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Don't Panic
Sean There she is, as beautiful as ever but not quite…present? I don’t know. I have been worried that she’s been taking drugs or something but that is so not like her. I shoot a two fingered salute and wink in her direction which normally makes her smile. This time, I’m met with an expression that I can’t quite recognise and a sideways glance as she makes her way over to me. She slithers her way around the crowd as if tying to make herself blend into the walls.
By A. N. Merchant 6 years ago in Horror
The Art in Death
I looked from my ragged boss Simon to the blonde twit he just introduced me to as Adele Pennington. She wasn’t much younger than I; about 22, skinny with blue eyes. She smiled brightly and stretched out her hand. I shook it forcefully. Her smile faded as I gave her a piercing look.
By Amanda Lyons6 years ago in Horror
"T.D.B.U.
The Vampire Hierarchy: All vampires have a classification divided up by age and power based on how they came to be. There are several ways this is able to happen. In the begining of time, when all living things came to be, there came forth the "originals" which are sometimes refered to as "The first ones". Occasionally, some extremists and overly devote worshipers refer to them as gods as well and revere them as our holy (or to most humans...unholy) creators. The Originals are most powerful and there are only three known to be alive in this era. coming across an Original is either a huge blessing or an extremely unfortunate matter depending on the situation. Usually if an Original is present it likely means you messed up royally and they're probably there to envoke only the worst most extruciating punishments upon you. Vampire-kind are seemingly immortal, however, this is not the case and is a common misconseption even among most of my younger fellow vampires. We live around 25 centuries and by then either get bored and go into an eternal sleep-state out of sheer bordom or we get killed off earlier than that by hunters, or due to internal squabbling among the vampire clans and families. This is how the "Ancient" class came to be. Some vampires get so old they beome known as Ancients, and any decendents of these vampires and their offspring are under strict control by the one who turned them. In a way the Ancient acts the same way a govenor does in American political systems. They control their territory, and the people in it, but still answer to a higher form of leadership they also are a part of in most cases. Then besides ancients and originals there are also purebloods, which differ merely because they can be procreated by the aforementioned types if they so choose to do it by giving up a shred of their power in order to make what is almost a younger version of themselves in a way, but not in that exact sense since it turns into an entirely different sentient being who still has to grow in power and age. Vampires of lower status cannot procreate and any victim who attempts it goes mad with bloodlust and dies. Many non purebloods and or ancient vampires have tried to mate with humans and had this unfortunate occurance and it usually ends with the vampire being forced to a hearing in front of the council of ancient, and the human dying violently, or the vampire losing control, sucking the life out of the human, and then choosing to go into eternal sleep out of greif from losing the one they loved and being unable to bear the heartbreak. The lower classes of vampires consist of the rare occurance of "Dhampires" or half-breeds which are usually half-human, half vampire and typically these creatures don't live long if they do manage to be successfully created. The only way this is possible is if an ancient-class vampire and a female human/other non-vampire procreate and succeed in creating a decendant. This for obvious reasons is extremely forbidden by both vampires and most other races. A good example is Count Dracula and his son Alucard who had a human mother. His mother was murdered by the Catholics, and he was then forced to choose to hunt and kill his own father in order to keep him from destroying the world. He then awhile after was slain by hunters for being half-vampire. From the time of alucard's death it was then decided that all Dhampires would be considered abominations and interatial mating was then forbidden by the counil of ancients.even lesser creatures than Dhampires are "Thralls" which are humans who are turned via a bite directly on their juglar which drains them completely of their human blood and then the vampire who inflicts this normally life-ending wound then provides the then drained human with a little less than a fourth of their own blood usually by slicing open the left palm with a special ritual dagger, and placing the hand over the mouth of the chosen person. When the person is "reborn" they're under full mental and physical control by their master until around a week or two has passed. It's another extremely illegal thing to do since most humans are unwilling victims or simply just unworthy of the massive power gain they achieve by becoming a turned one. They also don't usually handle it well physically since humans are much physically weaker than even low class vampires. The pureblood version of a Thrall is a "Fledgeling" which is more powerful but only slightly. Fledgelings develope their power quicker and have more vampiric traits than thralls do as well. All classes of vampires can eventually become ancients if given enough time to survive, but lower class vampires have a very difficult time living more than five centuries without being caught for crimes and hunted. Weakest of all in some respects are vampiric animals that’ve been biten and turned simlar to non-pureblood vampires.
