Top Stories
Stories in Horror that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Priory . Top Story - May 2026. Content Warning.
It is my unwavering belief that any creature with blood within its veins is capable of grave sins. I now confess my own. They will name me a Brother of the Order of St. Mathieus. A lie. The first of many. I am no brother. I had not yet done the rituals of our order. I was little more than an orphan stableboy, surviving on gruel and stale bread. Unworthy of both my mother and my Order’s love.
By Matthew J. Fromm5 months ago in Horror
The Room. Top Story - May 2026.
The stairway was doused in enough light to see the faded tan carpet, but also enough shadow to shroud the landing twenty steps above. Any detail on the wall to the right was lost in swathes of gloom. The light and shade of the hallway to the left gave a ghostly view of the white bannister and spindles.
By Matthew Batham5 months ago in Horror
The Retreat. Top Story - May 2026. Content Warning.
As the church bus came to a stop in the empty parking lot, its ten young passengers exchanged nervous glances. Reverend Lewis, his wife, Louise and his new assistant, Jason, looked back from the front of the bus with knowing smiles. Jason looked to the pastor for approval.
By Dana Crandell5 months ago in Horror
Myth Tour. Honorable Mention in Stay a While Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
Light be-smirks outline where the edges blur and form dissolves to shadow. I squint, at dusk, what a trivial action. The sun, tucking its final glow tidily behind the mountain, turns over embers to warm the other side. Unchallenged, frigid dark overtakes the riverbed.
By Jessica McGlaughlin5 months ago in Horror
The Stalking of a Stalker. Honorable Mention in Stay a While Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
Franklin grinned wickedly. To anyone looking on, it would seem more like a humorless grimace, he had long forgotten how to laugh with feeling. He watched them approach from his well hidden vantage point amidst the trees... a deep sense of excitement beginning in his toes and radiating upwards to the pit of his stomach.
By Novel Allen5 months ago in Horror
Motel Smoke Screener. Top Story - April 2026.
Freddy was never the same after that night. What he saw there stuck in the motel like that, not knowing if he would ever get out with his phone slowly dying in the process with me as his only lifeline to the outside world left. If only I had never jokingly said he is a punk unless he stays there for a night. The way he took up on that so quickly, texting me this video of knives flying around the abandoned motel.
By Seashell Harpspring 6 months ago in Horror
Adams Lives. Top Story - April 2026.
“So, my uncle can get a bunch of aluminum foil for cheap. We break in, get into the principal’s office. Foil up everything. Leave him a note, something like, ‘Keep things fresh!’” Shannon beamed. The response from the others was underwhelming.
By Bryan Buffkin6 months ago in Horror
