In Plain Sight
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Last published Sat, May 10, 2025
You use them every day. A toothbrush. A hair dryer. A bar of soap. Harmless, right?
Wrong.
This is a collection of short horror stories where the most ordinary objects become instruments of fear, pain, and death. Each tale twists the familiar into the fatal-turning routines into nightmares and safety into illusion.
Welcome to a world where nothing is safe-not even the things you trust most.
Trigger warning:
This story collection will include violence, blood and gore. Please read only if you are not triggered or sensitive to these things.
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