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Unfinished, Underappreciated

by Sam Tuit | Nov 1, 2024 | Placeless

The sports reporter lives in a closet in the studio, and the summer intern will never grow up.

Horror and Nostalgia

by Henry Rittler | Oct 30, 2024 | Placeless

There’s always been something magnetic to it, the way that it calls back to the audience for one more scare.

Heartbreak is a Ghost. I’ll Say It

by Izzy Nunez | Oct 28, 2024 | Placeless

Like all good reckonings, there’s got to be a soundtrack.

Haunted…Again?

by Anna Jeffries | Oct 27, 2024 | Placeless

I thought, in my sixteen-year-old wisdom, that I’d try blowing the socks off of my fellow AP English Composition students with our term project.

I Want to Believe

by Annaka Koster | Oct 26, 2024 | New Mexico

“It’s her. It’s our ghost buster.”

My Mother’s Favorite (Haunted) Houses

by Sam Koster | Oct 25, 2024 | Placeless

The main question would be does the portal to the ghost dimension in the children’s room count as extra square footage?

The Hunter’s Moon in High October

by Sophia Medawar | Oct 24, 2024 | Placeless

From that moment on, Alicia and Jenny were best friends.

What Was Lost Still Remains (on Google Street View)

by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2024 | Placeless

In a way, Google created time travel when it released Street View.

If I Were a Ghost…

by Savannah Shustack | Oct 22, 2024 | Placeless

The assumption is that I would have unfinished business that necessitates ghostiness.

Stone Ghosts of the Green Isle

by Emily Joy Stroble | Oct 21, 2024 | Ireland, Placeless

You can judge a true Irish pub by its seating situation—the sparser the chairs, the better the craic (music and merrymaking).

Spectral Tourism

by Rylan Shewmaker | Oct 20, 2024 | Denmark

I felt as if I’d come unmoored from reality, these quiet paths and dark woods so different from the bustling and meticulously-planned city streets upon which I lived my life.

Places I, the Real Jane Austen, Would Haunt

by Hannah McNulty | Oct 19, 2024 | Placeless

Jane would be rolling her eyes with the rest of the podcast (g)hosts.

Over the Garden Wall

by Isaac DeBoer | Oct 18, 2024 | Placeless

You should watch it. Right now. You don’t have to read any more of this post.

My Old Haunts

by Carlisle Patete | Oct 17, 2024 | North Carolina

All the ghosts I had at the River Arts District White Duck Taco have been drowned.

Christianity, Ghosts, and the Unknown

by Tiffany Kajiwara | Oct 16, 2024 | Placeless

They whispered, “Did you feel that too?”

Haunted by a Question

by Noah Schumerth | Oct 15, 2024 | Arizona, Chicago

I was haunted by the thought of a home that was all around me yet so distant from me.

An Ode to the Gathering

by Noah Keene | Oct 14, 2024 | Detroit

I write about how much I miss a recently-defunct business because the Gathering, to myself and many, many people, was more than a place to get a good chai.

Ghosty Ghosty All Alone

by Olivia Harre | Oct 13, 2024 | Placeless

Those were the saddest things I could think of at that age: Ghosty was lonely. And without ice cream.

Unwanted Guests

by Liana Hirner | Oct 12, 2024 | Placeless

I repeated the words I’ve heard from my friends, family, and therapists, hoping that they’d pull me out of the dark corners of intrusive thoughts.

Ideal Reading Conditions: Pitch Darkness, Eyes Closed.

by Gabrielle Eisma | Oct 11, 2024 | Placeless

I can’t stand to think about it outside of my sketchbook and my Word document.

Coffee Creepies: Ghost Stories from your Local Starbucks

by Philip Rienstra | Oct 10, 2024 | Placeless

The tales say The Peeing Man looks just like a normal customer, so you’ll never know it’s him, until it’s too late… .

Does This Not Haunt You?

by Gwyneth Findlay | Oct 9, 2024 | Placeless

I struggle to write in terms that will be received by a general audience as measured, considerate, thoughtful, because for the past year Palestinian suffering has been irrational, malicious, unthinkable.