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The Dread Machine is a publishing company specializing in dread-inspiring works of microfiction, flash, short stories, novels, novellas, poetry, and anthologies, but it’s also a community where authors can challenge themselves creatively, build a fan base, and get paid while they’re at it. Although we haven’t officially launched and we’re still actively building some parts of the site, you’re welcome to join, submit, and interact with the community. Check out some of our fake stories uploaded for design testing purposes. Join today and say hi. We’re here working and testing all day, every day (and most nights). We could use some beta testers…also, we’re lonely.

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Yesterday you said tomorrow. Do it. Just do it. Don't let your dreams be dreams. If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up.
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A word after a word after a word is power, unless you're only typing those words to fill out a web template that requires insightful quotes.
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Excerpt or something. Lorem ipsum. Illigitimi non carborundum. Something ate all the children. It waits in the forest, like all scary things do. Except sharks. They live in the ocean. If we can’t breathe there, we probably don’t belong there. Right? It’s a shark’s home, guys. Down there, the sharks hold all the cards. They’re fast, man. Plus, they have a shit ton of teeth.

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Featured Mechanist

A cool dude with glasses.

This Guy

Everyone loves This Guy! Where did he even come from? Why do I want to follow him? I actually can't stop myself. I'm following This Guy and so is everyone else. Send help. WHY can't I stop walking? WHERE DID HE EVEN COME FROM?

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A MACHINATION TITLE

Excerpt or something. Lorem ipsum. Illigitimi non carborundum. Something ate all the children. It waits in the forest, like all scary things do. Except sharks. They live in the ocean. If we can’t breathe there, we probably don’t belong there. Right? It’s a shark’s home, guys. Down there, the sharks hold all the cards. They’re fast, man. Plus, they have a shit ton of teeth.

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Yesterday you said tomorrow. Do it. Just do it. Don't let your dreams be dreams. If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up.
-Insightful Book Title, This Guy
A word after a word after a word is power, unless you're only typing those words to fill out a web template that requires insightful quotes.
-Insightful Book Title, This Guy

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CONTEST: GOOD RIDDANCE
With our seemingly endless shared nightmare (the year 2020) finally coming to an end, we’re in the mood to celebrate. Entries must feature a liberation or new beginning of some kind that results from the riddance of “bad rubbish.”
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SUSPENDED

The day after Nick experienced several hours of time suspension, police found his neighbor's body staked to a wall like a dissected specimen. Investigators still have not found the internal organs. If you have also experienced temporal disturbances, please share your account.​
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Vox Humanis

The normally vocal hacktivist technocult, the Datarats, have gone into hiding after the bombing of the Nucleus Complex in the city of Vox Humanis. If you have any information about the members or their objectives, President Director Xavier Glenn will pay a handsome reward for it.
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Six of Six

We've received numerous reports detailing interactions with people proclaiming to be members of the secretive urban coven, Six of Six. We're compiling those accounts here. If you have any information to share about this elusive group, we'd appreciate your submission.
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Parallel 58

Interdimensional Security Division Sigma, charged with monitoring developments in our nearest parallel reality (#58) have reported that the pandemic in their reality has taken a turn for the worst. Agents and collaborating allies may send their reports and testimonies about P-58 here. Hopefully, we won't repeat their mistakes.
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Suspended

The day after Nick experienced several hours of time suspension, police found his neighbor's body staked to a wall like a dissected specimen. Investigators still have not found the internal organs. If you have also experienced temporal disturbances, please share your account.​
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Vox Humanis

The normally vocal hacktivist technocult, the Datarats, have gone into hiding after the bombing of the Nucleus Complex in the city of Vox Humanis. If you have any information about the members or their objectives, President Director Xavier Glenn will pay a handsome reward for it.
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Six of Six

We've received numerous reports detailing interactions with people proclaiming to be members of the secretive urban coven, Six of Six. We're compiling those accounts here. If you have any information to share about this elusive group, we'd appreciate your submission.
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Parallel 58

Interdimensional Security Division Sigma, charged with monitoring developments in our nearest parallel reality (#58) have reported that the pandemic in their reality has taken a turn for the worst. Agents and collaborating allies may send their reports and testimonies about P-58 here. Hopefully, we won't repeat their mistakes.
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