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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.
Abaddon
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The single light was too dim to make out the walls, so Megan lit another and placed it on the dust-covered table. A third, fourth and fifth light took their places around the room in relatively even spacing. They would be her guideline to mark the points of a pentagram and begin the ceremony. As she pulled the chalk from her bag to draw the symbol, her hands shook. The chalk shattered to the floor, split cleanly in two.
By Penny Fuller4 years ago in Horror
Cabin in the Woods
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. On this night, exhaustion and dreaming on my feet are one and the same. The candle, perhaps a projection of madness tempered with dreams of the absurd to make everything palatable guides me. A time forgotten, or perhaps never having been, but a time no less.
By Glenn Brown4 years ago in Horror
Edie of the Cairngorms
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The heavy dusk sun set the sky ablaze, rich orange glowed behind the Scots Pine, silhouetted for miles over the horizon. The warm August air carried a light breeze, gently disturbing the first few leaves evident of an early autumn that scattered the forest floor. The air still and soft, slightly sweet with the scent of the pine sap excreted from the tall, ancient trees, and lush moss that carpeted the forest beneath the golden leaves.
By Jennifer Stevens4 years ago in Horror
Until the last charcoal burns
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. A shadow darted across the cabin's interior, and the candle snuffed out. An eerie scream pierced the silence of the night, scattering the bats into the darkness. Something sinister had taken control of that moment.
By Silviya Rankova4 years ago in Horror
The Haunt that Broke Me
I used to work at a haunted house many years ago. It was a local haunt and very popular with adults and children alike. Unfortunately, it was shut down due to an incident and I have never spoken about it until today. Here is my story of the haunted house that broke me.
By Melanie Grooms4 years ago in Horror
A Forbidden Place
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The old trail leading to it was an old reminder of the days when the fur trade was still a way of life. Those days are long gone but the warnings of that area are still very much shared by my family and anyone living in our community.
By Michael Rossignol 4 years ago in Horror
