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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.

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8/7 by G. L. Payne
By Gary Payne4 years ago in Horror
The Tragedy of Triskelion
MARK Mark looks in awe as the men in hazmat suits approach the cryotube. After several years of testing and growing inside the tube, test subject SC-143 is ready for DNA sampling. It will finally confirm whether or not it is a definitive hybrid between scorpion and human.
By Mursal Syed4 years ago in Horror
The light in the darkness.
"Where am I? "How did I get here?" The thoughts ran through his mind as Alex woke up in the pitch-black void he found himself within. In the distance was a small glimmer of a reddish light that drew him to its aura in the dark. Once he had arrived, the light came from the stairway that only went down. Without objection and the only insight to his current predicament, Alex chose to go down those steps. Each step bringing only more questions. The walls felt like they were closing in and at the end of this was a large door. The heat radiated off from the door brought a sense of calm, yet unease as this strange place was still new. With a long deep breath, the door was opened. The bright light enveloped him, hot and blinding. His eyes closed tight taking time to see the new place.
By Lord Hien4 years ago in Horror
Yemoja: The beginning
In the dying light of the sun, the children were sitting by the campfire with their parents by the lake. “Who wants marshmallows?” Susan brought in a wicker basket brimming with Graham crackers, Chocolate bars and bags of fluffy white marshmallows.
By Godwin4 years ago in Horror
Luciferase
Doctor Anastasia Hendrikson sighed slowly as yet another specimen wilted and died under the experiment. She pushed herself away from the table, rubbed her eyes slowly and stared at the computer screen. Why wasn’t the program working? It has been years since she first started the experiments on the bioluminescent fungi Mycena luxaeterna, also known as the ‘Eternal Light Mushroom’. However none of the experiments has born any success, and it already cost her her marriage and a relationship with her daughter.
By Andy Schoeman4 years ago in Horror
Party of a Lifetime
I still can’t believe I am here, thought Melanie to herself. There she was on an exotic remote island far from home with a large group of people, partying the night away. It was like a dream. Like most of the world she had been stuck at home and away from her family and friends for months due to the COVID outbreak of 2020. In spite of stay at home orders, she was managed to sneak out and meet up with small groups of friends without any complications with law enforcements or becoming a victim of COVID herself. However, she still missed the concert vibe, that feeling of being with one collective whole group experiencing the same event. With COVID cases on the rise again, she knew it would be a matter of time before local governments would shut everything down again.
By Iris Harris4 years ago in Horror
The Attic Door
I feel the cool breath on my cheek, but I keep reminding myself it’s nothing. It’s just a cold night… don’t open your eyes. Don’t open your eyes…
By Mycheille Norvell4 years ago in Horror
The Secret of Arkcroft Manor
"Come, Brother!" Joseph's familiar voice called out yet again, ringing with almost childlike exuberance. "Come and see!" To any rational, outside observer, this alone would seem an innocuous request, harmlessly echoing down the well-polished halls of Arkcroft Manor. Even when considering the absurdly early hour of the day, the words themselves did little to raise cause for alarm, and yet, warded off in the upstairs' master bedroom, a pool of cold sweat accumulated beneath Niklaus' sleep-deprived body all the same. Despite being draped in all manner of finery, beneath his canopy of mahogany and silks, the lord of Arkcroft, Niklaus Croft, appeared as death itself, his ribs protruding, cheeks hollow, and eyes sunken.
By Ethan Fernau4 years ago in Horror
Green Light Decisions
The glow of the green light swells in the small, dark room around me. Reaching fingers coax the shadows from the dank corners and paints the walls with the sickly hue. The room is alive with the color green. Breathing steadily and watching me intently, the walls rise around me like a judgmental wave waiting to drown me in its depths.
By Kelsey Miklovic4 years ago in Horror
Red Light, Green Light
I come from a shitty little town with not much to do. The best thing about it is the 'you are now leaving' sign. Unemployment and drinking problems are rife. I'm telling you this so you can appreciate that me and my friends were typical dumb teenagers who were also bored and that's why we started playing the game. I'm sure you've heard of it, it's called red light, green light. It has a few different names depending on where you are in the world but it's played the same way, one of you has your back to the others while they try to sneak up and touch you to take your place but if you turn around everyone has to stop and stand perfectly still. If anyone moves while you're looking they're out. It's the sort of silly game that most people leave behind when they're about ten.
By Angela Nolan4 years ago in Horror
Modern and Primeval
The stoplight turned green, a little orb of ignored order, as the cars drone around in a pretense of controlled order, I casually watched the kingdom crumble.
By Melissa Eaves4 years ago in Horror
That night was never pass yet
Last night I met a weird girl I was coming from a party and she was walking at the local park at 10:00pm and in Florence it is very late to walk in park, I shrugged it off, bit it's still weird.
By Arpan Das4 years ago in Horror