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As the rain continued to fall, Clay Burroughs began to feel weighed down by his wet clothes, so he took off his coat and- after considering the absurdity of trying to preserve it- tossed it on the ground. He began to notice his outstretched hands felt different from the rest of his body, so he rolled up his shirt sleeves and stretched his arms out ( Read more... )

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Elsewhere- near the edge of town- Clay Burroughs sat down and leaned up against a tree trunk. In his hands he fingered a pair of sunglasses- as he did, his mind fiddled with various thoughts. Did he need this now? In the woods, out in nature, clear vision was a powerful tool... but when you have to go amoungst people for supplies, seeing every flaw ( Read more... )

Ralph Balmont found himself crawling on firm ground, coughing and spitting out wet mud. For a time, no thoughts occured to him, just the sensations of touch and sight... and then the feeling of movement. Faintly strange sounds came faintly to him. Crawling about in darkness, he finally staggered to his feet.

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It was only then Ralph's mind recovered ( Read more... )

Greg Bland awoke in Cheryl's arms, found she was fast asleep, and carefully untangled himself from her embrace before getting out of bed. After getting dressed very quietly, he navigated the bedroom, the hallway, and the living room. He secretly enjoyed that- out of the four people staying in his home- he was the only light sleeper. Opening the ( Read more... )

Trying to make horror work in any suburban setting sounds like the stuff of drunken bets taken late at night when booze & lack of sleep make normally questionable human faculties even sketchier, which is what was my initial inclination towards a "killer closet" movie, but thankfully nobody in Cameron's Closet gets decapitated by a slamming closet ( Read more... )

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Nearly a decade ago, before I had what I could call a home, before I met the only person I've felt any connection to & started a long term relationship with- that's still going some 6 years later despite everyone telling me she was too young & we had nothing in common -I & a good friend of mine were homeless, out wandering past midnight, and facing ( Read more... )

Okay, having stumbled across the whole clusterfuck of the allegedly "scary" franchise (?), I couldn't resist the urge to flush a whole afternoon down the toilet watching Paranormally Inconceivable and it's prequel/sequel/cash grab Paranormal Activity 2 back to back. Time well wasted!

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I have to say getting to see the reappearance of Michah (" ( Read more... )

Nothing's as cold as a Stanley Kubrick film. It just manages to exude a cool, even chilly air about it, and The shining always makes me think of that every time I watch it. When Danny's riding down the halls, when Jack is sitting at the bar, when Wendy is running around half scared out of her mind, every second of it makes my mind visualize cold ( Read more... )

Location: Underground Balmont Estate

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At first, there was only stillness, then something stirred. Claw-like fingers broke the surface, straining to reach up out of the muck. The massive palm followed, its mouth gasping for air. When the eye opened, a blazing red light lit up the darkness, sending out a heat signature like a beacon... which did not ( Read more... )

The Body: The Fist will not die (True final chapter)

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Ralph's closed eyes saw only blackness, his body felt only warmth as it sank. His mind reeled, the final layers of an onion peeling away. Memories peeling away, along with assumptions and desires ( Read more... )