The Novella Life of Illuscia Nester Himawari

Here’s my story: -be 16 -be black and have family down in Alabama -they farm and own a huge amount of land down in Huntsville -uncle owns a big house and a bunch of trailers they put out in the woods for hunting or camping -down south cousins suggest that we go out there to camp -know I’m a city kid from Chicago so they tease the fuck out of me -collect food, kill a pig and some chickens, and bring necessities to camp out for a few days -we get to the camp and it’s obvious something is weird -air has this weird electric smell like right before a storm, like ozone -we think nothing of it and unpack and go down to a little creek to swim for a few hours -All of a sudden some older white guy and a white teenager come out of the bushes -he has a shotgun in the crook of his arm and says hello and ask us what we’re doing this far back in the woods -tell him about my uncle, who he knows, and say we’re camping out -he tells us we need to be real careful out here and stick together there was a ...

  Oh, should I travel through the woods Or should I not wishing I would For above me lurks within the trees No one could hear my deathly screams The palest man, the blackest suit Bigger than the tallest brute Six black arms will grab you up Or, stalk you till you just give up A top hat bares upon his head Makes your soul fill up with dread He takes you when you least expect Boil you up, and eat your neck He’ll leave your body not to eat But staple your corpse on a tree Fear the man, the slender man For he can do, what no one can                                    - A poem written by Rostin Amirani

Courtesy of Knock Knock 1.  You should play this game alone. Get up 3 hours before sunrise. Say this to yourself 3 times: "I didn't forget anything." Walk through your darkened house and turn on the light in each room. Go back to the room you started in. Close your eyes. Try to focus on the first thing that comes to mind. If you imagine a face, that being will come to live in your house. 2. Something New This is a game, which should be played in the dark. Sit in front of the window and close your eyes. Imagine that something new appeared in the inky darkness beyond the window. Say this to yourself: "It's there. I simply didn't see it before now." Repeat this, until you feel that someone is watching you through the window. Then leave the room. 3. Everything's alive This is a game to played in silence. Two hours before sunrise, gather the guests. Everybody chooses a human for themselves. After that, the guests should move silently through ...

Have you seen this dog? The northeast corner of Massachusetts is known to have crazy snow storms and some years are worse than others. Such a storm occurred a few years ago when power went out and the streets were impassible for days in a small city called Gloucester.  Finally the storm subsided and the town began digging itself out of the snow. Two elderly women lived alone with their German Shepherd in a remote area called Eastern Point. After no one saw them for several days, the police finally went to investigate. Getting no response from inside the house, they forced their way in. As they entered the house, the German shepherd bolted out and ran off. Inside the house, police found the remains of the two women. Apparently when the power went out, the heat went out too. At some point during the storm, or shortly there after, both women died. The dog, having nothing to eat and no one to feed him, dined on their corpses for several days before police inadvertent...