The Museum of Misery b/w The Hospital Party
Paul and Maggie told everyone that they met through a dating app, because it was easier than the truth: that they were both lost in a haunted museum that...
The Best Ever Satanic Cult out of Henfield
For charismaticmegafauna, Jeff, and Cyrus I think I might have died if not for Jimmy King. I was fifteen and depressed: Kurt had just died and my parents...
What's in the Box? What is in the Box?
"I bet I could climb into that suitcase!"Paul had met the woman in a hotel bar when she came over and asked to join him. Two bored strangers in a Premier Inn...
How Barnaby Lewis started twitching
The other three stayed in the car, but I wanted a break. We’d driven up the M1 for nothing. By the time we hit Yorkshire, the party rumours had died out, so...
Ghost The Clown
The petrol ran out when me and Ghost were still 30 miles from the job. I pulled the car to the edge of the road in the middle of some woods. We couldn't pick...
Sheela na gig
Not my confession, but a friend's - Buncton church sits in a beautiful spot outside Steyning, surrounded by fields, with a wonderful view of Chanctonbury...
The General Store
It's the only store open on Christmas Day. The sign says, 'The General Store' and you don't recall seeing it before, but it might save the day. You ask the...
The Thirteenth Reindeer
It's been a long time since Santa rode out with the thirteenth reindeer. It waits in a stall in the stables, a pelt wrapped around a pile of bones and twigs,...
Last Train to Kingsport
Kent's wife insisted he did not stay overnight in town for the Christmas party, so he didn't get as drunk as he might have done. Even so, on the last train...
It's Always Christmas in Brighton
I hold one end of the tinsel and you have the other as we run towards our target. We wrap it round their neck, and I duck under your end as we cross. The...
early evening ghosts
"I don't believe in loneliness," he told her. he had a lot of opinions about loneliness for someone who thought that it didn't exist. after two drinks he...
We've Already Had a Vote, and We Voted to Leave
The first scarecrow to attend Withdrop school didn't last long - they kicked the stuffing out of him at morning break. That Joe Smith and his gang were bad...
lucy faithful
Do You Want to Stop Being Lonely? the words are on a sticker on a lamppost, and lucy faithful does want to stop being lonely. she dares not photograph it, in...
Empty Stages
I’ve been called a groupie. It’s a nasty title, reducing me to nothing more than how I get my rocks off, and being a guy makes it worse. It’s hard to keep...
You Can't Make an Omlette with Faberge Eggs 🇸🇪🍕
I asked Anders if he wanted me to order our pizzas.“Best not,” he told me. “They won’t serve this to a stranger. Grab a seat, I’ll come to join you.”This...
When Dad got the Bomb
It was a Wednesday in late September when my dad came home and told us we'd got the bomb.“Can we see it?” I asked.“You’ll see it when it’s installed,” he...
Copthwaite's Amusement Park
The important thing about Copthwaite's amusement park is that it does not exist.During the 1980s, the CIA ran a series of experiments on synthetic memory....
Regular Order
The commuter's ghost was trapped in the coffee shop like a bluebottle in a box. Other customers came and went, but his order was never fulfilled. "What am I...
The Bleak Stag
Every weekend, pre-wedding parties come to Blackpool, men and women drinking themselves to senselessness, most in fancy dress. Among them stalks the Bleak...
Johnny Lemon
In its heyday, Blackpool catered for its visitor’s lusts and there was money to be made: from kiss-me-quick to strip pubs that opened at 7am, charging a...