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“Room 7 Is Still Occupied”
Room 7 Is Still Occupied By[Ali Rehman] The Maplewood Hotel had been around for nearly a century, its brick facade weathered but proud, its halls echoing with whispers of travelers long gone. I’d worked there for five years now, mostly nights, when the air grows thick with quiet and the shadows creep longer.
By Ali Rehman3 months ago in Horror
“I Buried My Fear — But It Came Back Hungry”
I Buried My Fear — But It Came Back Hungry By [Ali Rehman] I thought I had buried it. Deep beneath layers of denial and silence, under years of smiles and careful avoidance, I believed the fear was gone — locked away in some dark corner of my mind where it could do no harm.
By Ali Rehman3 months ago in Horror
“The Door That Never Existed”
The Door That Never Existed By [Ali Rhman] It was an ordinary morning when I first noticed the door. The kind of morning when sunlight spilled softly through the curtains, and the familiar creak of the old wooden floor was a comforting soundtrack to the start of my day. But as I walked down the narrow hallway toward the kitchen, there it was — a door where none had ever been before.
By Ali Rehman3 months ago in Horror
“Static”
Static By[Ali Rehman] Harold had never cared much for the past. The old radio in his attic was a relic, a dusty thing with cracked dials and a faded wood frame, the kind of thing his grandmother might have treasured before she passed. It sat silent on a crooked shelf for years — a forgotten artifact in his otherwise orderly life.
By Ali Rehman3 months ago in Horror
Family Secrets
As humans, we have a built-in mechanism that prevents most of us from committing horrific acts, which once set in motion, can never be reversed. This moral compass, aka our conscience, is nature’s way of keeping us in line. Unfortunately, as we all know, there are those among us who either lack the ability to differentiate between right and wrong, or simply don’t care one way or the other. Such was the case for a heartless killer whose misdeeds quite literally came back to haunt him.
By Tales from the Shadowlands3 months ago in Horror
