Manisha James
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I write emotional, mysterious, and life-changing stories that connect with your soul. Real experiences, deep moments, and messages that stay with you.
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Room 313: The Hotel That Erases You
I travel for work—always alone, always late check-ins, and always the same kinds of roadside hotels with peeling wallpaper and vending machines that still sell Tab. I’ve stayed in every kind of weird place. Nothing ever got under my skin. Until I stayed in Room 313.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Room They Never Rented
I was six hours into a long drive across Pennsylvania when the storm hit. Sheets of rain hammered my windshield, and the GPS rerouted me twice because of road closures. It was close to midnight when I finally saw the flickering neon sign: “Pine Haven Motel - Vacancy.”
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Man in the Storm Drain: A Suburban Nightmare That Won’t Go Away
We moved into the house on Maplewood Drive when I was eight. A quiet cul-de-sac in a sleepy New Hampshire town, the kind of place where Halloween decorations stayed up until Thanksgiving and neighbors waved whether they liked you or not.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Man Behind the Bathroom Mirror: A True Account of Terror
I moved into the apartment on Oak Street because it was cheap—too cheap for a place in the middle of town. It wasn’t fancy, but it was mine. A one-bedroom with an old-fashioned bathroom and a cracked medicine cabinet mirror that looked like it hadn’t been replaced in decades. I didn’t mind. At least, not at first.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Girl in the Floorboards: A True Urban Nightmare
I moved into the house on Pine Ridge Lane because it was cheap—too cheap for a three-bedroom in upstate New York. It was old, sure, and smelled like mildew when I walked in, but I’d been through worse. After a messy divorce and a failed business, this place was my fresh start.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
She Vanished from Room 209. I Was the Last One to See Her.
I checked into the Red Pine Inn on a Monday night. A quiet, no-frills hotel off Route 12 in upstate New York. My job required constant travel—sales pitches, meetings, handshakes. Cheap hotels like this one were familiar territory. But Red Pine felt… wrong the moment I stepped in.
By Manisha James7 months ago in Horror
The Girl in the Third-Floor Window
I moved into the apartment complex in late October, just as the leaves turned brittle and the wind grew sharp. It was a three-story brick building on the edge of town, old but affordable—too affordable, if I’m being honest. I should’ve known something was off.
By Manisha James7 months ago in Horror
The Screaming House on Elder Lane: A Nightmare That Followed Me Home
It started the day I moved into the house on Elder Lane. I’d just gone through a divorce, so when I found a rental half the price of anything else in the neighborhood, I didn’t ask too many questions. The landlord was an older man with sun-damaged skin and jittery hands. All he said was, “Don’t open the attic door at night. That’s all I ask.” I thought he was being eccentric.
By Manisha James7 months ago in Horror
The Girl Behind the Curtain: A Sleepover Secret That Should've Stayed Buried
It was supposed to be just a harmless sleepover. Me, my little sister Kylie, and my two best friends: Alina and Jess. A Friday night filled with pizza, TikTok dances, and gossip under a pink star projector in my bedroom.
By Manisha James7 months ago in Horror
The Man in Apartment 413: A Real Urban Nightmare You’ll Wish You Never Read
I moved into the Tremont Apartments in downtown Chicago after a rough breakup and a job transfer—one of those half-renovated buildings where the charm is just code for peeling wallpaper and paper-thin walls.
By Manisha James8 months ago in Horror
