Horror Stories

Dive into some creepy reads with a selection of horror stories to scare any reader.

Spooky Halloween Stories

Read some of your fellow authors' spooky stories to start your Halloween weekend.

#Halloween
Robin Honigsberg

House of Evil

She first met him crossing the street. He accidentally bumped into her, muttered, “I’m sorry,” and hurried on. But she saw him look back at

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Halloween Story 2023
Andy Spears

iSpy

Who is inside Chelle’s phone?            Chelle couldn’t figure out what was going on with her phone. She kept insisting to

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Cosmic Horror
Reina Cruz

The Lake House (Part 1 of 5)

The Santos siblings went to the lake for a relaxing escape, but by the end of their trip, it’s a race to escape the vacation

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Halloween Story 2023
D. I. Jolly

Mirrors and Glass

The words of affirmation written across the top of Mindy’s mirror read. “I don’t know how to tell you this, but I love you.” The

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ALL Horror Stories

Chloe Longstreet

We’re Coming For You

“Come here, swim with me.” Darioush smiled suggestively at Emily as he stripped off his clothes. “But we just ate! What if we get a

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Cosmic Horror
Reina Cruz

The Lake House Part 3 of 5

The Santos siblings went to the lake for a relaxing escape, but by the end of their trip, it’s a race to escape the vacation

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horror
Pam Reeder

The Hand in the Snow

When dog walking goes wrong Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels I watched as Chauncey sniffed at a mound of snow covered leaves and began

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Passive Magic 

Dear ADA Jessica Rhone, No, I’ll admit it never felt right. Not so much the murders—I didn’t think there was anything inherently wrong with killing

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Scary
This Life's Illusions

A Hairy Morning

Sometimes a morning doesn’t begin the way we intend it to.  This was one of those hairy starts! The photo is of the actual culprit,

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Crime
willow hewett

The Night Stalker

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The street seemed eerie and deserted as I made my way towards my apartment, which was situated on the other end of town. I had

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ghost
Colin Devonshire

I Don’t Know Why?

“I don’t know why, but I get a funny feeling when I’m near her,” Chas said. He was sitting looking at his shoes. Not that

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doctor
Brittany Johnson

Gertrude Wells and The Spot

It started as a small sore at the top of her head, something that could have been easily ignored by anyone other than Gertrude Wells.

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dance
Andrey Lukyanov

Motion Happens

Raindrops, sliding off the windshield of the bus that’s tearing through the road in a damp summer air at 90 mph, looked like spermatozoa under

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Bangkok
Colin Devonshire

Are You There?

‘Hey, where did you go?’ Sam banged his phone on the counter. He listened and stared at the Android. ‘Hello, are you there?’ He looked

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conor matthews
Conor Matthews

The Trees Swallow People: Part 3

Reporting at the Garda station proved depressingly tedious. I went, expecting to be met with derision and light mockery or perhaps aggression for wasting their

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adventure
Dennis Mombauer

Halls of Silt and Seawater

“That’s exactly what I imagined. Isn’t it great?” Ben and his friends looked down the dunes, over the beach and the rolling waves, crashing against

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dark
Quillful Writer

Into My Shadow: Dark Beginnings

[Content Notes: swearing, non-graphic torture.] Another lightning spell ripped through him, forcing Dira to tense and thrash uncontrollably in his narrow cage. Wooden bars all

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bit on the side
Colin Devonshire

I Can See Him

“It’s in my mind, there can’t you see?” “No, honey, I can’t see something you are imagining,” Brent said. He squirmed on his chair, holding

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Celebration
Brittany Johnson

Fingers and Toes

“That time of the year again, huh?” the voice behind you asks. It’s a sing-song, dry husk of a voice, with the faint resemblance to

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Dark Fiction
Evan Bond

New Year, Same Me

Once the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, people wipe clean their slates and start fresh. New year, new me, they’ll proclaim. Of course,

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Bad neighbours
Colin Devonshire

And You Said…

“Time for bed, young lady.” “Ow mum, it’s too early,” answered Maew. “You have exams tomorrow, only two more days, then you are on holiday,

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Shrine

Michael was once a holy man. To himself. Everything he did up until this moment was selfish, self-contained, and simple. Up until he found and

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Demon
Christina Nordlander

Katabasis

When Julian opened the door to the men’s room with its red stall doors, there was only one guy in there. He stood leaning his

