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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.

An Ominous Warning
Part 11 It had just turned dusk in the Argentine town. The sky was crimson, and eerily calm. The only movement was very quiet as the town's residents prepared for the long winter. There was a sense of fear that hovered over the town. Recently a man had washed up on the shore, and ever since people had been turning up missing. This has included several of the local constables that were investigating the disappearances. Without protection, the town's inhabitants no longer felt safe.
By DaMaGe 4 years ago in Horror
Where
I cleaned the blood off my hands with the McDonald's napkins and drove off into the night. Jonathan deserved it. He cheated on me, many times. He said he liked how I was crazy, so I finally showed him what crazy looks like. Now I’m gonna dump his pathetic body on the roadside (next to my last ex) and let Mother Nature do the rest of the work. I put on my playlist and smile like I won the lottery. God it feels good to be crazy. Morales and forgiveness bore me, I’d rather get the job done myself than depend on Karma. Plus, I get to have fun playing with organs and making funny faces with their mouth and eyes. I probably shouldn’t do that to my patients when I’m a doctor.
By Mara Sultan4 years ago in Horror
Cooper's Circle
Lost, dark and cold - Cooper stumbled out of the trees and down to the road. Knowing that all roads must lead somewhere he had hope. Standing finally on solid ground, he stretched out his aching joints and wiped the debris from his clothes. Looking left and right he wondered which direction was home. Headlights in the distance caught his attention. He breathed a sigh of relief and started to wave his arms. An old, red, battered Ford pickup pulled alongside him. The passenger window descended. Finally, a break; Cooper felt like he was saved.
By Tom Brad4 years ago in Horror
I Took The Vaccine, It's Changing Me
Look I'm not an anti vaccine or anything, I do my best to get my regular flu shots every year and with Covid slowing dying down a bit I figured it was the best to get into the new vaccine. There are multiple vaccines out now but all of them weren't ready for the general public. That's when I begun my search to see if there were any more producers out there for it.
By ChronoPasta4 years ago in Horror
The Old Clock
Tick. I look up from my book. It's some boring, dry piece of literature they had the audacity to call a classic. The clock looks at me assumingly from its position upon the mantle.
By Elizabeth Pugh Ruiz4 years ago in Horror
Shadow Takes All
I'm a gambler, its an addiction to most but I consider that to be loser talk. Its only an issue if you lose, and I don't lose. Cards are my game. Blackjack and Texas Holdem. I've bested most of the local casinos here in Cripple Creek, CO. If you have ever been there then you know how small the community is. it's an old mining town that was turned into a small gamblers paradise.
By ChronoPasta4 years ago in Horror
Makeup artist
“Come on Emily, you know we’ve got a lot to do. We start shooting in two weeks and Jake wants to be sure you’ll have the cadaver prop done in time.” Gazing contentedly at her drawing Emily turned to Liz and showed the up and coming actress the portrait. “This would be perfect for the cadaver.” Liz peered at the picture her brunette hair falling over her shoulder, hazel eyes shining mischievously. “Handsome. I can’t wait to see how you pull this one off.”
By Kat Pond4 years ago in Horror
A Tear In Time
Lilith woke up to a world thrown into chaos. It started with her mother screaming from the living room downstairs; Lilith found herself hurrying to get dressed and get ready before she made her way downstairs to the source of the noise.
By Mariam Naeem5 years ago in Horror
Broke Down House. Top Story - August 2021.
There is something red on the lawn. It glistens below the pyrifolia tree. There is something red on the lawn. Coarse, bristling nettles. It glistens below the pyrifolia tree. There is something red on the lawn.
By C S Hughes5 years ago in Horror
A Life Broken
How did a box get on my steps? I moved to this remote place to put distance between me and civilization. I deliberately don't get mail or deliveries here. There's a locked gate at the end of a not well kept drive.
By Pam Reeder5 years ago in Horror
Fathers Last Story
I was dying in the hospital when my dad came to see me for the last time. I had a rare heart defect, one in five hundred thousand, the doctor said, and it was slowly killing the organ that kept me alive. I had been completely unaware of the defect when I'd collapsed at work a few weeks ago. I had died three times on the way to the hospital, and when they finally got my heart started properly, I was immediately put on a donor list. The chances weren't good, but they were there. My doctor said I might last a month, but it would probably be more like a week or two. I lay in bed, weak as a kitten and unable to do much for fear it would damage my heart further. Dad had been coming to see me every day, reading to me and talking to me, and for that, I was thankful.
By Joshua Campbell5 years ago in Horror
Storm
The pitter patter of the rain on your window had been a lullaby as you drifted off to sleep, thunder rumbling in the distance. Stormy nights had always been your favorite, when you could feel the stirring of an ancient strange magic in the air around you.
By Kierra Wilson5 years ago in Horror