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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.
The Hand and the Parasite
Reece Billy was just your average high school student, going through the motions of teenage life. He had a crush on a girl named Sarah, who he had been friends with since they were kids. He played in the school's football team, and was trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life after graduation. But all that changed one day when the alien parasites arrived on Earth.
By Traumatic World3 years ago in Horror
Surviving the Undead
It was just another typical day at John Doe High School, but little did the students know that it would be their last normal day. The morning began with the usual hustle and bustle of students arriving to school, but something was off. The streets were eerily quiet and the sky was overcast. The students didn't think much of it, but as the day progressed, strange things started happening.
By Traumatic World3 years ago in Horror
The Artist
I take my glasses off to wipe them, unable to read the words before me. After placing them back onto my face, I realize that it changed nothing. What did these words say? My mind doesn't keep up, yet my hand continues to move. Were these words my thoughts? Is my brain trying to protect me? I would've thought that at least focusing on a word would allow me to understand, but it doesn't.
By Varsha Kewalramani3 years ago in Horror
The City of Shadows
Something sinister infused the air. It oozed out of cracks on the pavement, dispersed from the generic, flickering-tube-light lit shops – Raju Xerox, Prabheem Dry Fruits – and gathered momentum with the rapidly fading light, which cast a gloom over the whole city of Chhayapur, India (noteworthy attractions: non-existent), marking the end of another disillusioning day, indistinguishable from yesterday.
By Varsha Kewalramani3 years ago in Horror
A Christmas Feast
It’s the week before Christmas, and people rush to do their last-minute shopping. The plaza’s décor is bright with festive colors. The parking lot lamps are decorated to look like giant jingle bells and candy canes. Christmas carols blare from the speakers mingling with the constant chatter of the shoppers. Eight-year-old Cody misses Massachusetts at Christmas. There it would be snowing, and you would have to wear a heavy winter coat and snow boots. The temperature would be slightly above freezing, causing your nose to run and your eyes to water. He can’t get used to the seventy-degree weather of Tucson and people Christmas shopping wearing shorts. Tucson certainly isn’t Massachusetts by any means. His father moved here for work. He is in the construction business, building houses, and in nineteen sixty-six, it is booming. His father told Cody he’d get used to it, to give it some time. Cody supposes he’s right, but he still misses snow. Tucson sometimes gets snow, but it’s way up on the mountains. It can look pretty. One other nice thing about Tucson is the night sky. You can see so many stars! Why just the other night, Cody saw at least twenty or thirty shooting stars falling toward earth over the desert. It was amazing.
By Varsha Kewalramani3 years ago in Horror
Santa Claus is Coming to the Party
Alex and I were messing up my makeup and hair in the guest bedroom where all the coats and purses were being stashed. We’d locked the door, but no one had tried to get in within the last fifteen minutes. This was a good thing because my bra had just come off.
By Varsha Kewalramani3 years ago in Horror
