This Is Lisa, a Girl’s Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friends are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship takes place in the imagination rather in physical reality. To the person, usually a child, the friend is real, and they often get frustrated when others can’t see their friend. Often, as they grow older, children lose their imaginary friends, whether that friend leaves, or is simply forgotten over time, we may never know. For one little girl, she shared her imaginary friend with the world when she first wrote, “This is Lisa.”

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August 24, 2022 1

Sister Maria Crociffissa’s Letter from the Devil

Most people, when thinking of Nuns, think women of God. Religious women of the Catholic faith. Others think of the 2018 movie, The Nun. Sister Maria Crocifissa originally set out to be the former, then became a vessel for the devil, penning a note directly from him.

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October 20, 2021 2

The Demon at Goatman’s Bridge

With fiery glowing red eyes, the Goatman stands on guard at the Old Alton Bridge. He is the master of the bridge, possessed by a demon from another realm. This isn’t the Old Alton Bridge any longer. Now it’s the Goatman’s Bridge.

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January 18, 2019 1

Blaine Milam and The Devil in Amora

Some kids grow up in good families, others in dysfunctional families, and they go on to become doctors, engineers, chefs, moms and dads. Some kids grow up, but never really grow up. That was the case for Blaine Milam, at least according to his mother.

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January 8, 2019 2

The Ouija Board and ZOZO

You’re at a friends house, having a little fun. Then someone pulls out a Ouja board and asks if you want to play. You say, “Yeah, sure,” thinking it’s all fun and games. You and your friends sit on the floor, making a circle around the board; two fingers on the planchette. You get started, and as you sit there, trying not to laugh at how absurd this is, the planchette begins to move. But you’re not doing it, so someone else is. You look around the circle at everyone. “Who’s doing that,” you ask, and everyone remains quiet. The planchette begins moving faster and faster, around in a figure-8, before stopping abruptly. Your heart is racing, and you’re telling yourself this is all just a game, it’s not real, but it’s not over yet. The planchette starts moving again, this time stopping on the letters Z-O-Z-O. ZOZO, what’s that?