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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.
Ten Years to Damnation
It had been exactly ten years since I made the deal that changed everything. Back then, I was a man gasping for air in a life that felt like drowning. Debt was crushing me like an anvil on a drowning man’s chest, my career was a cracked shell of ambition, and every night I stared into the dark, wondering how much longer I could fake being alive.
By Muhammad Sabeelabout a year ago in Horror
THE GOD IN THE ASYLUM WALLS
CHAPTER 1: THE BLUEPRINTS THAT BREATHE The envelope arrived at precisely 3:33 AM, wedged between her apartment door and the frame. Dr. Laine Mercer hadn't heard the delivery, hadn’t even stirred from her restless half-sleep until the scent hit her—old parchment and something metallic, like a scalpel left to rust in a wound.
By Tales That Breathe at Nightabout a year ago in Horror
From Space
It came from space. An egg, or so it looked like one. The thing was oval shaped, green and bumpy with scratches all over it. There was a burning comet, set on fire, crashing through buildings and forests. It destroyed everything in its path. The news went international, everyone on earth heard about the comet and the fear it brought was far beyond overwhelming. What was this thing? It looked like an egg, but no egg on earth could possibly survive such a crash without shattering. The USA Government found and extracted the thing from space, hiding it from the public, nobody but them knew it was something alien. The egg was taken into area 51 and secured, locked away and studied extensively. There it remained for several years, unmoving, untouched, contained behind glass. A Scientist kept notes on any changes to the egg, for the longest time she convinced herself the thing was not an egg, but a strange rock from out of space. Then when she was almost 39, small cracks on the top exterior began to form. Something from within was growing like a baby chicken. What should have taken days, took a whole year as the egg cracked more and more until it finally hatched 2 months after the scientist's 40th birthday. Finally, after almost two years of waiting, alien life on earth was finally among us. The staff at area 51 were at first excited, expecting to see a little green, cute humanoid with big black eyes and a huge round head. Like the stereotypical design of an alien you'd see in all those old comic books and early science fiction movies. However, what lay inside that egg looked unlike anything anyone had ever seen. It was not cute, but monstrous, with features so strange, they are hard to describe, but I'll try anyway: It was more insect than humanoid, with almost a hundred limbs that weren't quite hands or legs, but perhaps pincers or claws. It was an ugly, dark brown colour with grotesque spots of yellow that looked like pimples. The alien appeared to have no eyes, yet it was somehow still aware of its environment. It moved like a crab or spider, but not quite one or the other, it seemed to defy time and space, moving in slow motion then suddenly at super speed, like somebody had been messing around with the fast forward buttons on the TV remote. It did not obey the rules of gravity either, instead floating mid air and swimming around the glass box it found itself in. The scientist who had been studying the egg for so long was sickened by the sight of this thing, its bug-like appearance and horrid colour was simply appalling to witness. It embodied disgust, especially when its pimples began spitting yellow acidic puss all over the place. The puss stunk like the worst sewer on earth, it made skunk's smell like perfume in comparison, it was simply vomit inducting to sniff and eye bleeding to look at. The scientist couldn't believe after all this time, the alien inside was the definition of gross. Then the yellow acid began to melt through the glass. "Oh shit!" The scientist gasped, quickly standing to her feet. The alien was escaping and the combination of its horrid stench and ugliness was honestly frightening. The fact it floated in the air and moved out of sync with time and space, that only made it seem all the more weird and revolting. Eventually it broke through containment altogether, reaching out to her at speeds impossible to comprehend. It burst that yellow putrid acid all over her, she screamed and melted into a hideous puddle of red blood and gore. It escaped into the compound of area 51, melting many of the scientists and soldiers that tried to stop it. The flying alien was unstoppable until somebody began throwing grenades into its general direction. Not even this thing could avoid all those explosions, it fortunately splattered in the bombing, leaving more of the disgusting yellow gore all over the place. It's safe to say the staff at area 51 were disappointed with the alien life they found, it seemed to be a mindless animal. More accurately, a giant sized parasite that only lived to eat and likely reproduce. All those years of speculation and excitement; only to discover the alien life form was merely an oversized bug. One that killed almost 50 members of staff in its wake. The scariest thing of all, is that if that was only one of those hideous things, how much damage could a whole population of them do?
By Joseph Roy Wrightabout a year ago in Horror
The House That Hummed
I found the house by accident. It was one of those old Victorian homes with too much character and not enough insulation. The kind that looks haunted, even on a sunny day. The rent was suspiciously low, but I was tired of roommates, tired of the noise, and tired of explaining why I wanted silence. This house promised solitude.
By Shohel Ranaabout a year ago in Horror
The Shadowed Woods
Honestly, the forest just kinda sat there, waiting—a whole mess of tangled branches scratching at the dying light like they were trying to claw their way out. The trees looked like they’d been through hell, all jagged and twisted up, shadows stretching out across the ground in weird, jumpy shapes. You could almost taste the quiet, that heavy, suffocating kind, like before a storm or maybe a funeral. At the edge, five folks—nervous as cats in a room full of rocking chairs—hung back, swapping glances that screamed, “Are we really doing this?” This was it: the infamous Shadowed Woods. The place your grandma warned you about, where every shadow’s got a secret and every tree’s just dying to spill the tea—except, you know, the tea is probably cursed.
