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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 Essence
The Essence...Never Close Your Eyes in the Nighttime Hours The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. As soon as she lit it, Gwen immediately blew it out, realizing she had made a tremendous mistake.
By Megan Virginia Sennett4 years ago in Horror
The Candle
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Two young boys bore witness; it was a moonless night, just as chilly as it was dark. A harsh breeze pushed through the trees and howled at their backs. The boys had seen the cabin a few times before. Over the years, they had crossed paths with the cabin frequently enough that they didn’t think anything of it by this point; it was just the same old cabin. The funny thing about the cabin was that when they were younger, the boys had tried to find the cabin again after crossing its path. They embarked on several searches, but were never able to find it. See, they had only ever been able to find the cabin when they had no idea where they were going; when they were truly lost. It was not far to civilization from either side of the woods, so they did not typically panic when they found themselves in this situation. One of the boys would just say, “Oh look, there's the old cabin again. We must be lost,” then they would laugh and carry on their way. But tonight, they stopped. There had never been a light in the window before. The wind howled and the trees quaked.
By Nick Dehler4 years ago in Horror
A Thousand Empty Cabins
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It wasn't an inviting sight. The kind you'd see on a wintry Christmas eve, with lights draped around the window and snow cresting the bow of the roof firmly threatened by a gust of wind that it might fall upon the deck. Nor was it the kind you hope to see after a long journey. Your feet weary, back hurting and ready for a soft bed to embrace your cracked bones. It was the kind that harbored a unique type of malice."
By Devan Rhea4 years ago in Horror
Zero
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was the last time I ever lit a candle, but the memory of that night was still so visceral, sometimes I wondered if the tiny flame had burned my soul, and my scarred memory was the invisible damage that would never heal. Never be smooth, and soft, and free from pain.
By Monique Danielle4 years ago in Horror
Finding Fitzgerald
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window… That’s the first time Kizzy stopped in her tracks that night. An eerie feeling sent chills down her spine told her it would not be the last time. No one should be in that house, not at this hour. Everyone in her small town home of Springfield, Louisiana went to bed at 10:30pm. There were no street lights and the woods got so dark at night, you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. The only reason Kizzy dared venture out in the great black woods was because tonight was a full moon and Mercury was in retrograde. She needed to do a trauma release ritual underneath the iconic full moon right at 11:11pm that night.
By Ariel Celeste4 years ago in Horror
The Hand of Fate
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Though, Celia felt she’d always been here in the immense comforts of the cabin’s warm air and hard wood cedar interior. The smell of chocolate and old books permeated her senses as she turned the page to her book she’d been far too much into, to venture outside today.
By Daniel Pierce4 years ago in Horror
