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Category: Stories

  • Scary Stories Treasury – Me Tie Dough-ty Walker

    Scary Stories Treasury – Me Tie Dough-ty Walker

    Me Tie Dough-ty Walker — Kitty: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐⭐⭐ Hello! We are on month 4 of our Super Cool Scary Stories Book Club Thing. The first story is presented here, in which we talk about The Big Toe, a variant on the Golden Arm story. We continue on in our jump scare category.…

  • Scary Stories Treasury – The Walk

    Scary Stories Treasury – The Walk

    The Walk — Kitty: ⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐ Hello! We are on month 2 of our Super Cool Scary Stories Book Club Thing. The first story is presented here, in which we talk about The Big Toe, a variant on the Golden Arm story. This month, we will be talking about the second story in the…

  • Scary Stories Treasury – The Big Toe

    Scary Stories Treasury – The Big Toe

    The Big Toe — Kitty: ⭐⭐ Winterjoy: ⭐⭐⭐ I have a friend that I’ve known since second grade named Winterjoy. She was my best friend throughout all my elementary and middle school years, and we are still close all these years later. We love to share memories together and get nostalgic for our childhood days.…

  • The Pastor’s Wife

    The Pastor’s Wife

    Warning: this is a sad folktale. This is a sad tale of Danish origin. I want to share it because it struck me and has stayed with me ever since I first heard it back in April of 2022. I discovered this by listening to an old episode of a podcast called Feminist Folklore. Unfortunately,…

  • Gertie

    Gertie

    In the early years of children’s literature, often their short stories were sad and dark. The following short story is such a one. This is from the 1883 Chatterbox that is first mentioned here. Gertie Boys of ten or twelve, seen on the street, appear heartless and without sympathy, and yet you wrong them. Among…