Introductory Antimemetics
Junior Researcher Kim's been working for the Foundation for all of four hours and he feels pulverised, as if an anvil were dropped on his head in that first introductory lecture. It's lunchtime, and…
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Joey Fucknuts Builds a Flying Machine
It made sense to him that there had to be something up there that he couldn't see. The sky was the biggest thing he was aware of. He was…
A Wandsman in the Court of the Hanged King
Where aphotic seas do deny, Reflections of a xanthous sky,
Joey Fucknuts Takes to the Skies
The sound of metal pealed like church bells throughout the small town of Vulture Gulch.
Clockwork Time
The Fabergé bastard was raging. Tools flew, doors slammed, the walls and floorboards rattled. Through it all, he loosed a stream of…
Thrice
Note: This tale is based on SCP-1440, and it is better read after reading that article.
Joey Fucknuts Believes In Himself
He had a hard time accepting that he had managed to get into the sky. His brain, already on the frayed and overheating side simply because…
Beasts of the Old Letters
When I first discovered this wondrous land, I could scarcely believe everything before me. The spiraling and floating mountains that…
An Anthropological Approach to Sarkicism - Case Study 01: The Vaśńa of Sarvi
Case Study 01: The Vaśńa of Sarvi | Study 02: The Divoši of Prague >>
Nadox and the Mekhanite
Credit to Perelka_L.
An Anthropological Approach to Sarkicism - Case Study 02: The Divoši of Prague
<< Case Study 01: The Vaśńa of Sarvi | Case Study 02: The Divoši of Prague | Study 03: The Darkwater Lodge >>
Dance The Danse
Halloween is a special time in Sloth's Pit. It is the time that creatures of the night walk in the day, and the legends of the world dance.
And so the Crows Laughed
There comes the King and his crowd,
Transcript of a lecture given by Professor ████████████ on Applied Thaumatology.
"Good evening. Please have a seat. You will find wine, water, bread, and salt at the back of the room, if you require refreshment. Also…
A Funeral On Mars
There was a funeral on Mars. No one was invited.
SCP-One Million
"Tell me of the thing," the shaman said.
Death Perception
"Come on," Nanku said. "Wear the costume!"
Make Portland Weirder
August, 1970
Joey Makes a New Friend
“Hey.”
You Can Leave Your Friends Behind
« SCP-3688 | Your Friends Don't Dance »
Three Short Scenes About Death
The smell of rot was in the air.
Georgian Gothic
Site-91: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Da Capo al Fine
On her fifth birthday, Sigurrós Stefánsdóttir looked down at the cake that her foster mother had baked for her and wished that her real…
Learning
So two men rode east across the desert, one on horseback, one on camel, hoping to find themselves dressed in colored silks on the other…
FRATRICIDE: An Amoni-Ram Story
The Emperor of Amoni-Ram is dying. His two sons struggle for the throne. A general is pulled into a plot to kill her dauphin. The future of…
Here Comes The Bogeyman
Sloth's Pit, Wisconsin was quiet. It wasn't right; with Halloween just over a week away, it should have been bustling with children running…
Third Death
The decrepit fleshsack housing the consciousness of Amos Marshall groaned. He was not particularly comfortable. This was nothing new. He…
To be King in the House of Dust
“I am GILGAMESH, King of Uruk, king of kings! Make ready the low places, fair Shamhat, prepare the House of Dust, for I come, I come to…
Whack-a-Mole
Site-120: Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
...Here I Come
Site-79: Yumegēmu, Tokushima, Japan
Taking The Reinz
I first met Goldbaker in, of all places, a strip club.
On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Kaiju
On the internet, nobody knows you're a kaiju. Least of all yourself.
Ready or Not...
Site-79: Yumegēmu, Tokushima, Japan
Moving Pictures
Robin Thorne duels the Three Portlands Bomber inside the Museum of Impossible Art. Kenneth Spencer and Agent Green learn to get along.
INTERREGNUM: THE BLACKSTAR AT EVEREST
A ROUNDERHOUSE Joint
Skitter Marshall
Skitter Marshall was cold, wet, and slightly miserable. The rain pelted down unrelentingly as he shivered and stared at an…
All Hallows'
October 1st, 2017
Magic Orientation
"Hello. Thank you all for coming. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Dr. Tilda David Moose. I am the director of Site-19."
SCP-001-D
Time marches on, both for demons and the devils that contain them. At the end of the day, we all grow old.
