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31 Days of Dread – Day 4

Unlit Jack-O’-Lanterns? This New Trend Might Surprise You! If you see a house with unlit jack-o’-lanterns do not approach it. Keep walking as if you didn’t notice and go home. If the candles went out, it means they ran out of fuel. If fire can’t breath, neither can you. They are counting on it. ForContinue reading “31 Days of Dread – Day 4”

31 Days of Dread – Day 3

Your family Recipe is Missing something, and it isn’t love! You don’t get points for that. It’s built-in, hard-coded into the mix. You didn’t choose to love us. You didn’t choose to love it. The secret ingredient is devotion. Show yours by coming home for the holiday. It’s time to cook. For more haunting stories,Continue reading “31 Days of Dread – Day 3”

Part 1 – The Creep

It’s blinding. That fluorescent light, shimmering like a dance of petulant electrons. A wave of radiant denial. I can barely see the surrounding store, shelves full of tat and garbage that looks oily beneath that unnatural glow. Rancid trash radiating its putrid stink, slick to the touch and poison in the veins. It’s disgusting. ButContinue reading “Part 1 – The Creep”

Part 2 – Not Everything is a Conspiracy

Sophie inspects the damage down at Crossroads Convenience. What drove Rodney to such a violent act?

Part 3 – Dear Staff

Bradley addresses staff concerns with a team email. How long will they believe his well-meaning lies?

Part 4 – Meat and Potatoes

Kat agrees to meet her aunt for a last minute brunch. Surly, she has no reason to be nervous, right?

31 Days of Dread – Day 2

Afternoon meetings have you feeling like a zombie? Try this energy-boosting routine! Dig at the pain, like claws into earth. Tear out the rot until there is no putrid flesh left. Let the fluorescent glow shine off your slick bones. For more haunting stories, check out: https://www.patreon.com/cw/arcdirective

Part 18 – All Red

Kat Tomato sauce splashed as a ladleful fell onto a pale crust. She spread it, suddenly reminded of her own face, and how red it must have been. Kat tried to focus on the task at hand. She had an order of four medium pizzas to get into the large industrial oven, so she didn’tContinue reading “Part 18 – All Red”