. The images you will see are of a disturbing nature. Do your best to remain calm."So… you've watched the video?" I inquired."I have not.""Do you think we should?""Probably not, right? Best case scenario, this is some weird prank. Worst...

Tires squealed ahead of me, drawing my attention to the black sedan barreling toward me. I narrowly avoided the collision, meeting the damp pavement with my ribs first. I laid there, gasping, paralyzed- the metallic taste of blood on my tongue. And before I knew it I was being...

I gaze at the wooden box, runes glinting in the moonlight beside his bed, waiting until I am sure he sleeps. I feel his breathing rise and then gently hitch, this is how I know that it is time.I let each of my limbs stretch for the first time...

"So... tell me about the nightmares this week."The way she says it isn't quite a question or an order, her tone somewhere between a measured sympathy and forced professionalism. They must teach that in therapist school, that detached neutrality that nearly borders on indifference."They weren't too bad," I mumble....

I am always most content at this stage of the project. Gleaming white, spotless. I stand at the center of a perfectly empty room, a perfectly proportioned cube, two doors on opposing sides. I sigh deeply, soaking in the pure potential before me. I reminisce of my very first...