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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.
A FEAR OF GOD
CHAPTER 1: The GOD VOICE Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I would disagree. Does a tree make a sound if it falls, especially if no one is around to hear it? Or is it so far out in the wilderness – so far from civilization, so far removed from our conscious awareness… That does it even matter? I think you’d have bigger problems if you find yourself knowing the answer to this.
By Michael Lehmann4 years ago in Horror
Playing with dolls
I like to think that I’m your average 26-year-old male, I like the ladies, video games, sports and so on. I’m just a little different. I like to play with dolls. You know what I mean, don’t kid yourself. I like to make them date, go out, have a normal life just like us. Make them into real people, if you know what I mean. Pose them the way I want, make them do whatever I want. We all have our own god complex; this is the way I handle mine. Now don’t misunderstand what I’m saying, I’m not crazy or a homo or anything like that. It’s just that I have my own way of dealing with life and its downfalls. Not that I promote my lifestyle or anything of that nature, but it just seems to have always worked for me.
By James Howell4 years ago in Horror
Whispers From the Stars. Runner-Up in New Worlds Challenge.
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But no one mentioned anything about the whispers. When we first sighted Venta 614, we thought we had discovered paradise. Our Gaia Probe had sent back signals of optimum habitability. A planet, not only similar to the one our ancestors had originally called home, but one flourishing with more nutrients and resources than we could have imagined. It was like a dream, though dreams often reshape themselves into something else entirely.
By Allen Vale4 years ago in Horror
My God
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. But this astronaut was hearing them filtering through the static of the intercom. She was too afraid to move so she sat still curling her fingers around the cold metal of a crucifix that hung preciously down in front of her throat, offering her some comfort. The astronaut closed her eyes and muttered a prayer under several deep heavy breaths.
By R.M. Marsh4 years ago in Horror
All Systems are Go...For Doom!
"Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say..." The words of my old Captain rang through my head as claxons screamed an alert in the dead of night, any traces of sleep wrung mercilessly from my body as I was flung unceremoniously into the ceiling of my cabin as the Artificial Gravity cut off. Crimson lights strobe as I drag myself through ZeroGee to the communications panel by my Door.
By Daniel Hepler4 years ago in Horror
The Fuchsian Expanse
Chapter 1 - Ascent Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I wish it were true. I wish you could look a man in the eyes as he begs for his life and hear nothing. But they’re wrong. The brain has a way of connecting the dots. You see the contortions as your mind spins around like a carnival. You wince as the body twists in agony, piercing the vacuum with a desperate concoction of emotion. You hear something much worse without sound. You hear something that thrusts into your brain like a thousand needles; an orchestra of discordant strings in a crescendo suddenly ceasing all at once within a fraction of a second. This conjured terror is louder than any audible scream and feels colder than any crevice of the Earth. The sound of a dying scream through the air on Earth is a warm lullaby compared to the death rattle heard within the vacuum of space.
By Erik Johnson4 years ago in Horror
The Rim
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. When you came to me, John, I heard your screams. Thick plumes of vapor condensing against a clear visor like frost. Screams that years ago thrashed your voice, now but an echo in your mind. Your eyes wild, scream loudest of all; thick with anger, betrayal, and despair. Sanity long since seeped from your mind like viscous sap. Your shouts placated only by the humdrum of liquid state hydrogen and oxygen injecting into kerosene. The hiss and whine of engines and gears numbing your senses. In this den of snakes you are held captive by the very mechanisms designed to support you.
By Tony Galbier4 years ago in Horror
The Travelers
CHAPTER ONE Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. It’s been said the same holds true for the Crossing Zone—a black hole devoid of all light, sound, and perhaps even air. Designed by the Originator to keep all the Worlds separate, once inside the Crossing Zone no scream, no cry for help, no plea for mercy can be heard.
By debra sanders4 years ago in Horror
Void Walkers
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Unfortunately for Dolores Tan all she could hear when the airlock opened without warning was her own scream. It was pure luck that she was fastening her helmet when it did, but she couldn't find the silver lining in that as the stars pinwheeled around her in a nausea-inducing light show. Whatever she had grabbed in a vain attempt to save herself was hooked to a fold of the thick orange suit. She pulled it close as the Eternal Hope flashed by again and again. Hard, elongated, shining - instead of grabbing one of the rails she had torn a spare oxygen canister from its place in the case. This could work. The colossal form of the ship was now in darkness. Something was wrong, terribly wrong,
By S. A. Crawford4 years ago in Horror
