Jennifer had been gone for a year. Joseph still thought of her everyday; still dreamed of her; could almost feel her presence and smell her scent. He still could feel her presence beside him at night in their bed; he could hear her breathing. He reached out for her almost expecting her warm body to be there beside him, only to close on empty air. He wept and fell asleep. He woke suddenly in the middle of the night to hear...

I thought I’d get some fresh air and exercise, so I put on shoes and headed outdoors for a long walk, figuring it would do me good. The sun was about to go down, so I figured there would be time for a walk up the hill to view the sunset. I started out, breathing in the cool evening air. The fresh air in my lungs invigorated me, and I was soon walking at a brisk pace up the slow rising hill trail. I drew to the top of the...

Cindy’s friends had dared her to spend the night in the old Forrester Mansion, a deserted and dilapidated three-story gabled monstrosity at the end of Lonely Hill Road… People in the town were unnerved by the place, but the town council refused to demolish it due to its storied history and infamous past. It was widely rumored that Casper Forrester, the last in the line of the town’s wealthiest family, had found his beauti...