Sixteen-year-old Nancy has always been fascinated by the legend of the wendigo—a creature said to haunt forests, born from hunger and madness. When rumors spread during her school trip to an old village that a real wendigo has been sighted near the town, she and her easily frightened best friend,...

Yamataro Mugihara lives as if she’s a failed equation—dreams lost, family dead, and a corrosive guilt she believes she deserves for her grandmother’s murder. Convinced she poisons every life she touches, she buries herself in soul-numbing office work and alcohol, mistaking endurance for atonement...

This was not how Siobhan Teague expected to spend her summer vacation. Taking an two-week internship with her teacher and self-proclaimed cryptozooloigst is no walk in the park when the target of his research is the enigmatic Appalachian horror popularly known as a Not-Deer, with the lofty goal ...

Fourteen year old Shiraishi Mamoru goes on a family trip to Cancun, Mexico. Everything was normal until a weeping Japanese women started appearing in the background of his selfies. This silent figure, who only he can see, follows him back to Japan, driving him to the brink of paranoia as he id...

Julián takes his beloved family from Japan to Chiapas, his home state in Mexico, for a perfect vacation that he plans to document in a vlog. But the dream trip turns into a nightmare. In every photo and clip he records, Julián notices something that disturbs him: a blurry stain in the corners,...

A poor young man resorts to taking on odd jobs to pay off his sister's medical bills and ends up in a cramped room with a creepy mannequin and a single instruction: "KEEP THE TALISMAN ON ITS FOREHEAD." Easier said than done, especially when the mannequin is after your heart.

Ever tried raising a pet? It is a huge responsibility as most pet owners would probably agree. Now, have you ever tried to raise a pet that could potentially destroy the world? Nobody? Just me? Great. I didn't ask for a pet that could destroy the world, but I probably should have noted the issue ...

"You have brought ill fortune with you, stranger..." Two strangers share a drink at a roadside tavern and go their separate ways. Every morning thereafter they find themselves back in their private rooms, the previous day starting anew. Armed only with knowledge gained from previous cycles, th...

Three gangsters running out of bullets, time, and luck.

Short stories. Mostly comedy or horror/supernatural.