Tag: Mystery
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The Cottage – Narrations
A death in the family takes Jim Cleary from Boston to Appalachia. There amid the grey and green Kentucky hills sits the Cottage his great-grandfather built. The rustic calm gives little hint of what lies beneath the stars that hang so silent, cold, and bright. If you prefer reading: https://thefractaljournal.com/2023/01/31/the-cottage-2019-story-excerpt/ Note: This narration contains music.…
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Plinth – A Night Drive Story – Creepypasta Original
Hey, everybody sorry for the huge lag in uploads. Life is life as the Laibach song goes. My schedule is all topsy turvy, night is day, day is night, and I’m still in a bloody hotel. Whinging aside I’m rather happy to bring you a story I wrote earlier this morning. Here’s the story via…
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Roland and Hayes
“Is there anything to be said for it?” “I really haven’t the faintest.” Two silhouettes haunched over a grave offered no prayers. Yet, it was not an occasion entirely lacking in reverence. The strange light of the lantern diffused spectrally through the fog like a priest with a censer. “That’s done it then.” The crunch…
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The Walls (Creepypasta Original)
There was no fear then. The shadows that the trees cast as night fell held no terror. It was comfortable to watch the world grow dark. Now the inky shadows that bleed from the closet induce panic. How did I regress to such a childish state? Long sessions on the shrink’s couch are unnecessary. I…
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Tea for One (Short Story/Creepypasta/Original)
I felt the chill. Let it sink in. Now that the drunken shouts and laughter had decayed into murmurs, I was beginning to feel the night. My fire provided warmth enough for the kettle that swung on a hook above it. I however was cold. And that is what I wanted. Cold animates. It promotes…
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TFS 41 – Luis Barroso Fernandez ~ When UFOs Attack
AHHHHHHH! https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/04/a-ufo-attack-the-mysterious-and-deadly-barroso-incident/
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Getting in the Mood for Mystery
Or Notes for Pedants and Spoilsports It’s altogether easy to lose your sense of wonder. Especially when questions can be answered instantly. But it isn’t the answer that kills the magic. It’s the speed. It’s the lack of space. Mystery is a living thing and needs room to breath. One cannot write weird fiction or…
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The Cottage – Chapter Twenty Nine – (Short Story)
There was a sensation of whirling, of spinning headlong blindly through ether. It felt like eternities had passed between the clap and the first glimmers of some strange purplish light. “Holy shit it’s laser Floyd!” Jim exclaimed facetiously. “Are you familiar with physics?” Germain inquired. He could hear the question but see nothing besides darkness,…
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The Cottage – Part Twenty Eight – (Short Story)
Jim was stuck again by the shift in atmosphere. With all these bodies luxuriating by the firelight it was indeed downright homey. The warmth was pleasant. But it was also naseuting. Jim did not trust these fine feelings. He did not want comradarie with these soft strangers. “I’ve heard you call these things the El…
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The Cottage – Part Twenty Six – (Short Story)
The fire was already blazing. Its warmth and the presence of people gave the austere cottage a homey feel. Jim was surprised by the party that had gathered. There were four guests. Which to his accustomed isolation qualified as a crowd. Elsa was stoking the flame in front of the wheelchair bound cipher he’d glimpsed…