Horror

Wilda's Reflection
Wilda avoided mirrors after midnight. She knew what stared back wasn’t her— the eyes were too wide, the smile too slow. Last night, curiosity won.
By Shai Andersonabout a year ago in Chapters
Blood in the Pines. Content Warning.
Blood in the Pines The trail was old but steady—just enough pawprints pressed into the damp earth for Pete to keep going. He’d been tracking since dawn, keeping his rifle low and his thoughts quieter than the wind.
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
The Silver Lance. Content Warning.
The Moon Flower — Moonlit Conversation, in Wolf-form — The air was thick with pine sap and wolf sweat from running free. They lay in the clearing, flanks heaving, steam rising from their bodies in the cold. Not human. Not beast. Both. Enough of each to speak — not with mouths, but something deeper. A language pulled from the marrow, shaped in thought and breath.
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
The Bull. Content Warning.
“The Bull” *~ Game Warden Pete POV* The bull was spread open like a book. Ribs cracked wide, steam still lifting off the torn muscle. Flies already circling, fat and slow in the morning heat.
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
States of Grace
The cursor blinked on Grace’s monitor, steady, smug, like it had all the time in the world. She scrolled back up through the fifty-page document she’d been assigned that morning: “User Installation and Configuration Guidelines for the QuantumNet v4.2 Modular Router System.” Every line was a battlefield of passive voice and jargon.
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
The Whispers of a Forgotten Star. AI-Generated.
The Whispers of a Forgotten Star: A Single Night's Reckoning One night. One star. One chance to heal the world. The year is 2077. Earth, a skeletal whisper of its former self, lies suffocating under a shroud of perpetual twilight, choked by the dust of forgotten wars. Humanity endures within the colossal arcologies, steel and glass behemoths that pierce the poisoned skies. Outside, the Wastelands stretch endlessly, a desolate canvas rumored to harbor mutated nightmares and forgotten whispers of the past.
By Rubylandabout a year ago in Chapters
The Town That Disappears Every Night at 10PM
I never believed in stories like this. You know the ones — strange towns, cursed people, unexplainable rules. I always thought they were written for people who wanted to feel like life had more magic than it really does. But that was before I found Wicklow.
By Elliabout a year ago in Chapters
End of Man Chapter 2 - James
Chapter 2: James The raucous laughter and banter coming from the other passengers in the car belied the anxiety that James felt. There were four in total, including himself, riding in the gaudy red sports car they had boosted from a parking garage earlier that day. In an attempt to quell the anxiety tumbling around in his stomach, James tried to catch what was coming through the radio. It was difficult given that he was in the back seat and had to try to catch what was being said through the other's boisterousness.
By Chris Santiagoabout a year ago in Chapters
Double A Higher power
⸻ Yarcs: (low, wistful tone) “Janis had her harpoon — shiny, sharp, full of promises that fizzled into the void. Me? I got AA—not the group. Not heroin, baby. Hydrogen, alkaline, maybe a touch of lithium if I’m lucky.
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
The Fractured Veil
In the distant land of Aetherwyn, where reality and myth once lived in harmony, the Veil—a mystical boundary separating the mortal realm from the Shadowlands—had protected the world for centuries. But now, it was weakening.
By Zahir Ali Khanabout a year ago in Chapters
The Chain of Tituba
Ah. You’re back. Good. I have something to show you. No, don’t touch that. Or that. Especially not the jar labeled “cranial regret.”
By Mark Stigers about a year ago in Chapters
Chapter 1: The Disturbance
Orange strands of fiery delight painted the horizon. This golden bleeding over the jagged horizon of the Four Corners gave the desert a violent infernal glow.
By Sai Marie Johnsonabout a year ago in Chapters