By Cotheeka Srijonabout a year ago in Horror
The Haunting on Elm Street
A Whisper in the Night Elm Street, man, it looked like a postcard—little houses lined up all prim and proper, picket fences bright enough to blind you if the sun hit just right. You’d never guess anything weird could happen there, but, yeah, it did. That random Wednesday? Total game-changer. Old Mr. Thompson, the guy everyone sort of forgot about at the end of the block, was winding down for the night when he heard it—a whisper that felt like it crawled straight out of a nightmare. He couldn’t make out the words, but the vibe? Pure misery and something nastier underneath. Gave him goosebumps. He just shrugged it off, though, figured he was being dramatic. The dude had no clue what was about to crash down on Elm Street.
By Cotheeka Srijonabout a year ago in Horror
Even More Facts That Will Melt Your Brain (Part 2)
10 More MIND-BLOWING Facts You Weren’t Taught in School (Part 2)If Part 1 left you scratching your head in amazement, get ready to take that brain-scratching to a whole new level. Our world—and the universe it floats in—is packed with bizarre truths, hidden gems of knowledge, and scientific oddities so strange they feel like fiction. Yet they’re all real. Let’s dive into another set of weird and wonderful facts they definitely didn’t cover in class.
By Haroon Bahramzaiabout a year ago in Horror
Old Castle Blue
It stood a thousand feet tall, towering over the village, so high up into the sky clouds often obscured it. They called it "old castle blue" because of its particularly light shade of grey bricks used to build it, it often looked blue under the fog of the atmosphere in the distance especially on beautiful, sunny days in Spring or Summer. It was an ancient relic, one that may have looked pretty, or added to the picturesque landscape, but deep inside held many dark secrets. The castle looked like something straight out of a Ricky Mouse movie, what with its decorative roof, stylish architecture and many different carvings. However, just like in the cathedral of notre dame, this place also had its secret little monster and it was no misunderstood hunchback like in all those kids films. What lay beneath the grounds of old castle blue was something far darker and dangerous. Not just in the dungeon, but also in the old rooms that nobody should dare enter. Before I go into all the different creepy crawlies that secretly dwell in the darkness of this castle, I must first tell you the story of three daring trespassers who attempted to witness these horrors for themselves.
By Joseph Roy Wrightabout a year ago in Horror
Caged
She didn't know why. Only that those angry humans had captured her, for reasons she could not possibly comprehend. Other tigers in the jungle had told her about the "hunters", the pale, furless creatures that wore other animal skins upon their bodies. The tiger did not know why, but the idea frightened her a great deal. She wondered if that's what they had planned for her, to skin her and wear her fur. The idea made the poor tiger sick, literally. She puked all over the floor inside her cage. "Bad girl!" One of them roared, she could not possibly understand what he was trying to communicate, only that it was human noises, ones impossible for her to truly decipher. They prodded her with an electric pole, it stung like agony. "You better behave yourself!" They made that strange, creepy noise again. The tiger wept, before falling asleep, dreaming of a better life, hoping her capture was nothing but a terrifying nightmare. It wasn't. She woke up again and found herself in that same metal cage, the tiger was frustrated and furious. She tried tearing down the solid metal bars, thrashing wildly, roaring loudly and biting. "It's no use, ya dumb animal!" One of the hunters sneered, but the tiger sneered back, trying to intimidate the terrifying creature. The hunter made a strange coughing noise, as if amused. "Thick animal, you can't escape!" It made that noise again. The tiger roared incredibly loudly at the human, who actually jumped in fright, then fled off, speed walking away. The tiger may have been caged, but she knew those strange animals on two feet were still afraid of her, despite her captivity. She was getting hungry and those humans looked tasty. The tiger was smarter than they thought, she pretended to be tired, waiting for them to open the cage to feed her. Somehow she knew this, perhaps she'd seen this happen to other captured animals or was told to do this by others who had escaped zoos or containment. Just as she predicted, her cage door opened, a shy human crept into the cage delicately, before dropping a fresh, juicy piece of red meat. However, that wasn't enough to satisfy this tiger's hunger. Suddenly, it leaped up onto all fours and struck the scared human, knocking it down onto its back, before the tiger began her delicious feast. "No! God please no!" The human made a crying noise, before the tiger sliced their jugular, then drank their blood. It was lovely. Like orange juice for tigers. There were other human noises too, those of panic. The tiger looked up and saw humans with longer hair and feminine features, as well as smaller, younger humans who were possibly little human cubs. They all looked so damn tasty, the tiger didn't care about ending human life. They all deserved this, some of them she wouldn't even eat, just kill purely out of vengeance. The cage door was left wide open, so she exited and became the human hunter, chasing the smaller ones into corners, before devouring them completely, savouring their delicious taste. She seemed to be in some kind of human territory, one where humans gawked at wild animals in cages and behind glass boxes. This must've been one of those infamous 'Zoos' the other tigers had warned her about. She hated them all, chasing the scared humans as they screamed in fits of frantic terror! Out of nowhere, there was the sound of a loud, deafening bang, then she felt a sharp pain at the back of her leg, as if a speeding mosquito had suddenly decided to feast upon her. This made the tiger feel woozy and then unconscious. She never awoke again.
By Joseph Roy Wrightabout a year ago in Horror
Banuaya: The Guardian of the Drowned Forest
In the heart of South Sulawesi lies a lake that locals refuse to name aloud. Official maps call it Danau Larangan, but the people of the surrounding villages know it by its older name — Banuaya, the "Mother of Drowned Souls".
By Maulana Dimasiqi Akhnakhauri Akeyla Syahabout a year ago in Horror
The Child. Content Warning.
The tiles on the floor of my room usually look perfectly flat, but upon close inspection, or by the chance glint of light off a scratch-like ravine on the surface, you notice that it’s not quite as smooth as it initially appears to be.
By Martin Vidalabout a year ago in Horror
