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Make Believe
Chapter One: The New House Seven-year-old Lily Thompson wasn’t fond of the new home. It felt too silent. Each step made the creaky floorboards moan, and her bedroom window overlooked a dense, overgrown wood—like a tangle of secrets murmuring behind the trees.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin9 months ago in Horror
The Monster in the Mirror
I. THE ENTITY THAT STARES BACK Evan’s mind felt as if it were being savaged from the inside—a slow, relentless consumption rather than a sudden shattering. It started as a subtle breach, creeping in with an unsettling politeness, as if remorse were its only intent. The first morning in his deceased aunt’s house—a place steeped in the cloying aroma of lilac and the damp, decaying secrets of bygone eras—Evan sensed an unearthly disturbance. In the bathroom, the mirror convulsed with a staccato flicker. This was no simple play of light or a tiny fracture; it was reality stuttering, as if a flawed film frame skipped in mid-scene, pausing before the truth could fully emerge. In a heartbeat, without any warning from Evan himself, the reflection rebelled against the expected. Torn between paralyzing dread and morbid curiosity, he leaned toward it for forbidden answers, while the mirror inched forward in return—almost sentient—wearing a grin that was at once inviting and maliciously knowing. That grin stretched into a grotesque sneer, revealing charred, blackened gums that induced both visceral loathing and an intoxicating hunger for its mystery.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin9 months ago in Horror
She Lurks Behind Your Eyes
I. — The Twin You Devoured Dr. Elara Voss had always wielded reason as her scalpel against the intricate labyrinth of dissociative disorders, but nothing could have steeled her against the maelstrom emanating from Patient 42. His fractured voice, a trembling confession barely escaping his lips, hissed, "She's trying to break free again." In that moment, his words rent her clinical composure, igniting a visceral inner torment as she grappled with the disturbing possibility hidden beneath his shattered psyche.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin9 months ago in Horror
They Built God in the Basement
There’s a reason no soul dares live above Floor Zero. Not below, but above—a realm seething with raw, violent secrets and scars that cut deeper than flesh. Mara stumbled upon the door by cruel chance, concealed behind layers of beaten drywall in her apartment’s hallway where the blueprints promised nothing but emptiness. There was no knob; instead, an uneven imprint in the wall pulsed like a living, tortured heartbeat, daring her to touch it.
By Jason “Jay” Benskin9 months ago in Horror
