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The Day the Internet Went Silent
It started at 6:43 AM on a Wednesday. I remember the exact time because I was staring at my phone, trying to refresh my Instagram feed for the 17th time while brushing my teeth. Instead of memes and sleepy selfies, I got a gray screen and a spinning circle of doom.
By Haroon Bahramzaiabout a year ago in Horror
Lab Z-13
Title: Lab Z-13: No Cure, No Mercy It started with a whisper in the dark. Not the sound of a voice, but the low hum of machines restarting after years of silence. Deep beneath the Siberian permafrost, buried in isolation, Lab Z-13 came back to life. Dr. Elina Mirov didn’t believe in ghosts. She believed in data, in controlled environments and clean procedures. But when the Russian government covertly hired her to investigate a “communication blackout” at an old military bio-research facility, she sensed more than a simple technical failure. Something was wrong the moment her boots hit the cracked concrete floor of the subterranean lab. The complex was cold. Not the kind of cold that came from lack of power—it had electricity. It was the kind of cold that lived in places where no living thing had walked for a long, long time. Her team of five, all elite scientists and engineers, descended into the facility with heavy gear, hazmat suits, and weapons. No one asked why biologists were issued firearms. The airlock sealed behind them with a mechanical hiss. The heavy steel door groaned shut, trapping them in the past. “Ventilation's working,” said Karim, their systems engineer. He tapped his tablet. “But atmospheric composition is...off.” “How off?” Elina asked. “Like someone exhaled something... not human.” They pressed deeper. The lights flickered to life as motion sensors, somehow still functional, followed their path. On the walls were remnants of Soviet insignia, crossed out with black paint. Below them, scrawled in Cyrillic, were three chilling words: "No Cure. No Mercy." They found the first body in Lab C. A scientist, mummified in his suit, face frozen in a scream. His arm was reaching toward a red button labeled Purge. “It’s like he was trying to stop something from escaping,” muttered Anya, the team’s microbiologist. The data logs were fragmented. From what they could piece together, Lab Z-13 had been developing a viral agent—Project Thanatos. A bioweapon meant to render enemies incapacitated in minutes. It was designed to mutate. To adapt. "They used human test subjects," Elina whispered, reading through an entry. "Prisoners. Political dissidents." Then they found the holding cells. Scratched into the walls were hundreds of tally marks. The steel bars were twisted, as if something inside had gained the strength of a god. Blood painted the walls in arcane shapes, long dried but still pungent. That night, the screaming started. It wasn’t coming from any of the team. It came from the walls. From the ventilation shafts. A howling mix of pain and rage, echoing down the dark corridors. “Motion detected in Sector D,” Karim announced, his voice shaking. “That’s impossible. We’re the only ones here,” Elina said, but she was already gripping her pistol. They followed the signal, tracking it through the narrow maintenance tunnels. What they found in Sector D was not human. At first glance, it looked like a man. But its skin shimmered with a translucent, veiny membrane. Its eyes were gone, replaced by sockets that pulsed with red light. And its mouth... it stretched too far. It didn’t speak. It screamed. Bullets slowed it down but didn’t stop it. Only fire, from a makeshift flamethrower, drove it back. “What the hell is that?” Anya cried, as the creature retreated into the dark, flesh bubbling. "A host," Elina said. "The virus... it didn’t just mutate. It evolved." They tried to leave. The airlock wouldn’t open. System override failed. Communications were jammed. One by one, the team was picked off—Karim vanished near the generators, his radio left behind in a pool of blood. Anya tried to find an escape route through the old freight elevator and was torn in half by something too fast to see. Only Elina remained. She sealed herself in the central control room. Her breathing was shallow. The emergency power wouldn’t last much longer. She stared at the final report on the mainframe: PROJECT THANATOS: TERMINATED STATUS: BREACH CONTAINMENT DIRECTIVE: NO CURE. NO MERCY. Elina realized the truth. There never was a plan to recover the lab. She and her team were the final test. A data point. A sacrifice. Outside the reinforced window, shadows moved. Something waited. She picked up the last syringe on the table—a viral suppressant prototype. It wouldn’t cure her. But it might let her stay herself... for a little longer. She pressed record on the facility's black box. “This is Dr. Elina Mirov, Lab Z-13. Do not send anyone else. This place cannot be cleansed. It cannot be understood. It must be buried. Burned. Forgotten.” The lights went out. And something began to knock on the door. END
By Top stories about a year ago in Horror
THE HUNGER OF SAINT MARGUERITE'S HOSPICE
Season 1 PROLOGUE: THE FIRST INCISION Sister Evangeline's Private Journals - Locked Ward, 1893 The hospice's east wing had been silent for seventeen years when the screaming began again. Not the usual cries of the dying - this was the wet sound of meat being parted from bone with deliberate precision.
