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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 Number I Deleted 6 Years Ago Just Called Me
The signal shouldn't have existed. It appeared on my phone at 1:17 a.m., vibrating against the nightstand with the soft, insistent buzz of an ordinary incoming call. I almost ignored it. The number on the screen was familiar, but not in the way an old friend's number is after years of calls. This was different. I knew that number because I had deleted it six years ago. It belonged to Daniel.
By Anthony Chan20 days ago in Horror
Breathing. Top Story - October 2026.
Marilee sang along with the song on the radio as she drove into town. She was in an unusually good mood, despite having to make a last-minute trip because the eggs she had were rotten. Maybe it was because she was still excited to make peanut butter cookies? Or that she needed to get extra forks anyway? Maybe it was because it was a beautiful day and she had gotten out of bed at a decent time? Or that traffic wasn’t bad at all?
By Rebecca Patton20 days ago in Horror
Waverly Hills Sanatorium: The Most Haunted Place in America?
Towering above the city of Louisville in the state of Kentucky is a building whose past is one of tragedy and mystery. Waverly Hills Sanatorium is considered by many to be among the most haunted places in America. However, long before ghost hunters explored the eerie hallways of Waverly Hills, it was an institution that was built during one of America's darkest public health scares, tuberculosis.
By Kyrol Mojikal23 days ago in Horror
My Mother's Book. Top Story - October 2026.
It's only a transcendental irony that this story should be published during the harvest season. Some kind of cruel twist of fate that will make it seem like this is just another legend of ghosts, goblins, and vampires. But this is no yarn woven around the campfire on all hallows eve. It is as real as you sitting here reading my words this very moment. Not the kind of reality men see, but the kind that dwells within the bosom with an inward warmth. Humans come to expect things, things they take for granted yet they barely understand.
By Henry Shaw24 days ago in Horror