New Ritual.
rndr 01/01/01 (Wed) 01:01:01 #83591111
No Safe Haven
Black & White illustrations, like the one above, made by SunnyClockwork
Hugo Hijinks
She reflected on the struggle of being an art student on the west coast without a job. Art supplies were plentiful enough with their…
Sarkic Heat
Sarkic Heat
Corruption Within The Clown Industry: A Controversial Opinion by Bambousio Starswinger
Clowns, where do I start? If you are a licensed clown breeder like myself you may be familiar with the heated debates within the clown…
Zeitgeist
It's not much of a sanctuary: the house is a husk, a burned-out shell that used to look like a Victorian manor. There are tombstones in the…
Granularity
Site-43: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
It's Just A Jump To The Left
The former house of Richard Gideon had been left abandoned in the middle of a wild apple orchard. Sloth's Pit had three different orchards…
Sun (Sister) and Moon (Champion)
A darkness lay against the stars, from one point of view, only visible in the void as a gap in its pinprick curtain. A being of black and…
Turnover
Site-43: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
Misery Makes Company
MISERY MAKES COMPANY
Some Rational Inheritance
The A-78xD United Eidolonic Collective were a reasonable lot. Or one. They/it/we didn't really understand human languages. Always hung up…
A Eulogic Elegy For The Dreams
☦The dreams are dying.☦
Those You Leave Behind
His mother often said his father was York. But she was kept so drugged by the high priestesses that she rarely knew who her callers were,…
Excerpts From The Medical Tragedy of Dr. Bartholomew Artz, Author Unknown
Act Primus, Scene Secundus An Office in Berlin [Enter The Doctor Bartholomew Artz]
CryogenChaos' Comment Tales
Over the years, I, CryogenChaos, have posted several short supplements to tales and forum threads in the form of comments on said articles…
With Naught but Dust to Eat
Author: TyGently
The Mourning After
Site-43: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
Playing with Flames
The Foundation really isn't comfortable with using terms like "magic". We know that magic exists, but calling it that implies that it can't…
By One Iota
Deep in the catacombs beneath Overwatch Cathedral, there was a cavernous and isolated chamber at the end of a long hallway. The historians…
Finding Essie
Finding Essie by PeppersGhost
Graveyard Shift
The Ward Cemetery: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
When Parallel Lines Diverge
Two UIU agents follow the same path in different directions.
Prisoners
Family »
The Tick Tock Gospel
Gilgamesh roamed the wilderness, and cried bitterly over his friend Enkidu. “I am going to die! – Am I not like Enkidu? I fear death, and…
Morphine Machine
FIRST: The Chosen Few
Your Call Is Important To Us
« Fuller's Fantastic Fun-lover's Funhouse | Dread & Circuses Hub | She Remembered Me »
Underture
I have endowed myself with a fund of guilt. Make you no mistake — it is my own. I have my right in it.
Cleaning House
May 3rd, 1992
Ecstasy and Exorcism
PREVIOUS: Rise and Repent
Hypervelocity
In thirty minutes she will either be dead or the greatest criminal known to Eurtec. Either way, she's going to get one hell of a fix.
Brasilic Folklore And Mythology
Foreword: Due to the island's near-total isolation for over nine hundred years, the mythological tradition of Hy-Brasil appears both alien…
Going Out Of Book
"You're joking," she repeated. "Tell me you're joking." She spoke above her normal voice to be heard over the soft patter of rain on the…
Miss Heir
Felicia had always hated the snow. It was cold, it was wet, and she was one of the few kids who were actually upset when school was…
The Tale of the Library
It began with a word. Eventually it would swell to become something greater. It would envelop reality and become the heart of all…
Just Another Shop That Wasn't There
Michelson cigarettes advertised themselves as having a smoother, sweeter taste than the competition. Supposedly they had the…
A Shift at The Factory
Anthony lifted his goggles from his eyes. He watched the man working at the nearest conveyor belt. Anthony had never bothered to learn the…
They Had Names
by AnActualCrow
With Many Choices
With Many Choices
Can You Show Me The Way To Alagadda?
« Duets | Hub | Magical Mystery Tour »
About Deer College
Deer College is an institution of higher education in the occult arts and sciences.
Under Control
"Oath-breakers. Dead employees. People who don't read the fine print."
The Lord Judge
The sound of the horse's hooves echoed off the hills of the pass as the cart made its way along the old highway, thudding against the dust…
Samsara
The Holy Warrior walked. It had been a long time since he'd walked this far (he knew that now, he remembered1), but he was used to walking…
Satyr's Reign
Dr. Katherine Sinclair used a copy of the Plutonic Codex to beat off an undead Jeffrey Dahmer, seriously questioning the choices in life…
Rise and Repent
PREVIOUS: The Vice Girls
Les Enfants Vont Bien
Montréal: Québec, Canada
Transcript of a lecture given by Professor ████████████ on Aetheric Energy and Aspect Radiation.
"Good afternoon. I hope you had a pleasant lunch. Please be seated, and we will resume with the second portion of this seminar.
The Red Horse (The Ironic Metaphor)
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they…
The Good Work
Content Warning: This tale contains scenes of institutional homophobia and transphobia.
To Make Meat of Clay
The night before, I got on my knees and prayed to God, begged Him to guide my soul out of the pit if I ended up dying down there. Haven't…
EE-8832
From the Desk of the Director