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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.
Until Sunrise
Until sunrise January 21th 2014 9:23 PM “I think Ian really appreciates that we’re coming” Joey said. Mexx replied: ”yes, he does. It has been one year now since his sisters disappeared.” Joey and Mexx were walking to the cable car that would take them to the ski lodge. “We’re here. You got a key, right?” said Joey. Mexx brought the keys out of his pocket and opened the door. They got in to the cable car.
By Pelle de Beer6 years ago in Horror
A figure, A face
Hi new journal! It was finally happening. My dream job: Visual Merchandiser. You know when you’re a little kid and your parents takes you to the nice neighborhood? And you see a really fancy store window? I feel like everyone has that moment. And when I had that moment, I decided I want to do that. I must’ve been all of five but I knew that’s what I would do when I grew up. And all of that work led me here. Six years of school and an endless line of crappy jobs had led me here. On the visual merchandising team of one of the biggest stores in the country. And the bigger the store, the bigger the store window.
By Samantha Williams6 years ago in Horror
Midnight
Vampires have been coexisting with humans for centuries remaining their predators, but as Guardians of the Vandernight court one of the most powerful and largest courts in the supernatural world, it's me and Elliot's job to make sure we're never exposed to humans and that no abominations between supernaturals were born or created, that's the oath I took two hundred years ago.
By Viola Shadowheart6 years ago in Horror
Dinner for Four
As soon as she'd made the offer, Ellie regretted inviting her parents round for dinner. The logistics involved in not only buying and preparing food, but rendering her flat presentable for their arrival were nightmarish, and she cursed her impulsiveness under her breath. She resisted the urge to launch the telephone into orbit and instead hunted for a clean pair of jeans to wear shopping. Luck frowned upon her and she ended up leaving in a faded blue pair with a number of rusty stains on the knees. No-one will notice, she reasoned.
By Michaela Bisiker6 years ago in Horror
Ginger
It’s always the normal ones. They get close and you never see it coming. They throw you off balance with their normalcy and averageness. Who knows what they are going to do. That was exactly what happened. She got close. She used her normalcy, her averageness, to get close and snap, the trap was sprung.
By Cobe Wilson6 years ago in Horror
Brutal friends
Whenever I was free, from the roof of our house I used to watch him walk in the garden. A seven- or eight-year-old boy who, until he realised that someone was looking at him stealthily, began to say vile words, "Get out of there", or "I'll kill you in there." He lived alone in the garden with his grandfather. A brazen brutal old man who repeatedly yelled at everyone, including the boy.
By ayda Shadkam6 years ago in Horror
A Family Haunting
Judy was tired from driving for hours, but she’s glad she gave her husband a break. After a while the glare of headlights on the highway put a strain on his already bad eyes. She reached into the backseat and unclipped her daughter Ivy from her car seat. Fatigue made the weight of her tiny body seem heavier. She took a moment to appreciate the angelic curls falling into her peaceful face despite the dead weight.
By Samantha Williams6 years ago in Horror
The Lights In The Swamp
England 1876 Day 1 North of Suffolk the trees grow tall and densely, reaching up to the empty sky. Their leafless branches calling out to the black abyss, they contort and twist fascinatingly, almost unnaturally so. The flat marshes and wetlands sprawling across the sour land like a virus, the thick, murky water seeping into every cold crack. A dangerous place for the imagination would be alone in that ancient forest. A place so solitary and austere, only the most depraved and desperate would seek to find solace in its rotted wood.
By Maximillian Kennedy6 years ago in Horror
Creatures of Embyria
Creatures of Embyria Kaylyn lay awake, staring out the window of the makeshift hospital room, overlooking the peaceful sleeping city of Embyra. The moon was full tonight, it illuminated far into the distance. She could make out the Watchmen walking the ramparts and the faint glow of fire from the war waging just beyond the city walls. Running her hand across the bandages around her head feeling for the wound underneath, she thought of her friends and comrades still out there fighting and longed to join them again. She prayed for their safety and that they would survive the night. She sat in a room with three other wounded soldiers. They were survivors of the most recent battle against the Shathi Tribesmen. In the bed opposite her slept Joven, a small wiry man from the South lands. He sustained major slash wounds across his chest and arms. Kaylyn remembered being awoken by his pleading with medics that he could still fight as they were being carted away from the battlefield to the relative safety Embyra. There was also Kade, a man Kaylyn didn't know beyond that he'd worked logistics and somehow suffered a leg injury. Finally, there was Bando, who was large thickly muscled and stood a head taller than any other man she'd ever seen. He was renowned as one of the fiercest warriors in the Embyrian army, a veteran of dozens of battles. Naturally she was surprised to find him among the injured.
By Brennan Johnston6 years ago in Horror
