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He lost his job, his love, and was about to lose his home. Then he found the key to losing everything else. Kaelen Moss is a ghost in his own life, a brilliant data analyst whose world has crumbled into eviction notices and silent phones. At his lowest point, he stumbles upon a hidden secret: a mysterious mathematical formula known as the Veridian Query. It’s a key that unlocks the hidden patterns of reality itself, allowing him to predict the stock market, optimize traffic, and find lost things. For the first time, Kaelen holds power instead of pity. But his success draws the attention ...

Fictional story based on events of the American Civil War. The Civil War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces from the Confederate States of the South attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The loyalists of the Union in the North faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights in order to uphold slavery. Photography was still in its infancy. Our story follows the life of photographer Jim Hooker as he travels through the battlefields and headquarters of the Confederate States of America. Toward the end of the War, Confederate ...

A town haunted by a secret. A ghost demanding justice. A man trapped in the middle. Elias Vance just wanted a break from his city life. A creative retreat to the ghost town of Sombra, Arizona, seemed like the perfect escape. But Sombra isn't just empty; it's waiting. When Elias unearths a tarnished silver belt buckle from the grave of Sheriff John Walker, murdered in a long-forgotten betrayal, he doesn't just find a relic—he opens a door. Now, the spirit of the vengeful lawman has taken hold, and Elias is a prisoner in his own body. Forced to be the instrument of a century-old revenge, he...

Some secrets are meant to stay hidden. But this one is whispering their names. When the last bell rings at Elderwood Elementary, the school should be empty. But for siblings Milo and Tess, the adventure is just beginning. It starts with a faint, impossible whisper from a forgotten locker—Locker 113. A voice that knows their names and delivers a chilling warning: "Find the key… before the moon turns red." Armed with his trusty flashlight and joined by their gadget-wielding friend, Leo, the trio uncovers a mysterious silver key. It leads them to a hidden journal, a cryptic map, and a ...

Some houses don't just hold memories. They hold onto feelings. Gail Vance isn't a traditional therapist. She’s an empath, able to see the emotional Echoes that trauma leaves behind. Most are simple to untangle—a Shroud of Despondency, a Phantom of Paranoia. But when she’s called to the Miller family, she faces something far more dangerous. Their home is drowning in a living, sentient grief—a Leviathan—born from the tragic loss of their son. This entity doesn't just haunt the halls; it feeds on the family's deepest secrets and unspoken guilt, twisting their sorrow into a weapon. To...

*Halloween Special Edition* 🎃👻 A legend isn't just a story. It's a warning. For fraternal twins Mirabelle and Everleigh, a school trip to Sleepy Hollow is a chance to escape their ordinary lives. Mirabelle, a logical artist, seeks facts. Everleigh, a free spirit, craves magic. But the ancient town has more in store for them than spooky tales and history lessons. When a midnight dare leads them to an unmarked grave, they awaken the valley’s most terrifying secret: the Headless Horseman is real. And he’s hunting them. Guided by a mysterious witch and protected by a magical ladybug ...

In a world where every click leaves a ghost behind, what happens when the internet forgets… but we don’t? We live surrounded by digital ruins—abandoned profiles, silent forums, frozen game worlds, and forgotten homepages. These are not glitches. They are graves. In The Anthropology of Digital Ghosts, writer and digital folklorist John Anthony Davis embarks on a poignant, deeply human exploration of the connected age’s forgotten corners. From the last login timestamp that acts as a tombstone to the eerie silence of a once-vibrant MMORPG, Davis uncovers the layers of loss embedded in ...

This is a work of fiction inspired by the life of Joseph Mendes Nasi (1520–1579). Like many Jewish families, the Mendes family was forced to convert to Catholicism; however, they secretly maintained their Jewish religious practices because of the danger of death if their activities were discovered. These converts were known as conversos, or new Christians. Joseph joined the family mercantile and banking business at the age of sixteen. The House of Mendes held a monopoly, granted by King João, on pepper and spices imported into Portugal from India and Africa. With an extensive network of ...

Silence can be a prison. Or it can be a weapon. Three months after surviving the malevolent Carnival of Shadows, Mirabelle and her sister Everleigh are still haunted. Mirabelle’s voice is gone, stolen as the price for their survival, and the silence in their old Victorian house is a hungry, living thing. They think the worst is behind them—until four personalized, terrifying postcards arrive, summoning them and their friends to the legendary Stanley Hotel. But this is no ordinary haunted hotel. The grand building nestled in the Rockies is a crossroads for shadows, a place that doesn't ...

