Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Marquilla, and this is the Something Scary podcast. To our veteran listeners and those just voyaging into the dark with us for the first time, welcome.

There are many things around us that have the ability to frighten us. A spooky house, an angry entity, or a deadly creature.

But we never suspect that the most terrifying thing might come from

deep within. The most demonic, dangerous creatures can be hiding within the human body, within our own

minds. First, keeping secrets can be killer, followed by stuck in purgatory, then the evil everlasting hunger. Finally, in our featured

story, the demon comes at night. I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single

week, and of those, the scariest ones make it into our podcast, along with the story that we've

chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash snarled.

If you have a tale you're dying to share, send me an email at something scary at snarl.com.

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So, want to hear something scary.

Embody the horror.

They say everything happens for a reason. Sometimes it takes a while to make sense, and then, once you know, it can still make for some difficult decisions.

Like in this tale, written by Janine Pipe. Summer scratched at her arm again, desperately trying to concentrate on the math lesson and not the searing sensation

rippling under her skin. She was eternally grateful it was sweater weather. She managed

to make it through the day without event and headed home. Head down, keeping to herself as always.

She was good at being invisible. Once home, she read the note pinned to the fridge,

stating her mom would be late, and her brother had football practice and then pizza with his buddies after.

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