Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Scary short story

From the Reddit short horror story thread:
I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, "Daddy check for monsters under my bed." I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, "Daddy there’s somebody on my bed."

Monday, July 29, 2013

Half-man, half-shark baseball statuette


"As a tribute to the Washington Nationals outfielder nicknamed "The Shark," Roger Bernadina, the P-Nats will memorialize the fan favorite with a half-man, half-shark figurine dubbed by the Potomac Nationals front office team as 'The Shark-A-rine'."

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Micro horror

Super short horror stories thread at Reddit.  The current top vote getter:
I just saw my reflection blink.

Link roundup

1. "The secret medieval Muslim brotherhood of burglars whose expert toolkit included a candle, a bag of sand, dried beans and a tortoise."

2.  Alexander Guerrero, who recently defected from Cuba, was apparently just signed by the Dodgers for $32 million over 7 years with the expectation that he'll be starting in a month.

3. View of the Earth from Saturn.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Nightmare fuel

"Imagine you’re deep in the Amazon rainforest, and you come across this.. thing. It’s a group of caterpillars, moving in a formation known as a rolling swarm."