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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.
Sirens. Content Warning.
Content warning: Implied domestic violence Marian lost track of the time as she sat peeking through the blinds of a motel window, her nose inches from he glass. She needed to be sure they were safe, but she couldn't say what sort of sign would give her that assurance. The motel wasn't quite in the middle of nowhere but it was close. The edge of nowhere, at least. For however long Marian had been staring not a single vehicle had passed.
By Rebekah Conard2 days ago in Horror
Dead Zone
Amber sighed… because she’d seen that boulder before. “Jenny,” she said. “I see it,” Jenny sighed her reply. “You know,” Amber said as she turned on the spot, trying to pinpoint the cause of their looping trajectory, “I thought you said you went orienteering a lot.”
By Ophelia Keane Braeden2 days ago in Horror
Kept in Sight
Jeff Coldwell was busy with his glass test tubes, carefully watching liquids of mismatched colors swirl inside them. It was his home office—if you could even call it that. In reality, it was just a room split in half, a chaotic layout of equipment cutting right through the main hallway and the living space. Some say scientists love cluttered environments, and he was no exception. His main hall was designed to hold his entire world in one place: the workspace, the living lounge, the kitchen, and a dining table pushed right against his favorite sofa and television corner. He truly preferred having everything contained within a single room.
By The Pen Soul2 days ago in Horror
The Baby Monitor
“And then Abby poured the boiling oil on the monster, and killed it dead, and the villagers were so happy they gave her a bag of gold, and a new crown, and lots of new clothes, and said that they were so grateful, because they didn’t think their village would ever get rid of the evil Queen, but Abby did, but she had to leave as there was another town where the people had a problem, and she had to go fix it, so they wouldn’t be scared anymore, like they always been, since anyone could remember …. “
By Pitt Griffin2 days ago in Horror
Fastened in Response
The voice rang in her mind even after the headphones came off. Cassandra heard it behind her teeth, buzzing angrily. When it stopped, blood was drying beneath her fingernails. The man opposite her had wrapped a handkerchief around his hand with a grimace.
By Aspen Noble2 days ago in Horror
Network Error
Ellie was in the kitchen when the message came in. The dishwasher had scattered and then baked food debris onto every item of glassware she had put in it. Now she was up to her forearms in soapy water, picking dried pasta sauce from otherwise clean glasses, and so when her phone beeped, she didn’t check it straight away. She was working on that, the not jumping to attention at every notification. Besides, on the other side of the large, open plan living space, Max was flicking through Netflix on the sofa, somehow ignoring Lilly, who had been talking into her screen for nearly an hour, and beyond the bi-fold doors, she could see Gareth watching the new robotic lawn mower trundle around the garden. She knew it couldn’t be anything important.
By Hannah Moore2 days ago in Horror
Finding the Balance between the God Mammon and Rule Maker Moses
In a land far, far away from what was ever considered normal, the news had just been released, weeks before the midterms. It revealed the kind of horror known to those who have given their faith and trust to someone in a position of power, or a system, only to feel ignorant and violated.
By Katherine D. Graham2 days ago in Horror
