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A young man of about thirty sits cross-legged at night in a cremation ground beside a low smouldering pyre, in black clothes, a brass lamp burning in front of him, a bronze plate with a vermilion trident beside it, beside the words What Lives In My Brother's Ear

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

What Lives In My Brother's Ear

A roadside astrologer in a small town spent forty-one nights in a cremation ground to get a Karna Pisachini, the spirit that sits on your shoulder and whispers other people's secrets into your ear.

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A children's bedroom in a city flat at night, lit by a small plug-in night light, beside the words Mother Is In The Wall

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

Mother Is In The Wall

A father and his two children moved into a flat on the fourth floor after the mother died.

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A small pooja room in a middle-class house at night, lit by two oil lamps, beside the words The Pooja Room Was Never Locked

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

The Pooja Room Was Never Locked

A temple committee in a small town asked a priest's assistant to describe, on a recorder, what happened in a house on the night of the fourteenth.

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The back yard of a village house at night. A round stone well with a low wall, a rope and a bucket, lit from one side by a kitchen bulb, beside the words Do Not Answer From The Well

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

Do Not Answer From The Well

A young couple moved into the husband's family house in his village after their wedding.

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The open lid of a chest freezer in a dark hostel kitchen, sheets of handwritten lists taped inside it under frost, and among the packets below a clear bag holding a hand with a wedding ring, beside the words 54 Rules On The Freezer

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

54 Rules On The Freezer

This is a list of instructions for the night cook of a boys' hostel mess.

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A police station desk at night: a typewriter holding a numbered statement, one glass of water beside four empty steel glasses, a seated man's hands with dark fingernails and a wall clock at twenty to twelve, beside the words Who Typed Page Four

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

Who Typed Page Four

On a Sunday night a man walked into a police station and gave a statement about his neighbours.

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A young man in a wet shirt stands beside a black rooftop water tank at night, a pale open cut on his forearm and wet footprints on the roof, beside the words That Was Not My Brother

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

That Was Not My Brother

My brother Raju came home from his night shift on Monday morning with a cut on his arm that did not bleed.

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A frightened man shares a lift with a smiling wet-haired woman, stamped FILE 04 · FICTION · READ AT NIGHT

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

Do Not Look At Her

The Elevator Game is played alone, at night, in a building with at least ten floors.

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A frightened man holds a candle inside a salt circle as a faceless figure stands behind him, stamped FILE 03 · FICTION · READ AT NIGHT

Fiction · 18+ · Fiction / Horror Files

Keep The Candle Burning

The Midnight Game has one rule that matters more than all the other rules.

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