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PLEASE HAUNT ME - A Short Story by Channing Cornwall

October 26, 2022 by Joe Gray in Contributors, Short Stories, Horror

When I picture you now, I envision you like how we imagined ghosts as children. White sheets draped over a body with two holes cut for the eyes to see. Maybe it’s Halloween night and you had to create a costume on a budget, or maybe you’re stalking the house, waiting for your opportunity to scare me. It feels childish and innocent and easy to imagine you so simply. It’s easier to picture that than the alternative, your withered figure wracked with cancer glowing ethereally like the ghost of Christmas past.

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October 26, 2022 /Joe Gray
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Something Horrible Came With the Rain - A Short Story by Channing Cornwall

September 12, 2022 by Joe Gray in Short Stories, Contributors, Horror, Mystery

There are an average of 130 suicides a day in the United States. Nearly 70% of those are white men and nearly 53% of them exit the mortal coil utilizing a firearm. There is all manner of ways to end your own life, and the truth is, I never thought much about it. Would I be a pill popper, a wrist cutter, a hangman, or go archaic and fill my pockets with stones and walk into the nearest, deep body of water? I had not the faintest idea, but knowing myself and my fears of going against the social grain, I’d probably put a gun in my mouth. I mean, is there anything more American than punching your ticket by exercising your second amendment right?

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September 12, 2022 /Joe Gray
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