Just a girl who walks dogs and hangs out in cemeteries. Stay feral, y'all.
On a bitterly cold morning, Sarah was walking downtown when she noticed a man sitting beside a building with a small backpack at his feet. Most people hurried past, bundled tightly against the wind. Sarah almost did too, but then she noticed his hands. He wasn't wearing gloves. Sarah walked into the convenience store across... Continue Reading →
There is a lonely hillside cemetery in rural Clay County, Indiana, where an old staircase has inspired generations of people to ask one unsettling question: if you could learn exactly how you were going to die, would you really want to know? Known as 100 Steps Cemetery, Carpenter Cemetery, and Cloverland Cemetery, the burial ground... Continue Reading →
For centuries, people living among the mountains of Central Europe have told stories about something strange hiding between the rocks, caves and isolated valleys of the Alps. It wasn't quite a snake, wasn't quite a lizard and, according to some witnesses, had a face that looked disturbingly like that of a cat. The creature became... Continue Reading →
Maya had lived in the same apartment building for three years, but she barely knew anyone in it. People smiled in the hallway, exchanged polite hellos and then disappeared behind their doors. One spring morning, Maya found a tiny envelope taped to her door. Inside was a single sunflower seed and a handwritten note: “Plant... Continue Reading →
It all started with a garbage can. Not my garbage can, which is important. I don't need anyone assuming I spend my mornings investigating municipal waste containers for entertainment. I have hobbies. At approximately 7:15 on a Saturday morning, I looked out my kitchen window and noticed my neighbor's garbage can lying in the middle... Continue Reading →
My alarm went off at 6:30 Monday morning, which was incredibly rude considering I had done absolutely nothing to deserve that kind of treatment. I opened one eye and stared at the ceiling. For several seconds, I genuinely considered whether employment was necessary. Surely there had to be another option. Could I become independently wealthy... Continue Reading →
Monday morning arrived with rain. Not the soft, peaceful kind of rain that makes you want to curl up beside a window with a warm drink. This was cold, sideways rain, the kind that somehow finds the tiny opening between your coat and your neck. For Claire, it felt appropriate. Her alarm hadn't gone off.... Continue Reading →
For several nights in September 1903, something strange was reportedly happening in the small coal-mining community of Van Meter, Iowa. Residents began describing an unusual figure appearing after dark, moving through the town and eventually disappearing in the direction of an abandoned coal mine. What started as a peculiar sighting soon developed into one of... Continue Reading →
Monday arrived with all the enthusiasm of an unpaid bill. Technically, it was a brand-new week, full of possibilities and opportunities and all those other inspirational things people say when they clearly have more energy than I do. I, meanwhile, was feeling a little blah. Not dramatically blah. Just that special kind of blah where... Continue Reading →
It had been raining since before sunrise, the kind of steady rain that made the whole city look grey and tired. By lunchtime, the grocery store was packed. Everyone seemed to have had the same idea: get inside, buy what you need, and get home before the weather became even worse. Near the front of... Continue Reading →
