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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.
Gertrudes Baddest Ever Day
Gertrude was having a very, very bad day. It was easily the worst since she had found her mother’s dead body lying on the bathroom floor, Mom’s hand still holding Daddy’s razor. The image haunted her even now after nearly three years. Since then every day had been a bad day but this day was the baddest.
By Clive Bytheway-Platt5 years ago in Horror
The Cabin
I watched the fog roll over the lake bed a few yards away from the cabin door, my heart racing faster the less I could see on the other side. I took a deep breath and stepped outside on the rickety front stoop and took a quick look around, noticing the fog wasn't just rolling in over the lake. Something wasn't right about this fog. This thick, hazy mist.
By Sadi Black5 years ago in Horror
Slack Tide
Jake and Tess pulled off the ferry onto Keiser Island’s main road. They coasted through town at a perfunctory twenty-five miles an hour, passing diagonally parked cars. Tess rested her hand on Jake’s thigh. They passed the Fraternity Village general store, the Methodist Church, the post office, a tiny grocery store, and an even tinier police and fire department.
By Benjamin Crocker5 years ago in Horror
All Saints in the Shallows
Weathered faces made of dampened wood and bleached stone stared silently from the water toward the shore. They never moved or spoke, and no one ever assumed they would. The only sound that could be heard around them was the lapping water and the blustery wind from old and cold Lake Vern. But sometimes, the wind carried a voice that many called the chant of the Water-Saints.
By Bryce Greene-Forgue5 years ago in Horror
Trick or Tweet 2021
This past October, I joined in on the fun challenge of creating a tweet sized horror story each day, posted with the hashtag #trickortweet2021. I missed a couple of days but kept it up all month long. As I wrote, I imagined them all being connected, so I decided to collect them here to read all together. Enjoy!
By Alexis M. Collazo5 years ago in Horror
Voices of the Lagoon
Late Morning/Early Afternoon Manuel looked to the distance as the waves crashed alongside his boat. He stood at the bow holding tight to the rope of the sail. His friend David was in the cockpit, directing the ship to Manuel’s gestures. The sky was clouding, and they were a good distance from any shore. The had lost sight of any land more than an hour ago, but David had sense enough to know the way back. It was more the possible storm in near open water that worried him. Not for the first time on this trip did David regret agreeing to help Manuel.
By Patrick Marrero5 years ago in Horror
Shallow Waters, Deep Secrets
Jen walked the beach every sunset no matter what the weather was. She loved her freedom. Even when the wind screeched in her ears and sandblasted her skin, she always felt renewed. She stopped each night at the spot on the beach where pebbles gathered in a pile. Jen gazed out at the horizon and whispered into the wind, “Pierre, let the fish dissolve you and your sins, and may you rot in hell.”
By Mary Haynes5 years ago in Horror
As Below, So Above
Jake ponders how he got to this point as he drives through the town he has lived in for the last seven years. He barely recognizes it. The once safe and sunny, summer community on the ocean has become riddled with shopping cart cities. Poor souls with hollow eyes and their lives in garbage bags slung over their shoulders wander the streets looking for anything to take their pain away.
By Mckenzie Chipiuk 5 years ago in Horror
