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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 Witch House
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was the first time I’d seen it since I was a child. My family had always owned it; it happened to be on land my father bought after he married my mother. My parents were hardly the type to entertain tales of the supernatural, and thus the legends of the cabin being “haunted” or home to some to some malevolent entity were laughable to them. I was barely aware of the cabin, until in elementary school, when some of my classmates began to giggle about the ghost stories surrounding it. Some kids called it the “Black Cabin” because of its stacked stone facade the color of bonfire smoke. Most kids however, called it the “Witch House,” because of its supposed inhabitant. It went without saying that a “witch” lived there, but what that “witch” actually was, was never elaborated on by the school children. There was no cauldron or broomstick ever mentioned, nor a wart-nosed, cackling woman. The witch was simply an embodiment of all things spooky and scary (or as much as could be imagined by the innocent mind of a child). The mythos of the Witch House was always a bit murky but one thing was agreed upon: when the candle in the window was lit, the witch was home.
By Kyle Manzione4 years ago in Horror
Within the Woods
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Its constant, unmoving flame went unnoticed for days. The worn gray timbers of the cabin groaned painfully, deep within the withered fingers of the forest.
By Mason Allan4 years ago in Horror
Molly has come home!
Molly has returned home! The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window”. Molly had awakened with a jolt it was like something was calling her, but she had no idea what it was in her dream she could see this candle burning. It was a very old, dilapidated cabin like it had been there for a very long time from a long time ago when things in the world we're much eviler and not as simple as they were for her today. She had been having this dream for years every since she was five years old. She did not know why she had this dream, but she knew there was something dark and sinister there something that called to her something that made her question her reality. And she could feel it the darkness it's surrounded her.
By Tracy Worsham4 years ago in Horror
The Cabin in the Woods
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The townsfolk had been waiting to see if what the sign said was true. The sign first appeared on the cabin door the week before. The day was November 28, 2012.
By Hillary Arroyo4 years ago in Horror
The Woman Who Lives In the Cellar
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. An unholy odor akin to wet wool with a hint of singed hair told Marjorie something was wrong before she could make sense of it or even notice the innocuous little light flickering through the sleeting rain and darkness. Her feet were carrying her toward the ramshackle dwelling even though she willed them not to and she found herself repeating a kind of prayer in her head: This isn't real. This isn't real. This cannot be real.
By Tiffany Morgan4 years ago in Horror
A Cabin on an Island
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Or at least I think it was a candle. I squinted and focused my eyes on the window trying to see past the sharp glare of the setting sun. There was a temporary tear in the thick cloud cover and the last bits of orange a yellow sun were poking through the dismal grey.
By Jessica Sid4 years ago in Horror