By Tales That Breathe at Nightabout a year ago in Horror
The Midnight Hour of Terror”
The village was named Bospur. A tiny place, surrounded by paddy fields and bamboo groves. At its heart stood an old, decaying mansion—*Bos Bari*. Once a grand estate belonging to Zamindar Raghunath Bose, now it was a crumbling monument to fear and forgotten history. The house was abandoned. No one dared go near it. The reason? A chilling tale of an unnatural death that had haunted the villagers for decades. Twenty years ago, Raghunath Bose’s only son, Ranjit Bose, mysteriously disappeared one night. He had returned from the city for the holidays and went to bed like usual—but by morning, he was gone. A week later, his body was found floating near the old pond behind the mansion. His face was contorted with fear, eyes wide open, and the corners of his lips twisted in a disturbing, silent grin. The official report said he had drowned, but the villagers whispered otherwise. They believed something unnatural had taken him. Something still lurking in that house. Years passed, and from the city came Rohit Sen—a young journalist working for an online magazine called *Mysteries of Bengal*. His job: to investigate supernatural legends and separate myth from truth. [05/05, 10:18 am] Chatgpt: At the village entrance, he met old Sudhanshu Babu, once the estate’s manager. The old man said, “The boy wasn’t afraid of anything... but that night, he saw something no human mind should see.” Rohit smiled politely. “There’s no such thing as ghosts, Dadu. Just stories.” Sudhanshu’s eyes narrowed. “Some fears don’t just raise goosebumps... they leave scars on the soul.” Still determined, Rohit decided to spend one night in the mansion. He arrived around 6 PM, carrying a camera, tape recorder, torch, and a small tent. Inside, the house was full of dust and cobwebs. The wind whistled through broken windows, and on one wall still hung an old portrait of Raghunath Bose—eyes stern, gaze almost alive. By 10 PM, the camera rolled. Nothing unusual happened. At 11:30 PM, the recorder picked up a faint sound—sobbing. Rohit dismissed it as the wind or a bird. He sat back to take notes. At exactly 11:55 PM, footsteps echoed—slow, heavy, deliberate. It sounded like someone was tapping a cane on the wooden floor, approaching his room. He crept to the door and opened it gently. No one. Then the lights flickered. The door slammed shut by itself. The air grew cold, unnaturally so. [05/05, 10:18 am] Chatgpt: At the stroke of midnight, he heard a clock chime—once, twice... twelve times. But there was no clock in the house. From the shadows of the wall, a figure emerged—tall, cloaked in darkness, with glowing red eyes. Rohit froze. The figure spoke: “You came seeking truth? Come then... see the night I died.” Rohit couldn’t speak. The figure pointed to the wall. Suddenly, the wall morphed into a living painting. It showed Ranjit’s final night. He was being pushed toward the pond by another shadowy figure. Ranjit’s face showed terror, betrayal. The painted Ranjit screamed, “My death wasn’t an accident... I was betrayed!” Then, the shadow in the image turned to face Rohit and whispered, “You will write the final page of my story.” Rohit fainted. The next morning, villagers found him unconscious in the courtyard. They rushed him to the local hospital. When he regained consciousness, all he said was, “He’s still waiting... for justice.” Rohit never published the article. Instead, he wrote a private journal entry: “Not all mysteries can be solved with science. Some truths are only understood when seen. Like Bos Bari... some histories are not meant to be told, but to be respected—and feared.” -
By Fahad Khanabout a year ago in Horror
The Last Passenger
It was 11:43 p.m. when Raghav boarded the last city bus from Sector 29. The streets were eerily quiet, the fog hugging the road like a living thing. He had missed his train and this was the only way back home. The bus was empty—except for the driver and an old conductor chewing tobacco silently. Raghav picked a seat near the middle and pulled his hoodie tighter. Cold wind seeped through the cracked windows. Ten minutes into the journey, the bus stopped at a deserted junction. No one was there, but the door hissed open anyway. A man stepped in. Tall, thin, wearing a black coat and a wide-brimmed hat that shadowed his face. He didn’t speak, didn’t look at anyone—just walked silently and sat in the very last row. Raghav turned slightly. He hadn’t seen the man approach. No headlights, no footsteps, no sound. Weird. The bus moved on. Another stop. Empty again. But this time, the door opened and a woman climbed in. Pale face, white sari. She too walked to the back. Raghav glanced behind. Now there were two people sitting there. He looked at the conductor, who was still chewing, staring blankly ahead. “Do you know those people?” Raghav asked casually. The conductor blinked. “What people?” Raghav frowned. “The ones who just got on?” The conductor turned around. His eyes scanned the bus—and then narrowed. “There’s no one there,” he said flatly. Raghav turned back to look. The back seats were empty. He stared, stunned. He was sure he saw them. Had even heard footsteps. The conductor chuckled nervously. “Late night messes with your head, bhai. Sit tight.” The bus moved on. Next stop.
By THOUGHT LIKE A PROabout a year ago in Horror
China Oil Factory Horror Place
Once upon a time, in a remote part of China, there stood an old oil factory that had been abandoned for years. It was rumored that strange occurrences took place within its crumbling walls. Locals spoke of eerie sounds echoing through the night and shadows moving where no one should be.
By Nirob Ahmedabout a year ago in Horror
The Hollow Girl’s New Skin: A True Haunting at Blackvale Orphanage
Season 2 ______________________________________________ PROLOGUE: THE TRANSFER Blackvale Orphanage - December 21, 1986 The children's choir should have stopped when the screaming began.
By Tales That Breathe at Nightabout a year ago in Horror
