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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 Dark Christmas
The Dark Christmas Chapter 1 The snow was beating on the windshield of the car. Even with the wipers on the fastest setting Jack couldn’t see a thing. His GPS had taken him on a road he’d never been on before so he was driving slowly on the windy back road. The snow was picking up and he wanted to be home early to see his kids for the first Christmas they’d actually remember.
By Tony Pabon4 years ago in Horror
Jack and Jill
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was purposely lit. It was time to draw them in and make them pay for what they had done.
By Lisa Gledhill4 years ago in Horror
The Lit Candle
This is the other side of "The Body In The Bed" It was inspired by the post below from Dharrsheena Raja Segarran and more cajoling from here and Elizabeth Strange .
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Horror
The Fire Watches You
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was unusual seeing life this deep in the woods, even more so on the expanse land of the reserve, but there was no denying the flickering from the cabin below. Milo watched nervously from the lookout tower. He could handle wildfires, but a burning candle meant something more troublesome: humans.
By Chelsey Louise4 years ago in Horror
Light in the Dark
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It was such a small thing, insignificant to the darkness surrounding it. What could one candle hope to accomplish, awash in the black seas of infinity? What could it illuminate here, in this dank, decrepit dump? Dust? Decay?
By Christian Oxford4 years ago in Horror
Miranda
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. And Miranda was preparing for her next victim.
By Sonja Vogdt4 years ago in Horror
The Man Who Studied Monsters
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. They weren’t supposed to go in there, but the camping trip had been crashed by a violent thunderstorm. Luckily, Kurt Andrews and his wife, Brenda, knew the old cabin was nearby. They had set up the tent underneath the trees in the woods, but the weather had squashed those plans.
By Wilson Campbell4 years ago in Horror
Fractured Flame
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. “Jeremy,” Lauren called to her husband, leaning over the kitchen sink and squinting her eyes to peer through the window. “Come here, do you see this?”
By Kelsey Hodges4 years ago in Horror
The Cabin Creature
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The local elders told the storied of the cabin. “Those who enter are never seen again!” they would cry. Its enough to keep the children away, but the teenagers aren't going to be fooled by some silly story. Parents just don’t want their children getting splinters on an old house, or running off to far into the woods, or talking to a stranger! Heidi and Gabriel grew up on the stories, and the night the candle burned they decided to end it once and for all. They were fed up with adults scaring children into submission. “Oh, don’t go to the cabin, you’ll never return! Don’t stay up past 12 or a monster will eat you! don’t ask more than 6 questions a day or the ground will swallow you up!” Heidi had had enough. When she and Gabriel returned from the cabin in the morning with video evidence that nothing bad happened to them parents would have to admit to all their lies! They packed their bags with torches, spare batteries, a few snacks and drinks and set off into the woods. They told all their friends where they were going, in hopes that they’d join them, but the chickens didn’t want to come. Heidi scoffed at their stupidity. Believing all that nonsense? She was glad Gabriel wasn’t that stupid. Their mission would save hundreds of children for being scared senseless, she thought more people would like that! But apparently not. People would rather be scared. They trudged through the forest alone on this moonlit night, two 17-year-olds determined to make it through the night without getting scared. Only babies would get scared of a house. The candle gleamed in the window leading the kids to the house with ease. Though the flame was bright, they couldn’t see inside the house at all. Heidi slowly knocked on the door and waited a few seconds for someone to answer. No one came. She reached out to knock again, but before her hand could reach the door it slowly creaked open. The two stepped into the house slowly, the door creaking shut behind them. To their surprise, the interior was clean and decorated, with a fire in the fireplace and two hot chocolates on the coffee table. there was an axe in a log next to the fire, and a sofa in the middle of the room. There was another door that led into a different room, but they decided to leave it be. The wall paper was green and pink, matching the floral pattern on the sofa. The mugs were on two wooden coasters on top of a white crocheted table cloth. Gabriel moved the camera around, recording everything they saw. Heidi picked up one of the hot chocolates and sipped it. “Mhh, sweet!” she grinned, sitting on the sofa and resting her feet on the table. “See! There’s nothing wrong with this house!” Gabriel nodded in response, filming Heidi drinking the hot chocolate. “Whose cabin do you think this is?” he whispered, placing the camera on the table facing them. He sat next to Heidi, but more tense than her. “Who cares? No ones been in here in years!” she laughed. “Then who made the hot chocolates?” Heidi paused for a moment. She placed the hot chocolate on the table and headed towards the other door. She opened it and called out: “hello?”
By Kat4 years ago in Horror
Crash
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window." It had been an interesting headline in the newsletter a few weeks ago. One that a person would pause at to read then carry on to the next interesting headline. Being an officer I had just assumed it was some rampant teenager who broke into the place just to mess with people. There had been an older couple about two years back that had lived in the place but they had both been pronounced dead leaving the house vacant. The wife had passed and the husband passed about a month later in his grief according to officer Frank Bennent. He always said it was a pretty gruesome case to handle. I can only imagine what it had to be like. Anytime the newsletter story was brought up his face would become gaunt looking. He would gaze off looking at some hidden traumatic memory playing behind his hard eyes. I would feel sorry for him, no one should have to witness such a tragic sorrow. It really makes one think about their life.
By Abigail Spring4 years ago in Horror
Death
We are surrounded by little deaths. Petals wasting away on arthritic stems. Crippled insects crushed under designer heels. A mangled animal carcass studied by elementary school children. Microscopic fragments from human bodies ringing tubs and dusting shoulders.
By Magdelene D.D.4 years ago in Horror
The Hotel California. Top Story - June 2022.
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Tommy hurried along the worn path, he was late, and his mom didn't like tardiness. The grocer had ignored him to feed the bottled beer to the miners after their shift.
By J. S. Wade4 years ago in Horror