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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 Smiling Shadows
It started with a dream. Maya had always been a dreamer. The kind who could remember every detail upon waking—faces, voices, even the faintest smells. But there was something wrong with this one. The dream began in a dark, empty house, one that felt familiar yet distant, like an old memory she could never quite place. She walked through the rooms, her footsteps echoing on the cold, wooden floors. The walls were bare, but there was something about the silence that weighed heavily on her chest. And then, she saw them.
By Ubaid Khan7 months ago in Horror
The Monkey's Paw ' part II '
Part II In the brightness of the wintry sun next morning as it streamed over the breakfast table he laughed at his fears. There was an air of prosaic wholesomeness about the room which it had lacked on the previous night, and the dirty, shriveled little paw was pitched on the side-board with a carelessness which betokened no great belief in its virtues.
By Moments & Memoirs7 months ago in Horror
In my room
It started with the door. Not slamming, not creaking—just opening. I was eight years old the first time I noticed it. Every night, I’d close the attic door tight, latch it, and go to bed. Every morning, it was open. Just a crack. Nothing too dramatic—just enough to make my skin crawl.
By Hasbanullah7 months ago in Horror
The Ghost in My Bed
The air in Mia’s apartment was heavy, thick with the scent of lavender candles she burned to mask her grief. It had been six months since Leo’s car accident, six months since the hospital’s sterile hum replaced his laughter. At night, alone in their bed, she clutched his old flannel shirt, willing his warmth to return. Then, one midnight, it did.
By Shakespeare Jr7 months ago in Horror
