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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.
Unfortunate Fortune
I'm in shock. I must be. That's the only explanation I can come up with right now. I can't move, I can't speak, I'm just staring at the blood all over me. The blood soaking through my beige t-shirt, the scarlet droplets running down my white shoes, and the streaks that now stained my arm and hands red. I can't even comprehend what the officer is saying. All I kept thinking about is how I had never seen so much blood or heard the crunch of a body being hit by a car then colliding into the street pavement. I could see the chaos ensuing around me but I couldn't hear any of it. Have I gone deaf? I thought to myself. Sirens flailed while paramedics, officers, and bystanders gazed at the horrific scene before them. Two investigators were talking to hysterically crying, women. What the poor woman didn't know is the man she thought she killed with her car was already dying upon impact.
Jay GriffinPublished 3 years ago in HorrorWas it worth it
“Was it really worth it?” He asked himself that question every single day. He found the little black book in a hidden compartment in his grandfathers desk. It had a series of numbers next to dates going forward at least twenty years that appeared to be lottery numbers. At the end of the book there was a warning that read “Never win more than $20,000 or IT will come for you”
Brett TicePublished 3 years ago in HorrorThe Little Black Book of Regrets
The Little Black Book of Regret It was an unassuming little notebook. Midnight black leather and no bigger than your hand. It had been well used for years, it seemed. A blue rubber band stood in for the broken elastic band on the back.
Darrell ReedyPublished 3 years ago in HorrorQueen of Demons
Many people speak about fear. They don’t know anything about it. If there is anyone or anything to fear it is a foul and sadistic creature that goes by the name, Gorea. This sinister being isn’t just your run-of-the-mill bad spirit. She is the Queen of Demons that is often summoned through blood magic, sacrificial offerings and Oujia boards. Sometimes even all of those combined. This is the story of how three kindly yet unsuspecting nurses come to meet her wrath.
Erika RavnsborgPublished 3 years ago in HorrorPerilous Delivery
Chapter 3. Housewarming Party That night, the family again piled into the minivan so that they could go to the housewarming party together. Pedro and Macrina would play in the playroom with the Holden’s two younger children, and Caleb and Vanessa would enjoy the company of the adults at the party.
Kevin J.N. HughesPublished 3 years ago in Horrorshe's been here a long time
She’s been here a long time. Years beyond counting. She’s seen children sleep away their first night upon this Earth in the nursery, painted with gentle flowers and washed silver by the moon.
Kaitlin LitchfieldPublished 3 years ago in HorrorPermanent
It arrived one day with the rest of the mail. Bills, a magazine for LL Bean, and the notebook. Tucker brought it in and tossed the pile carelessly onto the kitchen table. We rarely opened the mail anymore, so it quickly got buried under a newspaper, Ella’s abandoned homework, and – I’m ashamed to admit – a decent amount of crumbs.
Stephanie MesPublished 3 years ago in HorrorThe Lonesome Ocean
WARNING: Gore I stare up at him in awe while but inches beneath the water, his image is disfigured by the waves and ripples, but in my mind, I can picture his beauty. I see his curly brown hair soaking up the ocean spray and his gloomy brown eyes sparkling in the sunlight. Captain of a crew he is; Captain of a ship. He is a sailor, and a good one, but while his dark and weary vessel sails calmly among the waters toward our island, he is ignorant to the treachery that lies ahead.
Alexandria BrooksPublished 3 years ago in HorrorWar Pork
The pork was the only way we survived those last few days before the soldiers from the west arrived. Momma said it was better the soldiers from the west arrived and not the bad soldiers from the east. She said they didn’t have any dignity. I don’t know what dignity is, but Inge said the soldiers from the east were raping all the women. I know what that means.
Gunner A. BushPublished 3 years ago in HorrorThe Towns Haunted House
Every small town has that one “haunted” house that kids circulate scary stories about for generations. Our town has one that used to be an asylum, so you can guess some of the stories that have emerged. It had also become like a right of passage that groups of brave (or stupid, depending on how you look at these things) kids had to spend an hour alone in a room of the once grand Victorian home.
Emma Diane McManusPublished 3 years ago in HorrorPenance
"Did you honestly think you could run away?" Kriven looks down at me in contempt. I smirk up at him and spit blood out on his shoe. There is no way I am going to let him see my fear, to do that would be like waving a steak in front of a hungry wolf. I just need to hold on a little bit longer.
Liza RiveraPublished 3 years ago in HorrorStronger, Smarter, Wealthier
Woke up in a bathroom stall again. Every day is the same. My so-called “friends” were the top-ranking students in schools, and I was always below them. They will take me to the bathroom after lunch and use me as a punching bag for their “entertainment” and relief their stress from studying. During the rain, it gets worse because they are not able to go outside.
Jason Hee Chul KimPublished 3 years ago in Horror