You think your family is weird? There are some doozies out there, guys. Some of the old photos I've found floating around the internets are pretty creepy. This is the photo for your prompt. Write a little flash fiction piece (or longer, if your little black heart desires) about a strange family, with all of its bizarre members. If you want to share, post it in the comments. For longer pieces, leave a link. And remember: blood is thicker than water. Mwahaha. [...]
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Scary Stories
0 Not too long ago, while on Facebook (the place where I find an absurd amount of creepy things) my eyes caught on a story someone shared. The headline gave me chill bumps. It read: Man Receives Facebook Messages From Dead Girlfriend. Have you guys read this story? I feel like you might have. Well, I knew it was fake, right. But that didn't stop me from clicking the link... and reading the insanely long story full of screen caps and semi-convincing pictures. I have to say, by the end of that story, my heart was pounding like a jackhammer on steroids. Just the mere[...]
As summer approaches, I have been thinking of fun things to do with my laser cutter, and as a result, have again been thinking about shadow puppets and scary silhouettes. Which reminds me of one of my favorite short films: The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2006, Anthony Lucas’s animated masterpiece is definitely worth checking out if you’re not familiar with it. Jasper the airship navigator is haunted by the memory of a previous crew mate's death, a death he feels responsible for. Meanwhile, his city o[...]
My journeys through the www have led me to some truly creeptastic things. My wide-eyedness prompted the first 'Disturbing Web Finds' post, and I'm happy to report, there are many more freaky finds where those came from. Honestly, I'm not sure how I run into these stories. It's totally not on purpose. But since I do, I figure it's only fair that I share the creepay creepay with all of you. I'm gracious like that. You're welcome. :) First, we have this video (which I found on Facebook) of a praying mantis dying. But the thing that made my stomach knot up, flip, cl[...]
Want to catch up on your classic horror stories, but don't have enough time? My husband stumbled upon this 52 hour spotify playlist of scary stories. Most of these are pulled from the days of radio broadcasts. The list includes your classic Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock stories, and a 1944 broadcast of Frankenstein. There are stories and poems, lasting a single minute or twenty-five. I've always had a romantic fascination with Frankenstein, and started pulling out Edgar Allan Poe volumes in my youngest library days. I love the rattling of chains and the howl or[...]
Let's begin with those freaky spiders in the beginning. I mean, come on! There nothing scarier than a woman praying while a spider crawls down her arm. Of course it would induce a grand eye rolling session! "Unbridled pleasures of youth." Now that sums up dear old Ethan Chandler. He drinks to excess and has sex with a stranger all within the first 10 minutes of the show. Still, he's intrigued by Vanessa Ives and follows her into the depths of an underground Opium den for a job. This all leads to Sir Malcolm, who is in search of his daughter. Cue the[...]
I love being scared. Though I love to read scary books, seeing a scary movie unravel on a screen is one of my favorite things to do. This weekend my best friend Johanna Banana told me that she had a short video I just had to see. Banana is my usual scary movie partner in crime. We watch scary movies together. We hide under blankets on the couch. And we scream appropriately during really scary moments. The gleam in Banana's eyes when she told me she had something for me to see, told me it was something awesome. And I was right. Apparently there was a competition[...]
Saint-Petersburg is a city with a unique and oftentimes macabre history. It’s one of the “younger” Russian cities, founded in the eighteenth century (compared to Moscow, for example, which is more than 800 years old). It was built to be the new capital, then stripped of the title and re-baptized after the October Revolution in the early 20th century. It was one of the cities to suffer the most under a long and grueling siege during World War II. These days, the city regained its original name (after its founder the Tsar Peter I), but legends still suggest[...]
I loved reading R.L. Stine as a child. My parents raised me watching scary movies and reading horror novels. When I was five, I had two favorite movies. One was The Little Mermaid. The other one was Halloween. Yep, like Michael Myers. Needless to say, I've read pretty much every single Goosebumps and Fear Street novel out there. To me, it's like a rite of passage for children who love scary things. So imagine my excitement when I heard the news... FEAR STREET IS BACK. That's right. R.L. Stine has a new Fear Street novel coming out called Party Games[...]
I am super excited to bring to our little corner of the cemetery, yet another interview with horror writer Jenna Lehne! Seriously love her answers, especially to #3. Enjoy! Interview 1. Why write horror? What draws you to writing in this genre? I like scaring people. I’m the kind of person that will hide behind the front door for half an hour just so I can jump out and scare you. I started writing horror because there’s so much to work with. People are afraid of everything. My friend, for example, is afraid of balloons. Another is[...]