Luke Hartwick

There’s A Tragic Reason Why People Don’t Go To The ‘Bleeding Hollow’ Anymore

“Payback’s a bitch,” Paul said.

I Worked For A Crisis Hotline In Arizona, But I Had To Quit After This Peculiar Incident

For a while all I did was field calls, like the other operators. But then I started realizing that some of these people were calling from only a few blocks away from me.

How I Learned Border Agents Are Silently Murdering Illegal Immigrants

Illegal immigrants from Mexico call me a Coyote. Or at least they used to.

I Discovered The Dark, Sick Secret My Parents Have Been Hiding In The Basement

Now, when I think back to the excuses my parents used to make, I feel like an idiot.

My Brother Started Taking Weight-Loss Supplements And Something’s Gone Terribly Wrong

He finally got fed up with everything about a month ago.

I Used To Think I Was A Real-Life Hero. Now, I Am Afraid Of What I Am Becoming.

I used to think that I was a real-life hero, come to help humanity.

I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Pick Up A Hitchhiker After This Horrifying Incident

“I’m not going home,” he said simply.

Our Baby Mysteriously Disappeared, But My Wife Says She Can Still Hear Her Crying Through The Baby Monitor

I should have known something was off by the puzzled looks on the police officers’ faces as my wife recounted everything that had happened.

The Strangest Text Message I’ve Ever Received

I had gotten texts from people with the wrong number in the past and never thought twice about telling them so and moving on with my life. But this time was different, because this time I was lonely.

Something Happened To My Brother The Night We All Stopped Shouting At Each Other

Even from inside our studio apartment, 30 yards from the main house, we could hear our parents yelling at each other that night. I don’t think there has ever been a time when they would restrain themselves for anyone’s sake.

I Finally Found Out Why My Foster Parents Asked Me Never To Contact My Biological Mother

I remember often asking about my mother. Along with all of my other uncertainties, there was the lingering question of why I could never see her. I always got the same answer, “You’re too young to understand, Luke.”

This Is The Terrifying Reason Why I Will Not Babysit Anymore

Here’s something I don’t advertise on my SitterCity profile: I hate children. But I do love video games and easy money, so that makes for a pretty smooth operation when it comes to taking care of other people’s kids for a few hours.

My Roommate And I Bid And Won A Storage Locker For Cheap. We Never Expected To Come This Close To Dying After We Bought It.

I have to confess, I love those shows on television about buying storage units and hunting through antiques, looking for something valuable. I’ve always had a fascination with old things and it seems like a relatively easy way to make some extra money. I imagined it must be almost like a treasure hunt. I imagined wrong.