psychological

Mind games taken way too far; explore the disturbing genre of psychological thrillers that make us question our perception of sanity and reality.

You're home alone
The wind howls outside, rattling against the windows as the clock strikes midnight. The house is exceptionally cool, and the shadows seem to stretch and twist unnaturally in the flickering candlelight. You wrap yourself in a blanket, trying to ignore the growing doubt eating away at you.
By Usman Zafar2 years ago in Horror
March Man! March!
There was only one rule: D0n’t open the door. Screw that! Stumbling from the doorway, I managed to not trip. My head spun counterclockwise, I think. Regardless, it didn’t seem correct. I had several choices of direction: Toward glowing neon which made my head spin more: Toward the flop house which, even in my current state, had a stench of old piss and fresh shit. My abused stomach clenched.
By Andrew C McDonald2 years ago in Horror
Beyond the White Door
There was only one rule; don’t open the door.” Mike had told Jenny this, must have been 200 times. And despite being six, she had always heeded his law - until the day she didn't.
By Pitt Griffin2 years ago in Horror
Justified
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Sarah remembered his voice whispering that warning into her ear each time he left her in the dark. The warm feel of his breath on her neck as he reminded her, he was in control. As if she had forgotten.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Horror
Sobs & Prayers. Content Warning.
"There was only one rule: don’t open the door.” Don’t open the door! Don’t open the door! That’s what mama was chanting. I’m in the hall, trembling and shaking. The warmth of me wetting my panties almost comforts me in this cold hallway.
By Kenneth cruz2 years ago in Horror
Losing the Fight
“There was only one rule: don’t open the door. That’s all you had to do, but you just had to find another way. Now look at you. You just couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you?”
By Michael Bradshaw2 years ago in Horror
Beneath the Surface
There was only one rule: don’t look in the mirror after midnight. Simple, they said. Harmless, even. But we knew better. The house was older than the town itself, standing like a sentinel at the end of a long, narrow road. We’d inherited it from some distant relative, one whose name no one cared to speak of. When we first arrived, the whispers had already begun. People warned us, with eyes that darted nervously, about the mirrors. About the nights when the moon hung low and silvered the windows like frost.
By P B2 years ago in Horror
Growing Pains
There was only one rule: don't open the door. Papa locked each of the dozen steel bolts at dusk, whispering a prayer with every clank. Vasile didn't ask why, he knew the answer: "For protection."
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Horror
A False Reflection
There was only one rule...don't open the door. How many times had I heard this? Just because someone is knocking does not mean you let them in. In the urban dwellings where I grew up, with my parents always working, I never opened the door. I spent my childhood looking through peepholes at hooded figures and strangers.
By Jennifer L Osborne2 years ago in Horror
Lost Souls
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Little Wendy knocked. Every damn day and never got a response. She said she saw a light under the gap of the wooden door once. Every now and then she would peak under. The little girl wondered who it was that pondered on the other side but still, she never got a response since that time she saw a light under the wooden door once. Eventually, she stopped and someone else approached...
By Stalla B2 years ago in Horror
Salvation of the Skies. Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. An unwritten one but they all followed it. No-one had the courage to defy it.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Horror
nature
There was only one rule: don't open the door. You peered through the window, the glass too thick to hear anything on the other side. She taught you to blow hot on the glass and trace a message in the condensation before it disappeared.
By Dane BH2 years ago in Horror