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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.

Home Alone on Halloween Night . Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Now Rachel’s parents were seriously calling to tell her again? Well she frickin got it!
By Sam Spinelli2 years ago in Horror
Closed
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. The note was the only indication I was not alone. I wondered how long it had been since I woke up. Immediately upon waking, a note was slipped under the door, the crack at the bottom my only light source.
By Steph Marie2 years ago in Horror
Matter Meets Anti-Matter
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. She had said those words to me the first day we met. Many of the villagers were afraid of Agnes, the town midwife and healer. To me, she was my whole world. An orphan, she had taken me in as her apprentice when I, haggard and starving, first happened upon her woodland cottage so many years ago.
By Kate Kastelberg 2 years ago in Horror
"Yes, Mistress."
"There was only rule: don't open the door." Gabrielle looked around the mystifying home wondering if she had made a mistake. Maybe renting a room had not been the answer to her problem.
By Adrianne Kirksey2 years ago in Horror
The Solemnity of Death
Death, the inevitable end of all life, is a profound and universal experience that has been pondered by philosophers, theologians, and artists for millennia. It is a subject that evokes a range of emotions, from fear and sadness to acceptance and even peace.
By Moharif Yulianto2 years ago in Horror
Never Safe
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. If I don’t open the door, I’ll keep everyone safe. At least, that’s what they tell me. They tell me lots of things. Mostly, they tell me why I must stay inside.
By Tattoos & Tarot2 years ago in Horror
Broadway Doe. Content Warning.
“There was only one rule: don’t open the door.” I listened as Tony told the story, the one I'd heard hundreds of times since I came to the restaurant.
By Morgan Rhianna Bland2 years ago in Horror
One Rule
"There was only one rule: don’t open the door." She said this last sentence with a quavering voice. Her vacant stare said more than words could. I tapped my pen lightly on my notepad and looked up at her from the notes I'd been taking while interviewing her. Her blood stained clothes and fingers were still caked with dirt, and swollen with fresh cuts.
By Amy Black2 years ago in Horror
A Cautionary Tale
"There was only one rule: don’t open the door.” Those words still dripped deep crimson down the wall above a pool of congealing blood when I walked into the darkened bunker. To my left, a black door stood ajar, a useless padlock hanging from even more useless metal chains, crushed into a jumble of what was once a metal handle. A drop of unknown liquid dripped into some nameless pool, breaking the silence as I stepped toward that gaping maw of shadow.
By Laura Pruett2 years ago in Horror
The Old Brownstone Door
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Not like they could. The doorknob was welded shut; the key was broken off in the deadbolt; and a slide latch was secured with a rusty padlock. As far as Sarah knew, nobody had been to the basement for four generations, not since her great granddaddy died in a distillery explosion under the house in the steam plant tunnels.
By Laura Hanson Reber2 years ago in Horror
King Arthur
There was only one rule: don't open the door. The house sat at the end of Sturbridge Street, undisturbed since the end of the investigation in 1992. The rusty hinges were hidden behind an overgrowth of ivy. The vines: speckled with thorns - a warning to most, and an invitation to some.
By Ashley Lima2 years ago in Horror
A Better Place
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Mama would berate you if you even looked at it. She’d been here longer than any of us.
By Catsidhe2 years ago in Horror