Late Night Mysteries

"Robert, is that you?" There was no answer, nor were there any sounds of keys turning on the door.  Samuel knew all too well not to open the door at this time of night. His unit was the only apartment on that level which was occupied. The entire block had been slated to be demolished and almost all the occupants had moved out.  Robert had told him that their new house will be ready soon...

Charlie was soon found not far from the edge of the clearing.  He was sleeping soundly under a tree, his torchlight shining brightly beside him. They quickly woke him up and half dragged him back to their campsite, raining him with questions.  Charlie could not remember why he was under the tree.  The last thing he remembered was Benjamin’s wave and he followed and then blank. Join Wraith in this...

Simon pushed the door and stepped into the cold walkway and clocked in his presence on a handheld device. The machine gave an audible ‘beep’ and he moved in, pulling his jacket close.  There was no one at the counter but he knew they were one or two people inside the staff room, quietly attending to routine matters. He walked straight along the corridor, his footsteps echoing hollowly in his ears....

Faizal had just arrived home from a late-night movie outing with his colleagues.  As usual, he would set his shoes on the rack, close the front door and turn left into the kitchen where he would wash his feet and drink some water before heading up to his room. While he was rummaging through the fridge, he heard a loud “thump” from the upper part of the stairs. He ignored it, thinking it must have...

"Teh Tarik and maybe a plate of noodles would be heaven right now. So hungry." Lukman stepped off his bike, took out his helmet and walked towards the site. That was when he hesitated. He stopped as he saw something at the front of the stall. Two huge stone tigers stood guard outside the entrance to the place. He was taken aback by the life-sized statue and took a few steps back. Join Wr...

Wadi woke up suddenly, heart beating wildly and drenched in sweat. The new air-conditioning unit he had just installed did not seem to have any effect on him at that moment. "Remember to pay. Pay what?!" Wadi repeated to himself, wrecking his brain trying to figure out what the dream was trying to tell him. As sat on his bed, too afraid to go back to sleep, his mind wandered back to a ti...

A few steps away from the landing was the long corridor that will lead to his unit. There, in a straight row, were five figures in white, sitting on the parapet, all looking at him.  He froze.  He stepped back and the putrid, pungent smell hit him fast. He turned to his left where he thought the young woman was. In her place, was a gruesome, deformed face of a pontianak. She moved slightly towards...

The sound of loud whisperings woke him suddenly.  It was as if he was surrounded by many people and when he turned on the night lamp beside his bed, the weak light showed only an empty room.  Wincing at the pounding in his head, he walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water and rummaged in the medicine cabinet for something to ease his worsening headache. As he turned off the kitchen lights, he...

" Oh well, better than nothing.  At least there’s water." Zaki turned the faucet full blast and filled up his pail.  As long as there was water, the gloomy surroundings did not matter much to him.  He squatted on the floor and scrubbed his clothes as best as he could.   Once done, he wrung them up and fill up his basket intending to hang them outside his dorm where they will catch the fi...

The scent hit him first.  A nice fragrant floral scent. In a matter of seconds, it turned cloyingly sweet that it almost choked him. He kept his eyes on the road as his heart skipped a beat.  Not long after, he noticed that cars on the slower lane were speeding past him. He was on the right most lane so why are the cars overtaking him?  By right, he should be the one speeding and cutting the other...

As the clock above the counter ticked loudly above the silence of the Nurse's Station, Dewi, who was concentrating on a spreadsheet on the computer screen suddenly looked up and realized that she was very much alone. Nurse Jenny and the medical officer on duty, Dr Wu had left for their breaks at the pantry at the end of the hallway and the sudden silence seemed to unnerve her. The uneasy feel...

Dilla excused herself to go to the ladies at the end of the corridor just outside the cafe.  The corridor was quiet and the entrance to the restroom was dimly lit.   Just after the entrance on her right, separated by a wall was a baby changing station.   She hesitated at first, but then she overheard the sound of a woman changing her baby’s diaper and talking softly to the baby.   She immediately...

