I thought my new coworkers were hazing me when they told me the rules of this desert Army base, but then I met the faceless men in the sand.
Tag: weird fiction
This Egyptian Mummy Has Been Feasting for 6,000 Years In Her Pyramid
A restless English tourist discovers a hidden entrance to an unopened Egyptian pyramid — and stumbles into a royal banquet where mummies wake every thousand years to feast in the flesh. He has just 24 hours among the living dead before they return to their cases for another millennium.
The Hospital Patient With An Impossible Gift That Was Also a Horrible Curse
A mysterious man collapses on the steps of a church with no identification and no explanation — but when patients near him start making impossible recoveries, a nurse discovers his gift comes with a devastating price.
I Was Sent to Debunk the Mountain Shrine. I Couldn’t Explain What I Saw.
Edward Blair only wanted a quick, quirky feature story from a secluded Japanese shrine—but what he found was a girl who defied explanation, a priest with powers beyond science, and a warning about the dangerous cost of controlling the universe.
WEIRD AFTER DARK: “The Monkey’s Paw” and “Pickman’s Model”
Our Ghost Stories discuss tales from two master storytellers, two very different nightmares, one devastating truth — whether you’re wishing on a cursed talisman or descending into an artist’s cellar, some doors should never be opened. Join your ghost hosts as they dissect the hidden horrors lurking beneath W.W. Jacobs’ domestic tragedy and H.P. Lovecraft’s subterranean terror.
“The Monkey’s Paw” & “Pickman’s Model”: W.W. Jacobs & H.P. Lovecraft, Masters of Dread
A grieving couple’s desperate wish brings something to their door in W.W. Jacobs’ 1902 classic, ‘The Monkey’s Paw.’ Then, H.P. Lovecraft reveals the disturbing truth behind one artist’s unnervingly lifelike paintings in ‘Pickman’s Model.
Every Accident She Had Was Within a Mile of That Woman
When her mailman husband delivered a package of forbidden books to the woman up the street, Elmira Brown finally had proof of what she’d suspected all along — and she wasn’t about to let a witch win another election.
THE INSECTOIDS TOOK OVER PIKEVILLE: The Hanging Man | Classic Sci-Fi Horror by Philip K. Dick
When Ed Loyce emerges from his basement to find a dead stranger hanging from the town lamppost and everyone acting like it’s perfectly normal, he realizes he’s the only person in Pikeville who escaped the mind control of interdimensional insectoids that have secretly taken over the town.
THE PERFECT NEIGHBORHOOD: There is Something Strange About Haven Estates
Nick Penby thought he’d found the perfect place to live in Haven Estates—a quiet, modern neighborhood with every convenience. But when a stray dog shows up in his driveway, Nick begins to notice that something about his street isn’t quite right.
THE YELLOW SIGN: The Cursed Play That Drives Readers Insane – Robert Chambers’ Masterpiece of Madness
A New York artist’s world unravels when a strange symbol and a corpse-like church watchman draw him into a nightmare from which there is no waking.
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH SAT ALONE IN A ROOM, THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
They preserved him like a rare species — but when death entered the exhibit, the real panic began.