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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.

My Son Keeps Asking About the Room We Never Had
He knows what happened there, even thogh it doesn’t exist By Anees Ul Ameen My son learned the layout of our house faster than I expected.
By anees8 days ago in Horror
Inside Beelitz-Heilstätten — Germany’s Most Haunted Hospital and Its Haunting Ghost Evidence
Beelitz-Heilstätten is about 50 km southwest of the capital, a vast network of disintegrating brick structures and overgrown paths that has become notorious throughout Germany as the most haunted place in the country. Yet prior to its phantom fame was a truly living and living-breathing history, dating over a century and embracing medicine, global conflict, occupation, decline, and ultimately myth.
By Kyrol Mojikal8 days ago in Horror
The Sixtieth Second
The Sixtieth Second The evening of December 31, 2025 wasn’t like any other. A weird sense of foreboding lay over the world—not an exhilaration at new beginnings, but a kind of boniness in the air; like when there’s this too-silent hush before news comes down that shatters everything. Millions gathered in Times Square and throughout the world’s capitals. But from a screen in his darkened bedroom, Adam had watched the festivities with an unplaceable dread.
By WR.Sandy Maher9 days ago in Horror
Back to Work (Part 5)
And I’m not weird. I don’t care what Tommy Sizemore says. And if you’re the kind of person who listens to Tommy Sizemore, I should probably pray for you. But I’m not gonna do that. Say your own goddamn prayers and stop expecting me to do everything. No, wait. I don’t mean it. Really, I’ll pray for you. Just don’t leave, okay?
By Harper Lewis9 days ago in Horror
The Echoing Asylum of Silaos: Where the Patients Never Left | SEASON FINALE
Chatpter 10 CHRONICLER’S LOG: A recovered page from Father Elias’s final journal is stained with what appears to be a black, oily substance. The handwriting is erratic and panicked. The entry describes the Queen as a 'psychic virus,' a gestalt entity composed of every soul that has been broken within the asylum. Its goal is not to possess, but to assimilate.
By Tales That Breathe at Night9 days ago in Horror
Cinderwood Ache
It wasn’t a memory, not really. Memories had edges, context, the faint scent of real experience. This was different. This was a raw, visceral ache for a place I’d never laid eyes on, a longing so potent it felt like a limb I’d lost. It started small, a flicker in the back of my mind, a vague image of grey stone and twisting, bare branches against a bruised sky. Then it became a whisper, then a shout. Every night, the same damn dream. Always Cinderwood Hall. Always on the edge of some bleak, windswept moor.
By HAADI9 days ago in Horror
The Stranger Things Finale Ended with a Bittersweet Sign of Hope
While I wasn't a huge fan of the second volume of Stranger Things, I'm glad to say that the Duffer Brothers were saving the best for last. The final episode was filled with a lot of action, loss, and tears. I did not expect one specific character to die, and it was a huge shock for me, and wow, I definitely did underestimate the Duffer Brothers on this one.
By Emy Quinn10 days ago in Horror
The Basement
The week started so normal. I would go to work, came home, rinse and repeat. But today, everything started to go wrong. On my drive home, something just felt...off. It was something that I couldn't place, a feeling that I couldn't name. I chalked it up to having a stressful day at work, and continued my drive as normal. I got to my apartment building, and started the descent into the underground parking lot. As always, the garage was dimly lit, cold and damp as I circled around going to each ramp to descend another level. I always got annoyed with how far down I actually had to go, but its cheaper down there, so I couldn't really complain.
By Kit10 days ago in Horror
Everyone Gets a Turn
The Guess Who? board had been turned face down when Noah found it. It sat beneath the guest bed, half-buried in dust and spiderwebs, its red plastic warped as if it had been left near heat. When Noah flipped it over, the board opened by itself with a soft, eager clack. Rows of yellow doors stared up at him.
By Christina Nelson 10 days ago in Horror
Coming and Going (Part 4). Content Warning.
She came easily enough. I told her I thought I saw that girl who was missing. Those eyes looked almost through me, but just in time, I remembered to use the Jedi mind trick, and I stopped them from seeing things they shouldn’t. I knew she was from the dark side by that shrill edge in her voice, even when she was all have a nice day and God bless and all of that phony shit people say but don’t mean.
By Harper Lewis10 days ago in Horror
The Godfather King (Part 3). Content Warning.
I felt terrible after I hid Polly’s ribbon in my cigar box that I keep under the loose floorboard in the corner where you climb out to the rope swing. If you climb way out on that branch, you can see in Heather Reynolds’s bedroom window. Well, it’s not her window anymore. Her family moved away after the fire, which wasn’t my fault. I used to watch her and her boyfriend in the afternoons before her parents got home from work. She used to babysit me sometimes, before the fire. The fire wasn’t my fault.
By Harper Lewis11 days ago in Horror
Looking through Glass. Content Warning.
Darkness. Everywhere, darkness. I can't open my eyes! Why can't I open my eyes? My eyes feel like they're sewn shut, but I think they're just caked with something that's tearing out my eyelashes when I try to pry them open. Same difference in the moment, big difference in the end. My clumsy, cold fingertips claw at the crust until the tears flow freely and I can see reasonably well through the deluge.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist11 days ago in Horror