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Horror fiction that delivers on its promise to scare, startle, frighten and unsettle. These stories are fake, but the shivers down your spine won't be.
This House, This Body
When the first white explorers crossed the ancient sea, they called it the Great American Desert and promptly set about distancing themselves from it. Later, others came and imposed boundaries in the form of fences. Little communities popped up like mold, flourishing and then dying again in the space of a few nights. Those that survived are a brittle folk, always aware of the encroaching emptiness of the prairie, a kind of existential agoraphobia: for better or for worse, they are alone out there.
By Lou Grande5 years ago in Horror
The Winking Cat
I was never a man who believed in the power of fate until this particular series of events unfolded before me. It all began with the death of my daughter, freshly eighteen, whisked away to the far edges of the earth by the urge to make the world a better place. The cat came shortly after. As a widower of ten years, and now an eternal empty-nester, I sought the company of a relatively low-maintenance pet. One Tuesday afternoon, I entered the humane society just before closing. As I searched for my new companion, I noticed there was a single cage int he cat room which was occupied. A slight black cat with a star on his chest, and a particularly curious set of yellow eyes seeming to have an everlasting twinkle, blinked slowly at me as I asked the employee for a quick meet-and-greet. With a few scratches under the chin, and a low-purr that seemed to vibrate my entire core, my pocket was forty-five dollars lighter, and the black cat was packed up in a makeshift crate, mewing gingerly on the car ride home.
By Elizabeth Grace Parker5 years ago in Horror
HOBO Kyle - chapter 3
The beast slammed into the wall behind the stranger creating a crater, ringed with jagged tears, blood spatter, and spit. The stranger’s agility was impressive as he rolled under the attack. The beast quickly found its feet and lashed out again with a flurry of swipes from its massive clawed hands.
By Matt Holmes5 years ago in Horror
