I wish she would too; she’d win in a walk. But you can’t blame her for having had a bellyful of A) White House life and B) insane racist fuckheads so threatened by her that they’re constantly trying to ruin her family’s life. In her place, I’d probably take a powder too.

She’s said she does not want to run.

Please run, Michelle. In addition to her being more qualified than any candidate on the right, Obama as first husband would be spectacular.

Gawd I miss that man as our president. 

On behalf of myself, as a former seven year old, and my kids, I think it’s pretty fucked up and insulting to seven year olds to imply as if Walker is operating anywhere near the same intellectual or moral level as them.  Come on Obama!

I might have to give up my doctorate because I couldn’t tell what was going on with the photo or how it related to where he was sleeping in the house.  I’m relieved I’m not the only one confused.

This happened to me a couple times when I went to people’s houses for work (in the home medical equipment industry). It was usually a middle aged man who was very polite and happy to see me. But then he turned completely frightening if my staff forget to tell me something specific he requested and I showed up without…

I also don’t understand that one.

Yeah, it was slim pickings for sure, more so than it has been in recent years. Thousands of stories used to be submitted. Thousands. We just scarcely cracked five hundred and some of those were comments on the actual stories themselves.

My favorite one was the one where the mom thought it was her two year old’s cold little body crawling all over her, only it wasn’t. Really did have Shirley Jackson vibes.

Since some of you may have missed the original post asking for submissions (they didn’t seem to advertise it as well this year), you can find the original post with ALL of the stories in the comments at: https://jezebel.com/scary-story-contest-submissions-2022-1849609558

I’m confused by The Photo. It seems like he butt photographed the window? Am I missing something?

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, and I never thought I would say this, but the slideshow format actually works pretty well for the stories. I like to read on my phone, take a break after a couple, but when I return after some time my tab refreshes and I lose my spot. Then I have to scroll scroll scroll, and…

The bloody hands one might be the most memorable of this year, though I think I slightly prefer the one with the train tracks, it was nicely evocative. 

Is there any way we can do this without the slide show?

I am going to say something crazy that I usually never say & that is that I think this particular thing works okay as a slideshow. I don’t like having to scroll through all of them on the same page. 

I’ve not wanted to be too hard on Jezebel since the big staff turnover, but, well, this assemblage of stories is markedly worse, in terms of selection, than any previous year. I think most years at least one story is going to be creepypasta, but not so overtly as the two (at least) I caught here! The story about the…

That scariest thing of all is the decision to make this sacred annual treat into a freakin’ slideshow.

My favourite was the college girl who was given a lift by the seemingly kind, but insistent, good looking driver (even though she had her bike with her). His sudden, shocking change of attitude and unknown motive were the spooky part. What was with that guy, and why did he seem to change his mind and drop her off…

One time I wanted to read the spooky stories contest on a popular website but the editors chose to format it as a slide show for some reason and it was so scary I left.