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Then, from out of the inky blackness, what looked like a ball popped out of the water. Guided by the light of the full moon and the lamplight of the jetty, Raymond squinted to get a good look.  As it came closer, Raymond gasp and let go of the rod in shock. The ball was a head. Hair plastered to its grotesque face that twisted into a sneer as it looked at Raymond. Breathing heavily, he watched as...

Sheila and Justin trudged up the hotel steps, dragging their luggage bags with them.  The drive to the resort was a good two hours from the airport and both of them were exhausted.  Sheila sat on one of the lobby couches and fanned herself vigorously with a pamphlet she found on the table.  Justin went up to the front desk staff and enquired about their reservations.  The registration process was...

The next day, Rudy was studying in his bedroom late into the night, when he heard someone calling out his name.  He glanced out into the darkened living room, dimly illuminated by the porch light coming in from the front window but there was no one there.   He closed the door and heard it again.  This time, it was from outside the window.  Curious, he opened the window, thinking his friends would...

" Did you hear that?"   Helmi whispered.  Michael looked around the quiet void deck.  There was no sign of anything unusual around them and he shrugged.  " What?  I didn’t hear anything......"   They had just came down from one of the unit in the block after a call about a disputing household.  It was routine basic stuff and the matter was resolved amicably.  As the two police...

There were two flights of stairs to this bridge.  The first flight will end up on a middle platform and the second flight will be the final steps.  It was in this middle platform when he glanced to his left and saw something that shook him out of his happy mood. A figure in white sat squatting on a branch of a tree just beside this platform.  Her long hair covered most of her face but he could mak...

" Milah.  Is that you? " .....and then he caught himself.  Of course, it would be Milah - his wife, since there were only two of them in this house and he smiled.  Then it slowly dawned on him that Milah was at the hospital and that he was very much alone at that moment.  Slowly, he stood up and crept towards the kitchen.   He only managed to take a few steps when heard the sound of some...

Adam looked behind him and pointed out the plastic bag left behind by Julie.  Brian could not react for at that moment, when he looked at the rearview mirror, he almost lost control of his wheel.   The girl was staring right back at him.  The knowing sneer on her face made him gasp sharply and he stepped hard on the brakes.  The car screeched to a halt.  Fortunately, he was driving slowly at that...

Paul shrugged and walked back inside, puzzled but did not dwell on it.  He sat back on his chair and resumed his work.  He felt comforted by the knowledge that Soo Lee was in the office with him so he did not feel alone.   As he was about to reach for the other packet of biscuits, he heard the glass door slide open again.  He stood up and peered over his partition.  There was no one coming in!  Pa...

Ben called out then checked himself. Of course, nobody could hear him from the house if he shouted over the gate.  He continued pressing on the bell until a weak light came on and cast a feeble light across the front porch.  The main door opened and a young woman came out walking slowly towards the gate.  He called out cheerily peering through the grill as he waited for her to approach him.  She o...

Eyes, gleaming with excitement, he told them of a story he heard from his uncle about the flying head at that particular road near to where they were located now.   All three were game for it because they did not really believe Rodney’s uncle in the first place and they did not want to go home at that moment either. They get up from the table, waved and shouted their loud goodbyes to the drink sta...

Andy opened the door of the small guardhouse and placed 2 packets of noodles on the table.  His partner for that night, Siva, was already inside, buttoning on his security shirt over his white singlet.   Both of them exchanged pleasantries while preparing to take over the next 12 hours guarding the warehouse and the adjourning office building beside it. Join Wraith in this paranormal mystery journ...

Hairi fought back his yawn.  He had dropped his last passenger half an hour ago and did not see anyone near the roadside in this part of the housing estate.  It was past midnight on a weekday and the roads were quiet. He sighed, as he turned his taxi around and proceeded to the nearest exit to the expressway, intending to go directly home.   It was then when he saw her - an old woman, walking with...