"Love truly is forever"
I sat at the table re-reading the letter for the tenth time. I still couldn't believe it. My dad's sister, Marie, whom I'd never met, had passed away. According to her lawyer, she left me her house.My dad rarely spoke...
"A life-changing experience leaves Martha wanting more."
I had fallen in love with the island when I was a child of eight; lying just off the coast of Cape Cod. I always thought it had been named after me; that’s what my mother told me anyway. I...
"It seemed like a normal Halloween until everything went sideways."
It was another busy Halloween afternoon for me and my wife, Jill. We loved the holiday but did so much for it over the years that it was now expected. She would decorate the inside of the house and me...
"Love born under a full moon."
“I got it!” George shouted through the tiny flat to his new bride, Nina.In January 1982 the University of Hawai’i signed off a plan to support the continued development of scientific facilities at the site. They wanted someone neutral to...
"After many years, mysterious events finally bring two people together"
As we toasted marshmallows to make s’mores, it was only natural that we told each other ghost stories—some from when we were kids, some we had heard over the years. The random unexpected events in those spooky tales were not...
"One man’s folly is another woman’s gain."
Milo pulled into the driveway, put the car in park and turned the ignition off.”What do you think?” he asked.”You said it was a house, Milo, not a mansion.””It’s still a house,” he replied. “Just a really big one.”Vicki leaned back...
"Witch trouble brewing"
The witches of Deepdale gathered about the fire, their faces stern, with highlights shown in stark contrast by the firelight. Beatrix looked from face to face, while they waited for the last member of the coven to arrive. Beatrix sighed,...
"Unfortunate event reveals a secret..."
The bus’s headlights illuminated my body lying in the road. The full moon was in the night sky, in the early hours of the last day of October. An ominous but light fog rolled in through the dense trees: it...
"The Puppet Master finds new prey"
The year is 1987, Karim Araneidae was sitting in his study thinking over his life. He was born in 1843, living in Egypt and moving around as it suited his lifestyle. He was born a fairly powerful psychic, having discovered his...
"A new place to live may have some old tricks."
My name is Ellen. I wanted to tell this little story about what happened to me. I hope that anyone who reads it will know that if this has happened to them, they are not alone.When I decided to rent a...