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[Unsettling Story] Joe Hill's Novella "Loaded"
A horror writer Joe Hill's novella "Loaded." A female employee shoots and kills her boss at a jewelry store in an American shopping mall due to a romantic dispute. A security guard, who is the textbook definition of an NRA…
Visiting Kiyodaira, a depopulated village in Tokushima Prefecture
This is a story from back when my wife used to work as a tour conductor for a travel agency. There's a depopulated village in Tokushima Prefecture called Kiyodaira, and she went there to accompany a company's employee trip. It…
Tales of the Unusual: Saigo no Hitotoki (The Final Moment)
TITLE: Tales of the Unusual: Saigo no Hitotoki (The Final Moment)This is one of the segments from "Tales of the Unusual: Spring Special" broadcast on March 29, 2004. Starring Hiromi Nagasaku. The protagonist, Yayoi Suzuki (played by Hiromi Nagasaku), boards…
The Shisho Series: Book Edition - Countryside <3> [The Devourer of Mikogami]
Previous chapter: Book Edition - Countryside <2> [Izanagi-ryu]● Countryside <3> [The Devourer of Mikogami] "Morning." Yukio's voice woke me up. Instantly, I went into combat mode, just like the night before. "You're bright-eyed right after waking up, aren't you?" Watching…
[Revenge Story] 200 Indian Women Execute a Criminal
[Legend] "Try arresting all of us" 200 women storm a courtroom and execute India's most notorious rapist by stabbing him "73 times." The slum housewives take matters into their own hands to bury a monster even the police couldn't touch—the…
[Mysterious Stories on X] A Collection of Slightly Strange Stories That Went Viral on X [Scary Stories on X]
We have gathered a collection of slightly strange stories that became a hot topic on social media. Many of them have a strange way of drawing you in. I think even those who aren't fond of scary things can enjoy…
The True Identity of the "Youngest Sister" Among Five Sisters Living on a Space Station
An 15-year-old sci-fi short story I read on a creative writing website. It only featured female characters, though the author was male. It was set in an era where people could casually own vacation homes, workplaces, and research space stations…
I was a grandmother's boy
I was very close to my grandmother. Both of my parents worked, and since we lived in the same house, I was spoiled a lot by my grandmother since I was little... And when we were alone, she often told…
When I opened the bathtub lid to take a bath
This happened a few years ago during the summer, when I was working as an office lady and living alone. The 1DK apartment I lived in at the time had a unit bath where the toilet and the bathtub were…