My cousin froze halfway down the church hallway because someone was standing inside a side room that had been locked all afternoon He said the woman wore a long white veil that covered everything except the bottom of… Read more

The first thing I noticed wasn’t the woman It was that she was standing behind the tall flour storage racks that were locked behind a steel gate nobody had opened all evening If you picture the room don’t… Read more

The first thing I noticed wasn’t the eyes It was the way they stayed perfectly still while every bit of dust under the freezer slowly drifted past them If you ever look at a long grocery store freezer… Read more

My aunt opened the church pantry to grab canned soup for the weekly food drive and froze before she even stepped inside A pale hand was wrapped around the back edge of one of the metal shelves holding… Read more

I still think about the shape because it never looked like a normal aircraft It wasn’t glowing or spinning It was just a flat black oval hanging over the empty train yard like someone had cut a hole… Read more

The first thing I noticed wasn’t the person It was the padlock The old brass padlock was hanging exactly where it always did on the motel laundry closet but someone was standing behind the narrow window in the… Read more

The scratching started before sunrise It wasn’t loud It sounded like someone’s fingernails dragging slowly across rough concrete from somewhere under the street If you look at the manhole cover notice that it never moves That’s the part… Read more

The first thing I noticed wasn’t that someone was inside the laundromat after closing It was that he never looked at me once even when I unlocked the front door and walked in If you picture the room… Read more

My sister said the person wasn’t moving at all They were standing halfway down the library basement stairs with one hand resting on the railing looking up through the open doorway as if they had been waiting for… Read more

The first thing that made my stomach drop wasn’t the woman It was the mirror Look at the bottom edge if you ever picture a place like this The mirror was bolted flat against a tiled wall with… Read more