It looks like Sara. It moves and sits and smiles like her—it even has her annoying laugh down pat. Its mimicry might have gone unnoticed, but its eyes gave it away, reflecting the light like a deer.
We also found Sara upstairs, throat slit.
We’re not sure what to do with it now.

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The house remembers everything, even the wolves. It wraps their ghosts with silver chains, trapping them deep down in the basement, where they stay half an eternity—until one foolish grandchild descends, drawn by eerie howls, holding the key to the final lock—

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“Don’t you believe in ghosts?”
He asks so seriously, I laugh. “Of course not.”
“Then you don’t remember the accident.”
I turn, ready to demand: what accident? But it's Danny. Danny Franks, my next-door neighbor. Who died last winter. Pneumonia.
He speaks softly: “Jess, a drunk driver hit your mom’s car. You…didn’t make it.”

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Uncle Raymond reads his newspapers, oblivious to the noise. He has no patience for my “female hysteria”—he sent Auntie María away for her constant breakdowns so long ago, I cannot remember her face. If I want to avoid the asylum, I need to pretend nothing is wrong—as a chorus of ghouls continue their unholy shriek in the attic. I am the only person in town who can hear them.

#vssGhostTales #UnholyShriek #vss #writing #MicroFiction #GhostStories #horror

Did that #unholy_shriek startle you? That's an echo from the last time they "made a new friend" to whet their appetite for tonight.

Look between the boughs, you may see ripples in spacetime caused by what they did to him.

He's there. Watching. They all are.

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He didn’t know her name; she'd come up to him at the dance, said her ride ditched her. She asked to be taken home. He thought he’d make the drive worth his while—be romantic, park at the old ruins for a bit under the full moon. She shivered as they rolled to a stop.
“You're not scared, are you?” he asked, his hand on her knee. Her skin was cold.
“No. I died just over there. Thanks for taking me home,” she said, and vanished.

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Around dawn, Ava threw herself on the bed, fully dressed. It had been another sleepless night listening to ceaseless knocking at doors and windows, of pacing dark hallways to make sure nothing came in.
“I am sick of being haunted,” she sighed.
A hiss from under the bed: “I was here first.”

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There's no point getting #romantic notions about them. They're not her lost lovers, searching for intimacy.

No, they are ravenous, wicked; a hunting pack of single intent. To them, we're disposable amusement, and the night's entertainment is about to commence.

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There are ghosts in the ink, her cousin explained. His hands steady, his voice shaking. “This is how we seal them, how we use their power. This is how we keep the family safe.”
The tattoo never settles, crawling over her skin. And the ghosts never stop whispering. They tell her to pick up the knife, to draw blood, to break the lines of ink. They say they'll be merciful to her, but only to her.
She does not feel safe. She puts down the knife.

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She appears at dusk, a #haunted expression on what remains of her face. Empty, hollow eye sockets leak bitter tears; rivulets of pale blood streaming down desiccated ghost-flesh as withered hands reach for you.

If you see her, pray she does not speak your name.
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Two hundred years ago, this place was defiled by acts so ungodly that they're rarely spoken of even today.

#Bones are buried 'neath where you sit, ashes of a priest and others. They hanged a local woman for it, but she'd pleaded innocence, blaming dark spirits.
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They're known by many names - ghosts, devils, The Bloodless, The #Accursed Ones... but none of these come close to describing their true nature.

Worship silence for a moment, child, and pray that you do not hear them whisper your name... for they are near.

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The last bonfire of summer: the one time they gathered each year. Dusty, Paul, Jen, Kit: four out of five, the usual spot. They toasted to Matt with cheap beer and told ghost stories until dawn.
“I’m still here,” Matt whispered, unseen, unheard—but not forgotten.

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It is said those who attend The #Gathering are already dead. The rituals they perform sustain the flesh, but their spirits have long departed their bodies to circle overhead, screaming in pain.

Sit, my dear, while I tell you tales to make your blood run cold...

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