The telephone rings. “Hello?” “Hi honey this is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?” “No, Daddy. She’s upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Johnny.” After a brief pause, Daddy says, “But honey, you haven’t got an Uncle Johnny.” “Oh yes I do, and he’s upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy, right now.” Another brief pause.…

A man boarded an airplane and settled into his seat, captivated by the sight of a beautiful woman heading towards him. As fate would have it, she took the seat right beside him. Eager to start a conversation, he nervously asked, “Business trip or pleasure?” With a smile, she replied, “Business. I’m going to the…

In the ancient lands surrounding Virginia City, where the veil between worlds grows thin, there is a fearsome entity known as the long-black being. The spectral creature haunts the dusk, cloaked in twilight shadow, striking terror into the hearts of those who dare linger beyond the safety of daylight. Amongst the indigenous peoples, stories of…

In the whole of Six Mile Canyon, shrouded in an air of ominous mystery, lies a place now known as Sugarloaf. This eerie enclave, not far from the bustling town of Virginia City, carries an unsettling reputation that sends chills down the spines of the locals. Whispers of dark folklore and tales of a forbidding…

“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.” — The Call of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, 1928 The calling was there, someplace in the early morning hour, and Lily heard it. It was more an instinct than anything else,…

Sitting on the back porch at 9 a.m. contemplating the can of cold Coors I held in my left hand, I suddenly understood my grandpa and sometimes grandma’s allure at drinking a chilled one before the summer morning becomes an oppressive afternoon. I pulled the tab and let the pressure inside escape before taking a…

Jefferson’s dried-ink Civilities lovely glow No coat for winter The world had advanced beyond imagination, with technology and knowledge pushing the boundaries of human capability. Among the towering cities and sprawling networks of innovation, a hidden cult called “The Followers of the Void” had been quietly gaining strength, driven by a twisted belief in the…

Kira’s heart raced as she regained consciousness, her hands and feet bound in chains, and the sinister figure of The Puppet Master loomed over her. “The reason people think it’s not easy to take a life is because most of them don’t realize they’ve already taken one,” the Soul Snatcher said. Kira’s fear deepened as…

In the depths of dreams, Father’s voice reveals secrets, Cosmic ties unfold. In the depths of the night, Kyle found himself tormented by haunting dreams that seemed to echo from another realm. His father’s words had shaken him to the core, leaving him in unsettled dread. The space in his heart felt like an open…

Nevada’s Attorney General Aaron Ford held a press conference on Wed., Jul. 5, to pat himself on the back for recovering $1.1 billion in funds from several opioid lawsuit settlements. It prompted me to look at how they are spending the money. It took me a while, but I found a non-state of Nevada website…