psychological
Mind games taken way too far; explore the disturbing genre of psychological thrillers that make us question our perception of sanity and reality.
The Catalina Anomaly: Something Beneath the Surface
🎙️ Intro Narration The ocean has always been a place of mystery, concealing countless secrets beneath its vast and shifting surface. It is largely unmapped, often unforgiving, and its depths challenge even our most advanced technology. While humanity has mapped continents, explored the surface, and even ventured into space, much of what lies beneath the waves remains unknown.
By Veil of Shadows6 months ago in Horror
Garden of Dead Flowers
It’s 5:00 am, and it’s early and quiet. That’s unusual. The Fajr prayer call usually sounds. Why is it silent? I plant my feet on the ground and go to the window. I still hear nothing. Even my family has not stirred to wake up and pray. It’s a cool morning; I can tell by the cold floor. Making my way to my bedroom window, I wrap myself in a prayer shawl before I throw open the curtains. Color drains from my face as it has from the landscape, now a mass of rubble and ash, in a tonal gray silence. A single tear slides down my cheek.
By Alexandra Grant6 months ago in Horror
PLAYHOUSE Chapter 3/10
He made it to the basement door about two seconds before the footsteps reached the bottom of the main staircase. He got through, pressed the door shut behind him with both hands controlling the latch, and stood at the top of the basement stairs listening. The footsteps crossed the entrance hall. Heavy and slow. He felt them more through the floor than heard them. They moved right — east wing direction — and then faded.
By Abdulrahman6 months ago in Horror
The Door That Shouldn’t Exist. AI-Generated.
The first time Arman saw the door, it wasn’t there. He had lived in the old apartment building for almost a year—same creaky stairs, same flickering hallway light, same peeling wallpaper that smelled faintly of dust and time. Nothing ever changed.
By Waleed khan6 months ago in Horror
Afterbirth. Runner-Up in Out of the Dream Challenge.
Daniela suggests it first, a small getaway. Your mind has been on too many things at once lately. The funeral. No, first it was the baby, then the funeral. Did he leave before that, or was it after? She knows you are remembering the way he left so hurriedly, the door did not properly latch, and you woke up to snow blowing into the hallway and a bird, maybe a mouse, peering at you, taking your first tentative steps out of the bed. Where was the baby? She knows someone, a friend of a relative, with a place. There’s water and sunshine. The doctor recommends both.
By Cali Loria6 months ago in Horror
The Loneliness of Objects: Japan’s Abandoning of the Inanimate
1. The Village Without a Voice Deep in the mountainous heart of Shikoku and Tohoku, there are places where the clocks have simply stopped. These are Japan’s Genkai Shuraku—"marginal villages" where over half the population is over 65, and eventually, the last breath of the last resident fades into the cedar forests.
By Takashi Nagaya6 months ago in Horror
An Uninvited Guest
This is from a prompt in True Crime, Horror Story & Dark Poetry which you can read here and maybe submit your own story. What is a guest? A guest is someone you give an invitation to, to come to your home or other social meeting place, so the concept of an uninvited guest is an oxymoron. If you didn’t invite them they are a gatecrasher or something similar.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 6 months ago in Horror
