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The brush moved gently down my head, pulling through the tangled curls. But his blood stayed, leaving its mark like a vengeful spotlight

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I was looking through my late husbands things, when I had noticed that there were some interesting I.D.’s scattered throughout, they were the victims of an infamous axe killer. All of a sudden I heard a thumping from the other room, I went to go check it out but found that I could no longer move as it seemed that my torso was no longer attached to my legs.

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Venturing into the creaky floors and darkened halls of the manor, there would lay that cold corpse. Such fair limbs, such tasteful insides- and just like that I was someone new, this new skin feels great on my bones.

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I watched as my wife ate on the couch watching tv, odd behavior for someone who never lets me sit on it with shoes. Then again, she has been dead for 2 years.

-Daira

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The man tried to move his stiff body which was paralyzed, he tried to tell the paramedic he wasn’t dead. The paramedic leaned over and whispered into his ear ever so faintly “no one will ever know”.

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I heard a loud creek at my door along creaking footsteps along the hardwood floors loud enough to wake me, so I shouted out to my mother that I could hear her! “Wait. I moved out and live alone.”

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I heard my 6 year old son talking to himself and assuming he was speaking to an imaginary friend, i asked him what his friend was saying. He told me that his friend is not imaginary, and told him that "mommy needs to go away now".

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I wished that my wife could come back, as she passed recently due to a car crash. I walked back into my room with a sigh and then I see her decomposed, rotten corpse sitting up in our bed.

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As I lay in bed scrolling on my phone, I came across a live stream to realize that it's me sleeping. I turn around and see a large man recording me in the dark.

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As I lay in bed drifting to sleep, I felt the familiar weight of my cat curl up on me. The problem is, she died three years ago, and something’s still breathing by my feet.

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As I swung at the piñata, I heard a burst of cheers and instinctively pulled off my blindfold only to see my brother lying on the floor, bloodied and motionless.

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I hate driving in the snow, but I need to find Mr. Whiskers before the blizzard roles in. It’s scary when momma gets hungry, and Mrs. Whiskers was so small that baby Benny ended up being next during the last shut in.

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My wife called out to me asking where I was, and I tell her I'm in the living room. But I should have known, never call back to wife when your not married.

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I woke up in the middle of the night my dogs wretched barking, sounding like he was about to bark out a lung; I started down the stairs, until it hit me. I take a look out my back patio door, and see my dog's burial place was dug up.

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It was dark, but warm, moist, but soothing, until I was ripped out and felt the harsh breeze against my damp skin, and the light peiricing my eyes. I was reborn, but that was the last thing I ever wanted after escaping this cruel world the first time.

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I had a nightmare that my best friend had been murdered, I woke up and told myself it was just a bad dream. In the morning, I went to play basketball when I noticed blood dripping down my hands, I was playing with my best friend’s head.

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The doctor anpologized, excused himself, and walked out of my room. Suddenly, the girl next door stopped her screaming.

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My wife’s car wasn’t home, but I heard someone cooking in the kitchen—which it happened to be her. She was silent, slicing ingredients with violent character, but then my wife arrived home…

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I woke up in the middle of the night to something tickling my feet. As I go to turn my lights on I realize I'm surrounded by centipedes.

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Her walnut hair softly trickled down beside the crimson dripping gouged out hole- the one that used to hold her smile, now ripped away, freshly sliced, and wet with ruby’d tears of an unorthodox pain, blending with her trembling, exposed crimson.

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Getting ready for the party, glass breaks i call out to my room mate, “you okay out there?”. She responds with nothing but unbroken silence when suddenly in the mirror I see him.

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She looked so beautiful in that light, with flames dancing on her face in a way that entranced me. I almost regret roasting her for this dinner.

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Growing up with pets, I grew used to the sounds of claws scratching against my door. Now that I live alone, the sound is much more unsettling.

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The tree outside has been overgrown for years, surface roots connecting to others. After seeing it stare at me long enough like it was taunting me, I trimmed it and saw his heart.

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As a mortician, I get ready to make the first incision in the dead body in front of me. That is, until they open their eyes.