Creep Stories

The idea of bunking with a roommate just seemed immature to Dan. As a forty-year-old man with a family, Dan believed he was far too old and past the point in his life when he should even consider living with some stranger. He had scoffed when his wife proposed the idea to him. “A roommate? Jesus, Sarah, I’m forty years old,” he said, half laughing. “I’m not in college anymore.” Like most American families, the economic do...

The sun peaked over a cloud as she finished putting up her tent. She was just starting a light sweat, but the cool mountain air felt refreshing. The smell of spruce filled her lungs and the prospect of a night alone in the woods terrified her a little bit.  "It's an experiment," she told him, "I want to give it a try to see if a longer hike is something I want actually to do." He was okay with it and had spent quite a bit...

The following Spring, six and a half months later, in late April, early morning light shyly lit Peter's apartment as a key quietly slipped into the door lock. If the locks had been changed Heidi would know Peter was no longer there, but the key and the knob turned, and she let herself in. The plane had landed hours late. The trip from Hawaii, via Anchorage, had been held up at both airports and she'd just deplaned an hour...