This is not just a ghost story but a personal experience. In 2001 my life changed forever. I received a very sad phone call one Sunday night. It was my best friend Gloria. She was sobbing because her 30-year-old artistic brother died of a massive heart attack. I grew up with the two of them. … Continue reading
Some would say that I was lucky. I didn’t have to watch them die. It’s a small comfort to be sure, as it’s easy to offer a kind word delivered in just above a whisper when it’s not your family. “I’m so sorry.”“They are in a better place”“If there is anything I can do…” None … Continue reading
This experience may be a fable, conjured up by the imagination of my youth. Nevertheless the experience and story still gives me chills when told. The event may have occurred in a dream; it is not life changing and probably has no moral or lesson; it is unusual. I’m originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My family … Continue reading
As he walked along the balcony that overlooked the street, Grant Joche tested the railing by gripping it and pulling on it. It seemed secure. "This is a beautiful place" he commented. The woman walking behind him, stepped to his right, and leaned on the railing, looking down. The real estate agent was professionally dressed … Continue reading
Gabe’s first muddled thought was that a pair of cats must be fighting outside his window again. There had been a stray lurking in the hedgerow earlier that year, before the seasons had changed, and it had occasionally split the night with the sort of lunatic howls that had sent him and Adam bolting for … Continue reading
It was cold that night when Jamie Lynn walked home at one AM. Her pretty little mouth quivered, hiding chattering teeth behind those ruby red lips. Every time she took a breath, it looked like she was smoking; not a cigarette, but one of those elegant, expensive, Cuban cigars, the kind rolled by hand. She … Continue reading
They shot me when I was sixty four and I died two days later at 65. The bullet stuck somewhere near my spine and might not or have killed me in time. But patience aint one of they’ virtues. It was the nurse that did it. I didn’t see it happen ‘cause I was asleep; … Continue reading
When I was around 11 years old, my older brother was living in the basement. He joined the military and left, so in turn, I moved all my stuff into the basement and took his room. The first night I slept down there I was fine. The 2nd however, not so fine. I turned off … Continue reading
Princess was a good kitty. But, she was old, very old – 19 to be exact. She had a good life living with her companions. But, her kidneys were failing and she felt the end of her life draw near. All day she waited for her companions to come home – barely hanging on to … Continue reading
In the early 1980’s, my sister received a gift of a doll from our native Ukraine from an aunt when she came to visit. She was 10 and of course occupied the bigger of the 2 kid’s rooms in our small Georgian style house in Chicago. I was 8 and pretty annoying as a little … Continue reading