By Nicholas Tinkham6 years ago in Horror
How Hoaxes are effecting the paranormal industry
As a investigative blogger and cryptozoologist I can tell you first hand it is harder than ever in our industry and why is that?. Well Ok the paranormal what is it?, ghosts, demons, angels, Bigfoot, the Lochness monster, parapsychology, and just all the the other unknown entities. why, why does it fascinate us as human beings??..Is it because of the fact we know very little and that drives us as a species to know more to get to the bottom of the mystery??,
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
Haunt in the demonic graveyard
So while I’m still working on putting together another team after Steve left and the loss of my first try, so it is true that I don’t have a team yet but that is not gonna stop me, so the other night I did my very first investigating without any form of team and I chosen to do it in a cemetery that is haunted by a demonic spirit and was the go to place for satanic cultists back in the 90s - early 200s. So they say the demons summoned still reside in the cemetery and I’m gonna go and see for myself. As I rented an euber driver to take me to Olathe Kansas to the cemetery were I plan to do my first ever solo investigation.
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
Until Sunrise
Until sunrise January 21th 2014 9:23 PM “I think Ian really appreciates that we’re coming” Joey said. Mexx replied: ”yes, he does. It has been one year now since his sisters disappeared.” Joey and Mexx were walking to the cable car that would take them to the ski lodge. “We’re here. You got a key, right?” said Joey. Mexx brought the keys out of his pocket and opened the door. They got in to the cable car.
By Pelle de Beer6 years ago in Horror
The Beating Heart of a Dead Man
Unreliable Narrator Analysis The Tell-Tale Heart (Poe, 1843) The Beating Heart of a Dead Man Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous horror writers of all time. Even after his untimely death in 1849 his work gained even more popularity and is widely read, almost 200 years later. One of Poe's most famous short horror stories, and his shortest is "The Tell-Tale Heart" published in 1843. It tells the story of a man who lives with an old man and becomes obsessed with the old man's eye that he plots to kill him in his sleep. "The Tell-Tale Heart" opens with this line: "True!--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I have been, and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses--not destroyed--not dulled them. Above all was my sense of hearing acute. (Poe, 1186)" Throughout this reading, I wondered if the narrator is truly unreliable because he is insane or perhaps mentally ill and it is the sickness doing this to him?
By Liv Atterson6 years ago in Horror
Hunt in the haunted forest
this one is like most of my hunts, it was pretty intense, only i invited my 16 year old little brother beckson along on The second hunt with summer. And tbh the thing I like about this job and I also don’t like about this job is that it keeps getting way more and more dangerous and intense as my hunts go on, and it’s always some tragedy like how ever since meeting summer the other day and doing the hunt on the farmhouse I thought I made it with my new team but I’m looking for yet again a new team, so I love my job but it gets more and more dangerous as each hunt goes on, what I mean by this?, well read down below..........
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
Waning
A little town, a lot of tradition. That is the motto of my hometown, Tawnitown. My family moved from somewhere up near the town of Accident after my father committed an unforgivable offense to the minister when he showed up at the church blind drunk and feigned he was speaking in tongues in the middle of the sermon before pissing himself in front of the whole congregation. It was, of course, an accident — at least according to my father. Every time Ma would hear him tell that story to one of his buddies, she would stare at the ground as if she were trying to bore a hole straight down to hell, her jaw clenched tight so not a word against her husband might slip out. You see, Ma was a good woman, a devoted mother, and a faithful wife. She knew when to speak, and when to stay quiet, a quality that my father forcefully instilled in all of us. Whenever Ma had something to say, but knew she had better not, she clenched her jaw so tight, sometimes I feared her teeth might crumble. I always remember her with a loud pop in her jaw every time she would yawn or sing.
By Darby Harmon6 years ago in Horror
10 Crazy Theories About Popular Horror Movies
It’s been a while since a new Jason movie featured on the big screen or a green and red striped jersey brought terror to our dreams. While those horrors have been left behind in their own era, a host of new scary movies exist to keep us shivering. And as with most movies, the fan theories follow close behind. WARNING: spoilers ahead!
By Aleksey Panfilof6 years ago in Horror
Hunt on the haunted farm
Well after Steve and I had a argument he decided to quit my team he and Maddy both and since the RV was in Steve’s name he took it and with that I was forced to move back in with my parents who were oh so happy to give me a “I told you so” lecture oh how they killed it much to my sadness, so I went out for a jog and 20 minutes into this readheaded girl came up to me, her name was Summer, she is a 5ft 9inches tall girl with a lean type of body build, wereing a bright pink t-shirt with Dark red joggers, knee high white socks, black tennis shoes and a lightweight Calvin Klein zip up hoodie (unzipped). She apparently was a huge fan of the paranormal and occult as well me and my former teams adventures which that vocal helps me get out there, and she said that she is herself an “explorer I make a live like to travel state to state, city to city, town to town, looking for adventure and artifacts to sell online to the highest bidder”.
By John beckson6 years ago in Horror
