Top Stories

Stories in Horror that you'll love, handpicked by our team.

The Most Dangerous Game. Top Story - November 2026.
The wolf eats the lamb. The fox raids the henhouse. Man picks up a gun and stalks his brother across one, many battlefields; both figuratively, and literally, as well. It's all kill, kill, kill, every day, all day.
By Tom Baker6 days ago in Horror
November's Fire. Top Story - October 2026.
The relentless lust for blood drives the hideous Thing created, born, like Pallas Athena, from the minds of men. A thing brought forth, a terrifying, shapeless mass, an amorphous thing upon which the sadism and vengeance of a people can enact that sacred ritual of blood, wherein is expiated the fear and guilt of a people. The wind howls, the world darkens down to await the Sacred Fires, the bonfire holocausts of animals, to appease the Lord of the Dead.
By Tom Baker18 days ago in Horror
Listen to me. Top Story - October 2026.
"How do you know that this time will be any different? Look around. We're all stuck in here, just like you." Neil felt the weight of the room press in on his shoulders, and he lowered his head.
By Joe O’Connor23 days ago in Horror
Pirouetting on Memories. Top Story - October 2026.
I wrestled with myself whether to tell you this story or not. Once you hear it, you will see me in a different light. It all began one terribly unblustery, calm, summery day.
By Paul Stewart20 days ago in Horror
Static Whispers. Top Story - October 2026. Content Warning.
The baby is due next week. A long-awaited bundle of joy after years of loss. You sit in the nursing chair, swinging back and forth, clutching your bump. Your trance is interrupted; the monitor crackles. Your eyes dart to the flashing green light across the dimly lit room. A surge of adrenaline steals your breath; the baby monitor wasn't plugged into the wall.
By Sharna Halliwell24 days ago in Horror
Don't Go to Work Tomorrow. Top Story - October 2026.
"Come on!" I yell to nobody. My right hand is gripping the steering wheel and my left is holding my head up. Bumper to bumper traffic always knows how to spoil an already rotten day.
By Annie24 days ago in Horror
I'm So Happy You're Staying With Us. Top Story - October 2026.
When Roger gets to a hotel, he likes to unpack right away and iron his shirts so that he's ready for his client meetings. Roger was finishing his last shirt, arranging the sleeve on the hotel's ironing board and bringing the iron down with a satisfying hiss, when the hotel phone rang.
By John R. Godwin23 days ago in Horror
Hazatérés — Homecoming. Top Story - October 2026.
I am in no hurry to get to the library this morning. My current assignment is so exciting that I am already tired just thinking about it: sorting and digitizing a collection of old records that nobody has touched in over fifty years.
By Imola Tóth26 days ago in Horror
Fermi Paradox. Top Story - October 2026.
The rocket arched across the sky. Beyond the horizon’s curve, the railguns of the Athakanizi hummed the death march of the once system-spanning race. Singularity Unit 6X3 stood at its post, watching through electric eyes as the Athakanizi died beneath the second sun followed by a mushroom cloud.
By Matthew J. Fromm24 days ago in Horror
Now We Have Unfilled Holes. Winner in Dead Air Challenge. Top Story - October 2026.
The industrial park tucked away in the folds of the ghetto was built during more prosperous times, when business boomed throughout the city.
By C. Rommial Butler25 days ago in Horror
Burned Stories. Top Story - October 2026.
Families pass things down; some inherit generational wealth, while others inherit debt. If you're lucky, you get good genetics; if you're cursed, you get their trauma. The Cronaca family relinquished stories.
By Nikki Torino Wagner24 days ago in Horror
A New Arrival. Top Story - October 2026.
Chloe rests her elbows on the kitchen island in her family’s new home in Fairfield, Connecticut, already exhausted by 11 a.m. She calls the only person who might listen.
By Scott Christenson🌴25 days ago in Horror