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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 Recovery
As he finishes removing his gear, drying off, and taking in his hand the hot cup of coffee, he walks across towards the dimly lit tent to begin what he does after every dive: detailing every aspect that he could remember. It is late into the night, the cool winds blowing in from the east, the insects of the air making their songs, and the intersperse voices of medical professionals, divers, and news reporters chatting of the events that just took place. His thoughts are occupied with questions like "what just happened?” and "did I suffer the worst gas narcosis of my life?" He needs to know. The only way for him to do this is to put it into words that he can see, feel, and to study each sentence so that he does not miss any detail. For him, talking it out helps little, words in the air some would say, and all they do is hang there to be blown away by the wind. So, he leaves the small crowd of people to debrief in solitude. He enters the tent that is propped up close to the water’s edge. It is a large, shaded area with a few picnic tables under it mostly filled with gear of all kinds such as camera’s, scuba equipment, food, and coffee. Still damp, cold, and mind boggy with thoughts racing, he grabs his notebook out of his black messenger bag. It is a small leather-bound black book that feels soft in his hands, sturdy, and contained within its pages are his experiences throughout his diving career. Yet this dive was unlike any he had experienced before.
By Jonathan Klarich6 years ago in Horror
The Little Black Book
She never even knew. Suspected, especially when a group of well-dressed professionals would show up at the places where she had worked and saw them conversing with the manager. Their private meetings she found suspicious. But, much like the gnawing feeling that something just wasn’t right would pulse throughout her body, at times everywhere she went, she would just brush it off. She would tell herself to stop worrying, that she was just on edge, paranoid. If she only knew, maybe her life would’ve been much different. She never knew though, how could she? Her gut knew, it was screaming at her all along. But she tried to quiet it. She didn’t know how to listen.
By Crystal R. Hartman6 years ago in Horror
The Black Lake & The Willow Tree
My gaze melted into the black lake and was thrown back twenty years to the event that changed the course of my life. Freezing water enveloped me, hugging me tight, and an unusually strong current had dragged me deep below the surface.
By Kassidy Lyla6 years ago in Horror
Animus
I suppose he grew fond of me in the end, though I swear I did not invite the old mans trust through ill intent. He was rich and alone, and I too was the latter, and though I understand that admitting it paints a somewhat seedy perception upon my association to him, I certainly was not rich. It had come to my attention that the old man had no family, no friends, and scarcely an associate with which to share the last few months of his life, and my heart ached on his behalf. This information was slipped to me by a nurse compelled to share due to my “kind face”, who had visited the factory in which I worked and the old man owned after he’d had something of a funny turn. It only took a glance upon his haggard face with its cheeks as pale and gaunt as chalk cliffs, for me to determine that his personal hourglass was emptying out its last few grains of sand.
By Chloe Carter6 years ago in Horror
Hidden Secrets
My story begins at the end of a long draught. After a summer of heatwaves and 90 degree pools that did little to cool you off, a cold front was headed straight for town, to everyone’s relief. Lying under the ceiling fan, I waited for the sound of the neighbour’s lawnmower to stir the rest of the room awake.
By Gabrielle Blair6 years ago in Horror
Adelicia
The crisp wind prickled August's face as his mare galloped quickly around the trail of trees. Veiled under the twinkling night sky, he hastened hoping the resonating moon would not give away hints of his swift-moving shadow. The eyes of catchers where everywhere; sent to spy the underground paths.
By Sheena Vaught6 years ago in Horror
Of Books and Friendships
So living in Atlanta,GA are three best friends Emory,Indayah,and Mack/Mckenzie in their world friendship is the most important thing to them they make sure it's built on loyalty and trust until one day Emory's mom keep pestering her about cleaning the basement, so she finally gets the courage to do so with the help of her two best friends while their cleaning the basement they all discover something, a black book at that and what it holds leaves them shocked. That's when they all start to notice over this huge thing their friendships are starting to distance and trust is being questioned. In this friendship only one will be left standing, the one who trades on her best friends will end up in jail, and one will experience death maybe but it's all up to the best friends to get it together.
By Zyneshia Holder6 years ago in Horror