They thought the intruders were the worst of their problems. They were wrong. When Leo and Maya move their young daughter, Chloe, into the old house on Hemlock Lane, they hope it’s a fresh start. But the house has other plans. The first night brings more than creaking floorboards and cold spots—it brings two violent men with a crowbar, forcing the family to hide in a pitch-black closet. But they are not the only predators in the house. A presence stirs in the walls. A child’s laughter echoes where no child should be. A pale hand reaches from the darkness. As the intruders become the ...

True stories of the weird and Unexplained are truly frightening, and could happen to anyone...at anytime...

After a life long battle with his inner Demons, Alan Reed must face his after a girl is abducted and the cops think he may have something to do with it, then he finds the Pedophile Papers, and everything changes.

Hailed as one of the Greatest Presidents ever, little was known about his wife's life. Join me now on a journey through the life and Paranormal dealings of Mary Todd Lincoln...History is Stranger then fiction

Marabelle and Everleigh tackle their toughest and scariest case yet. It's almost Halloween when the girls get word of a missing boy who was last seen at the local Cidar Mill. With only a few days before Halloween, the girls are on the case to find out the answer to The Case of the Cursed Cidar Mill.

There is no doubt that the photographic legacy of Felice Beato (1834 – 1909), influenced many photographers during his lifetime and afterwards. Thousands of his photographs have survived, and can be seen in museum collections all over the world. In addition, there are many public and private collections that contain fine examples of Felice Beato’s exemplary work. Photographs and albums produced during Beato’s lifetime are a testament to the highest level of artistic and documentary photography that he gave to the world of the nineteenth century.Felice Beato’s travels and life story ...

In Season 1 of Coming to the Stage, Comedy Dynamics’ first original series, comedian Dan Levy hosts and introduces a talented pool of up-and-coming comedians who people WILL be talking about tomorrow. Levy hosts Ian Abramson, Benji Aflalo, Dave Anthony, Rell Battle, Jen D’Angelo, James Davis, Matt McCarthy, Rob O’Reilly, Jesse Popp, Sara Schaefer, Joe Sib, and Allen Strickland Williams. Each episode also features the well-known Internet cartoon, Humorous Vacuum Robot.

Some houses are never empty. When journalist Ben Mears buys the old Fallon place in Samford, Maine, he is looking for a quiet escape from his own shattered past. Instead, he finds a silent Victorian with a history that breathes. The first night, he hears it a wet, tuneless whistle drifting up from the locked basement. A sound of someone, or something, working in the dark. The house holds its secrets in a sugar bowl key, in the frantic scratches around a locked door, and in the strange mound of lost things in the dirt below. The town elders know more than they say, speaking of a sour patch ...

Photography was in its infancy when Samuel Bourne learned how to make photographs in the mid 1840s. He was an intelligent young man who was well educated in Shropshire, England. At twenty-one Bourne obtained a position as a bank clerk in Nottingham and pursued photography as a hobby. In 1863, Bourne followed his dream and went to India. Meeting with photographer William Howard gave Bourne the chance of a partnership in Simla, India. Later when Howard retired, Bourne partnered with Charles Shepherd and the photographic studio of Bourne and Shepherd was begun. It lasted 150 years.Traveling ...

Carl Duggan didn't vanish. He was unmade. In the grey hills of Branton County, something has woken from a century of sleep. Not a monster with teeth and claws, but something far worse: a gentle, patient emptiness that doesn't steal people but slowly unpicks them instead. First their memories go. Then their connections. Then the weight of being someone at all. When Carl's sister brings his photograph to the Balancer of Elderwood, the signs are unmistakable. His eyes are clean. Wiped. Like windows looking into a room where the lights have all been turned off. Milo Endicott knows about ...

Based on true facts and characters, Woolf Barnato inherited a fortune when his father, Barney Barnato, the diamond millionaire, died mysteriously in 1897 when Woolf was two years old. Woolf left university to serve in the Royal Field Artillery in France, Belgium and Egypt during the First World War, rising to the rank of Captain. Obsessed with racing fast cars, he saved Bentley Motor Cars from bankruptcy in 1926 taking over the company. Woolf became well-known as one of the Bentley Boys, a cadre of young wealthy men who raced Bentley cars. He won the Le Mans 24 Hour Endurance Race, three ...