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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.
Three Visits at Midnight
I awoke that night to the sound of furious hammering. My brain, dragging itself from sleep. struggled to place the noise. It was a drum. It was a rifle discharging. It was the walls of the house falling down around me. I opened my eyes.
By Justin Cawthorne6 years ago in Horror
The Belsnickel. Top Story - December 2019.
1. Mary Alice Sherwood disappeared on Halloween night. Every bit of her, right down to her crooked bunny ears and the powder puff tail pinned to her white coat, was swallowed by the chilly, bonfire-smoky dark of the Woodside suburb in which she lived. She was eight years old, trick-or-treating with her peers in her safe neighborhood under the admittedly relaxed supervision of a young sitter, and she was never seen again. The respectable, upwardly mobile households of Woodside shrank in upon themselves in shock and disbelief for a time, neighborhood watches became vigilant once again, and children were confined to their yards where parental eyes could fall upon them at any moment. Now, as Christmas approached, holiday furor and excitement displaced the sharpest spur of fear, and the Sherwoods’ tragedy had faded a bit from the forefront of neighborhood conversations. After all, no one really knew them very well. They kept to themselves, in the cul-de-sac of Hemlock Circle, where their only neighbor was an empty house for sale. The search continued for little Mary Alice, the police patrol car still made its rounds several times a day, and the residents of Woodside would have gathered in sympathy around the Sherwoods had they been welcome. They were not.
By Liz Zimmers6 years ago in Horror
The Hunted
Supernaturals are being hunted down by hunters that can temporarily take the powers of those they hunt, allowing them to further hunt down more. Making them the ultimate killing machines. As the killings continue they gain more knowledge on attracting and killing supernaturals. 25 years have past since they've started and the supernaturals have started to fight back trying to regain their freedom and to preserve their kind.
By Marcus Chee6 years ago in Horror
Slayer Savvy
Name's Sascha. I'm not as well-known as the male resistors. Yes, we're all made and resist the strain itself. We rebirth into our next lives with no memory of being made, but a strong sense of duty to our last left purpose as we died. We can't remember that unless we Awaken, which is the process of remembering all our lives. I'm reborn from Ileana, not Illona, Jusztina Szilagyi Tepes.
By Alexandra F6 years ago in Horror
Men Who Do Not Burn
Men Who Do Not Burn By Amanda Orive. “He was born of fire, their home set aflame one night by an enemy. The panic sent his mother into labor two months too soon. Her midwife, a trusted ally, tried to get her out, but it was too late…” The old woman stirred the soup on the stove. “She was crowning, moving into labor fast, too fast. They found a closet further from the bulk of the flames, and settled. Most of the fair woman’s clothing had been burnt off; there was no difficulty in moving what was left to help with the child.”
By Amanda Panda6 years ago in Horror
The World of Death
June 16, 2026 Every day the body count gets higher and higher. I have been forced to stay within my fortress, my wife and I. My wife, Myra, I administered to her three injections of entirely experimental "CF-X." I did this in hopes of curing her terminal illness of the heart. This illness is caused by a fatal combination of genetics and lifetime of bad habits. I shall observe her until further notice.
By Briana Marie6 years ago in Horror
Payne of the Bite (Pt. 9)
"When those truly in charge, known as the "Higher-Ups," received a call from a bio-weapons corporation that gossiped about fusing a man-eating virus with a prototype embryo, their interest was piqued. The were known as the heirs to legendary hitmen ""Higher-Ups" were obsessed with transforming an army of mystic warriors and rapidly evolving creatures into bio-weapon militias. Through the underground facility security cameras, those truly in charge witnessed this formula of evolution while testing their theories."
By LUiS Wrote THiS UNiVERSE6 years ago in Horror
The Red Rats
The Red Rats By Amanda Orive. I believe in Satan. That is to say, I believe that he exists. Yes, that is an outdated perspective belonging to the generations of old that looked at the stars in the sky and said, “What a marvel! There must be a God!” (And of course, that thought naturally led to His perfect opposite). However, heed my words well: I know not whether there ever was a God, but I know that True Evil exists, for I have witnessed it firsthand. And yes, I have perpetuated it, too.
By Amanda Panda6 years ago in Horror
