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A terrible night
Elisa had always been afraid of spirits, ever since she was a little girl. Her parents used to tell her stories of ghosts and demons that haunted the forests around their village, and Elisa would always be terrified. She would cover her head with the blankets and stay up all night, too scared to close her eyes.
By Saud Sabir3 years ago in Horror
The Phantasmagoric Castle
When I was a child, I had a recurring dream that always left me feeling unsettled. In the dream, I found myself wandering through a misty forest with no clear destination in mind. The trees were tall and imposing, their branches reaching up towards the sky like skeletal fingers.
By M Bilal Anayat3 years ago in Horror
The Cabin in the Woods
Amanda and her companions arrived at the isolated cabin in the woods as soon as the sun started to set. In an effort to have a relaxing weekend away from the bustle of the city, they had leased the cabin. But Amanda couldn't get rid of the uneasy sensation she had about the cabin.
By Sowmya Kavya3 years ago in Horror
The Abandoned Cabin
It was a stormy, gloomy night. On their journey to a weekend cabin they had rented in the woods, Sarah and her friends had been in a car for a long time. The downpour made it difficult to see and the road was winding and narrow. Sarah was eager to arrive and begin their fun-filled weekend.
By Sowmya Kavya3 years ago in Horror
The Mirror's Curse
I stood there frozen, staring at the reflection of a woman who looked just like me, but with a sinister smile on her face. I tried to step away from the mirror, but my feet wouldn't move. Suddenly, the reflection started to change. It wasn't just a different version of me, it was a different world entirely.
By Muhammad Ali3 years ago in Horror
The Darkness - Part II
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn’t my own. As I passed through the veil between Hatherden and The Otherside, the home I knew was gone. Replaced with a replica that was all wrong. As I walked forward the cool forest behind me faded into a burning place. The path ahead was hot and dry and it bit at me with a violent gust. The shapes of the trees and land were the same but the colors were all perverse. Green bouncing leaves melded away into shades of brown. Dead and dry. Everything in me screamed I was going the wrong way but this was the only passage to the dragons. The one last chance I had for revenge on those creatures and the witches that wielded their fire breathing powers. I inhaled the new realm and stagnant air singed my nostrils. I turned to look one last time at my home and there turning back at me was the stark reflection of my body. It moved like me and I recognized it like seeing a ghost of myself. Never having encountered this obscure opening before, I wasn't alarmed at first. Rather, I compared things carefully. The likeness of the forest I knew so well was still there. The same huge trees. The same stones and shapes. Even the bushes in the small gap where the doe had leapt away were still vibrating from her hasty departure. But where there should have been lush leaves dipped in orange sunset hues, these trees in The Otherside were bare and dead. I looked back at the forest from where I had come. Where the sweet air sparked with evening dew. When I turned to look into the path ahead, in the space that filled in around the veil, the air was just black and empty. Only dust swirled with the hot, dry dimension. There wasn’t a bird song to be heard and there were no little animals watching from the safety of the thick forest. I immediately felt its emptiness. A halo was cast around the veil where I had just stepped through and in it I could see my reflection leaving Hatherden. I could see myself coming and going at the same time. I lifted my arms to my face in curious confirmation. The dark shadow that was me lifted her arms too. I dropped my hands to my sides and the figure dropped hers too. Then just as swiftly her arms seemed to grow into the ground. They doubled in length until her hands touched the dirt and then disappeared into the soil. I watched in horror as my limbs in my reflection descended like this. Both arms and then my shoulders seemed to melt into black streaks. Then my torso lengthened and my silhouette grew as tall as a tree. Around the reflection I could still see the green and gold of Hatherden but now my body was unrecognizable. My face melted into my neck. Where my eyes should have been were empty, black sockets. Where my mouth should have been there was only a gaping hole. My teeth grew from it like long fangs that then reached past my chin and as they did so did my fingers curve and grow into long claws that stretched across the ground like roots. I looked to my own hands in panic but here on The Otherside I could no longer see them. I looked at my torso but it had also vanished. As had my legs and my feet. I tried to feel for my face again and as I did, so did my grotesque reflection. But I couldn’t feel anything. There was nothing tangible to touch. Had I evaporated into the hot air in The Darkness? Panic filled me as I searched the space for any trace of my body. As I did I could see the demon looking at me searching her body in unison. Her gaping mouth opened in despair. Her claws scraped at the lines of what should have been my frame. Then, faintly all around me, I heard them. The cries of the dead. Respit had warned me when I touched the green flame and now I remembered her fairy cautionings. The price was my soul and the green flame would seal that agreement with the dead that haunted The Darkness in The Otherside. I had thought the price was the dragon's head or my soul and I had never doubted myself that I would find the dragon or die trying. I just hadn’t expected I would lose my soul upon entry. Never had it occurred to me! That was not what I had asked of the fairies! If only Piz was here with Zen and Bali in tow, they could pull me loose from this nightmare. We would gallop away from this evil place. But now I had nothing. No horse! I was nothing! No body to fight with! Was this my soul looking at me? I stared back at her and she stayed still. So still she just looked like a shadow in the forest that framed her.
By Mary Jackson3 years ago in Horror
Monster in The Mirror
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. At first, I thought it was just a trick of the light or maybe a smudge on the glass, but as I leaned closer, I realized there was something off about the reflection staring back at me. As I reached out to touch the mirror, I hesitated. A sense of dread crept up inside me, and I felt my heart pounding in my chest. I could see my own reflection in the glass, but something was off.
By TheMoon'sKeeper3 years ago in Horror
Girl in the Mirror
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. I moved my hand and the image reflecting back made the same motion, but it wasn't me. Her face was blurred and gray, entirely monotone in color. I couldn't make out her features clearly, but I could tell she was a girl about the same age as me, twelve years old.
By L. E. Mastilock3 years ago in Horror
