3rrornightshift
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Sparrow, a disabled writer, crafts Urban Fantasy, Psych Thrillers, and Queer Literature. They enjoy spending time with their spouse and dogs, and playing horror and cozy games.
Stories (16)
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In the Window. Content Warning.
When Saige was younger, he remembered living next to a family of three. A girl named Gina, of the same age who lived with her two aunts. She was beautiful, with her long raven-colored ringlets and skin untouched by the sun. Her cheeks always had a natural rosy tint. Her aunts always dressed her in frilly dresses, making her appear like a porcelain doll.
By 3rrornightshifta day ago in Horror
The Club She Never Left. Content Warning.
Susan Grayson started her day with a cup of coffee and whatever her youngest child would not finish for breakfast as she rushes him and her oldest out the door and into the car to ensure they would not for school. While dropping them off she would meet up with the rest of the PTA moms to catch up on things. It was usually gossip or what the next fundraiser goal would be and who would be baking what.
By 3rrornightshifta day ago in Horror
Have You Checked on the Children?. Content Warning.
It was quiet in the suburban neighborhood of South Gust. Naomi Long a twenty-two-year-old college student and part time babysitter was spending time alone at home this weekend. She turned down a babysitting job tonight to study for finals and to enjoy the peaceful evening. Naomi had pizza delivered, had a random movie on in the background and texted a friend to let them know she would be staying inside for the night. With her laptop on her lap Naomi began reviewing the notes she had typed up from each handout her teachers had given her.
By 3rrornightshifta day ago in Horror
Booth 21. Content Warning.
Ban is an employee at Metro Courier in Ikeshima, tasked with investigating a growing urban legend. He was initially reluctant, considering that the subject matter differed from what he had written about. After interviewing a few people, Ban reviewed the information. Unfortunately, there was no consistent story, which may mean they made up their versions of Booth 21. Ban decided to do further research at the library.
By 3rrornightshift3 days ago in Horror
When the Stars Shatter
The Chrono Cast was all abuzz with exciting news about a new natural phenomenon which was occurring tonight: the Sagittarius meteor shower. Kori Campbell, a popular meteorologist, began her research on the new phenomenon. Her co-worker, John Fisher, worked on the script for the broadcast that would be happening that evening. Kori looked over the pages with its many theories and observations; the meteor shower would be a Lyrid type. She could not wait to see the one-hundred-per-hour surges streak across the night sky.
By 3rrornightshift7 days ago in Horror
A Pinch of Death. Content Warning.
It was a dark and windy Halloween night, the moon going behind the clouds, obscuring what little light it emitted. There was a looming, gothic mansion with an overgrown garden in the yard and rusted gates with a padlock and chains. Dakota, a curious teenager, decided to enter the mansion alone. He'd seen plenty of his classmates dare each other to enter the place, but the most they would do was just touch the front door. Dakota, however, wanted to explore the inside like the urban explorers he watched on YouTube.
By 3rrornightshift8 days ago in Horror
The Ocular Pact . Content Warning.
Cal Martialis loved summer and its activities. Since he didn't have any friends, he usually did things alone. However, Cal will be spending the summer with his grandfather. He was upset by this fact, as he had already planned out his summer, but he knew there would be no arguing with his father. The next day, he was dropped off at his grandfather's home, located in the mountains, as he lived in a small village.
By 3rrornightshift8 days ago in Horror
Nightmares that Breathe. Content Warning.
Recently, Sasha Jones was assigned a client who had not slept in twelve days. This young man, Lucas Porter, looks dead on his feet. His eyes are bloodshot, his skin pale, and his hands tremble as he reaches to shake hers. She frowns, greeting him with a nod and motioning for him to sit in her office.
By 3rrornightshift12 days ago in Horror
The Haunting Smile
According to documents left behind in an old church. They were struggling to control an epidemic. It had all started when a woman came to their town. There was a strange and too friendly smile on her face. She never raised her voice above a whisper saying the same two words over and over.
By 3rrornightshift13 days ago in Horror
Snapshots in the Dark
Insomnia and sleep deprivation were two things that plagued Morgan the most these past few years. He thought about going to see a doctor quite a few times, but decided against it and relied on over-the-counter medications. Medications that didn't do jack squat to help. When he didn't get any sleep, Morgan decided to use this time to work on things he had put off—a mini mountain of art projects, a TBR pile of manga, and house repairs. During the night, he would stay awake, and just a few hours before work, he would crash and sleep for about four and a half hours.
By 3rrornightshift14 days ago in Horror
Girl on the Train. Content Warning.
As I sat with my grandmother during a summer night in Dudley, she told me a story she hadn't even told her mother or children. She was around eight then, and they traveled by train to visit some family nearby. She was sitting by herself, looking around at the other guests, when she spotted a girl close to her age motion to her from a nearby corner.
By 3rrornightshift14 days ago in Horror
Bound by Blood
Nicolas Winters had taken a long time to get everything together, including a storage unit locker from a place no one would go snooping. He'd also need someone who would take care of it in his place. Who, though, could he give it to? Nicolas remembered that he had a cousin on his brother's side of the family who had a son. They would be the perfect person to inherit this curse he had gotten himself into.
By 3rrornightshift16 days ago in Fiction
