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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.
Fugitive
The autumn season had been astoundingly cold, and by mid-December the Miskatonic River that bisected Arkham had frozen. A hop, skip, and a jump across the ice from the north bank sat a small island dotted with standing stones. Jessie had been enchanted by the island ever since arriving in Arkham back in late September, and now that it was so easily accessible, she decided to pay it a visit. She thought of the winters she spent as a young girl at her grandmother’s lakeside home in New Jersey, where she would venture out onto the ice to play her violin. Now, away at college and feeling homesick, Jessie had an urge to resume the tradition that had passed away along with her grandmother.
By Micah Delhauer5 years ago in Horror
Dollhouse
Jack was driving home after a long week. The country road, lined with tall pine trees, was wet. Jack was tired. The slow curves of the road home always lulled him into a calm and as his mind relaxed into the drive he could almost forget that his wife had recently packed her bags and left him.
By Adrian Konstant5 years ago in Horror
The Cat and the Raven
There stood an old crickety house in an old crickety wood, where the windows dusted over and the doors squeaked louder than the floors of a home in which the father held his belt too tight. As any crickety house in any crickety wood, the air was still. Abandoned by expectations of the common folk, forgotten by time’s manipulation of the poor mind.
By Janelle Hyde5 years ago in Horror
The Ungrel Invasion
I feel like I'm walking back home along the rim of the galaxy. I know! Melodramatic right? But it's how I feel. When the Ungrels landed their ships on the White House lawn back in 2047, we knew something was very wrong. There had been too many questions left unanswered. Why hadn't we attacked them? What did they want? How did they possibly know that of all the places to land on earth, the White House is probably the most fear-inducing? Such a tactic shows intelligence. It shows cunning, audacity, boldness, and confidence.
By Shawn Ingram5 years ago in Horror
Jacks Windfall 7
Jack ran to the road, crossed it, and went to the sidewalk. There was a way to do all this in time. He pulled out a piece of chalk, and started to trace a rather unique sigil. Rather than the symbol of one of the spirits in his book, but rather the spirit of Rochester itself. He couldn’t summon such a being, but he could open a Gate.
By Pedro Rivera5 years ago in Horror
My Last Date
The last time I went on a date, I was still alive. I when it started, I never intended it to be serious. My previous long-term relationship had knocked most of the enthusiasm for romance out of me and after eighteen months off the market, my friends were starting to bug me. So, a casual fling seemed like the ideal way to get them off my back.
By C.E. Tidswell6 years ago in Horror
