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Most recently published stories in Horror.

The Whispering Room
By AliZai Sami wasn’t new to silence. As a freelance writer, he had learned to make peace with the quiet. But the silence in Flat 207 didn’t feel empty — it felt aware. Alive.
By Basit Aliabout a year ago in Horror
The Couple
I was driving down an empty road, following a GPS that been frozen for about thirty minutes. I was warned constantly by my parents that I should brought a fucking map, but I refused. Even though this GPS is old, it never failed me once on any of my trips…until right now.
By Emy Quinnabout a year ago in Horror
👾 Polybius: The Video Game That Didn't Just Play You — It Played With Your Mind. Content Warning.
In the murky haze of early 1980s arcades—amid the buzz of CRT screens and the scent of stale popcorn—there was said to be a machine unlike any other. Unmarked, dark, and strangely magnetic, the game known as Polybius allegedly appeared in a few suburbs of Portland, Oregon… and then disappeared forever.
By E. hasanabout a year ago in Horror
The Blood Moon Pact
Transylvania, 1897. The storm rolled over the Carpathian Mountains like a roaring beast, its claws scratching the ancient stone of Castle Dracula. Lightning illuminated the sky, revealing a silhouette tall and thin as bone, standing at the highest tower, his cloak fluttering like a broken wing.
By Waseem Sahilabout a year ago in Horror
The Round Room
No one remembered building the house at the edge of Leland Hill. It appeared in the county records one spring listed as "abandoned." Locals said it had been there forever-but no one could say what "forever" meant anymore.
By Halie Rawlinsabout a year ago in Horror
Darkness
“I just want the pain to be over.” She thinks to herself as she silently sobs sitting at her office desk. The dwelling thoughts flood her head that life is just one big cruel joke. At one end of the spectrum her fights with her kids' father have mellowed out, but at the other end her life with her wife is still an ongoing tornado of chaos. Homeless and crashing at a family friend's place, the never-ending dread circles her mind “How am I going to survive this?” She hears soft voices in the background as her kids are playing on their phones in the other room. “I know I have to be strong for them.” Even at her lowest she knows her kids love her with all their little hearts, but even their love sometimes isn't strong enough to fight the swarming negative thoughts she fights inside. She tells herself – My kids would be better off without me. Or she tries to convince herself that the older the kids get the less they love her and need her. She knows these thoughts aren't the truth but in dark times the demons in her head are seriously convincing. To quiet the darkness, she goes outside, grabs the rig, sits in the chair and takes such a big hit her lungs weren't big enough to hold it in. She coughs so hard her lungs feel like they could collapse at any second but as she regains her breath the darkness slowly fades to the background. She feels lightheaded like the ground beneath her is swaying ever so gently. She feels the breeze in her hair and just for a second, she thinks maybe I can survive this.
By Halie Rawlinsabout a year ago in Horror
My daughter told me she’s not scared of the dark
Makeda has always been an amazing child — bright, energetic, always full of laughter and curiosity. The absolute joy of my existence.
By Dblkroseabout a year ago in Horror
THE HOSPITAL OF UNKNITTING
Season 1 CHAPTER 1: THE ADMISSION INTERVIEW The fluorescent lights buzzed like angry wasps as Dr. Eleanor Lorne gripped the clipboard. Patient #4479's intake form kept rewriting itself...the ink bubbling up into fresh words before her eyes.
By Tales That Breathe at Nightabout a year ago in Horror
The Substance is a Body Horror Triumph with Incredible Practical Effects
The Substance follows the story of a woman named Elisabeth Sparkle, who is now turning 50 years old. She appears to be living her best life. She is a fitness instructor for a TV show, she is beautiful and rich.
By Emy Quinnabout a year ago in Horror
The House That Breathes
By AliZai They bought the house because it was cheap. Nina and Jacob had only been married three months when they stumbled upon the listing — a two-story Victorian with arched windows, ivy-covered walls, and a price far below market value. "Needs some love," the agent had said with a wink. "Old bones, but solid heart."
By Basit Aliabout a year ago in Horror
The Room No One Opens
They say apartment 4B has been empty for 13 years. No tenants. No furniture. No power. But every night, at exactly 3:00 AM, the lights flicker on.
By Aya Nabilabout a year ago in Horror
The Forgotten Room
The Forgotten Room The apartment was dirt cheap, and Jacob was broke. After months of couch surfing and sleeping in his car, even the creaky floorboards and sour mildew scent felt like luxury. The landlord, a wiry man with yellowed eyes, had only one request as Jacob signed the lease.
By Kamal khanabout a year ago in Horror