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Fearsome Fiction: Spooky Books & Short Stories You Can Read Online For Free

October 26, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: What To Do On Halloween, 2020 Edition. As I have often argued in the past, I am of the firm belief that spooky fiction is good at any time of year. It is, however, particularly good at Continue Reading > about Fearsome Fiction: Spooky Books & Short Stories You Can Read Online For Free

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: books, Halloween, Halloween 2020, horror fiction, short stories, spooky books, the internet

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Cow Head

June 29, 2015 by Lucia

Previously: The Blind Maiden Website. Type: VV (Verbal Virus) Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. Some accounts state that subject dates back to the Meiji period or before; others, Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Cow Head

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Cow Head, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Gozu, Japan, Japanese urban legends, short stories, stories, Ushi no kubi, Ushinokubi, VV

Fiction: “Payphone”

February 26, 2014 by Lucia

From an unfinished manuscript found in a dumpster outside a diner in southern New Jersey: The phone rang again. The one that shouldn’t ring. The old payphone hung high up above the back door, Continue Reading > about Fiction: “Payphone”

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: diners, fiction, from an unfinished manuscript, New Jersey, original fiction, payphone, payphones, ring ring, short stories

Fiction: "…And Time"

February 5, 2014 by Lucia

I've never exactly been an accomplished fiction writer, but occasionally weird little storylings spill out of my brain. Sometimes I feel like sharing them. Do me a solid and don't reproduce them Continue Reading > about Fiction: "…And Time"

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: original fiction, short stories, world enough and time

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