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choice
Andrey Lukyanov

A Moment That’s A Little Off

Right this second… An inflammatory thought! An idea turned cold. If you want to torture a person just put him/her on your life schedule and

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Deep Cover

When I was thirty I became obsessed with the idea that I was an alien shapeshifter. It started out as a thought experiment, almost a

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Colors
Andrey Lukyanov

It Is Up To You

The notion of love and beauty is still there right?  One might start to believe, especially with the last few years, that it’s an outmoded

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The Doll Mistress

Normally, Celestine would never have gone so close to the witch’s house, but winter had made it hard to find anything to eat and they’d

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bad girl
Colin Devonshire

Sweet Little Billie-Jo

“Where is my angel?” “Here I am daddy.” “Now, what are these police officers doing to you?” “Nothing, they are asking me questions.” “Where is

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Two Eyes Like Coal

He had red-rimmed eyes and a grin as he wiped his nose across his jacket sleeve. He was trailing slush and mud across the entryway,

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#Halloween
Andy Spears

Piggy Bank Princess

“Hey. Sarah Jane said when she was at the store with Makenzie she saw that princess costume.” “Uh-huh.” “You know, the one she’s been telling

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#connection
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 2

Mary weaves her way through the gravestones in the cemetery, the moonlight illuminating her way. She hates that the only sound that can be heard

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Tame Your Demons

Jackie would forever be sixteen. Which sucked major ass once they thought about it and in hindsight making a deal with the devil at sixteen

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Bangkok
Colin Devonshire

Did You Hear?

‘Listen…’ Tom tilted his scared and misformed head until his ear rested on his shoulder. He smiled, a crooked grin; he was happy. ‘Listen to

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child
Saim Khurshid

Choice

Cover by https://twitter.com/Default_Mistake?t=T13ESBEGBtvjBI7D7QrJBA&s=08 The night was a cliche dark and inside the hospital, where only a few months ago, Darlene had given birth to a

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#Halloween
Donald J. Bingle

Blind Spot

“I’m standing in the back yard now.” Aaron checked the bars on his cell phone; the signal was strong. “You have to fly out here

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Director Aldmann

Cold Pine Lake

At the bottom of the lake waits a chair just for you It sits a staggered row and you’ll seat it right on cue. No sin or crimeearned

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The Bravery Club

Linn waited while Efraim sat crouched in the rainy road, holding the earthworm. The worm was so long, it always hung a bit off the

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The Vending Machine

On the third floor of an ordinary office building, in space rented by a number of subcontractors that provided support functions for one of those

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he
Andrey Lukyanov

He

He grew up thinking that it was all fun.  Thought he’ll have everything that he’ll ever need and was so trustworthy that sometimes he thought

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Director Aldmann

The Farmer and the rabbits

On the night of the full moon, a farmer awoke to a coven of occultic rabbits in his garden. Leaping from his bed, he grabbed

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death
Saim Khurshid

 A MAN WITH A DEAD STARE

Warning: Might not be suitable for the faint-hearted The night was dark and stormy, the road flooded with water. It was around 9:00. I was

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fortune
Colin Devonshire

Love Heart?

“She pointed at the wardrobe. She said a few words, not in English. And then died,” Anne said as the tears flowed. The ambulance men

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Dark Fiction
Evan Bond

The Stall

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It was dark and creepy in the gas station bathroom when I walked in. We had been driving for almost five hours and I really

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Bad children
Colin Devonshire

Cheers, God

“I am a lucky boy. We have a strong Wi-Fi connection today. I can watch my favourite series.” “That’s great, you enjoy it. Do you

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#kids
Colin Devonshire

Under The Roundabout

‘Leave my daughter alone. You filthy layabout.’ A young mother snatched the toddler away from Peggy the Bag. ‘She fell from the swing, I was

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flash fiction
Michael Robert

Dinner Is Served

 Crawling through the air duct, squeezed tight, claustrophobia gripped Kay like a vice. She peered through a nearby register, trying to stop hyperventilating.  She could

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The Eyes In The Night

Look out over your bed, In the nothing by the door, And you will find a chilling sight, The eyes in the night.  They

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killer
Colin Devonshire

And You Said?

“Time for bed, young lady.” “Ow mum, it’s too early,” answered Maew. “You have exams tomorrow, only two more days, then you are on holiday,

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The Humans in the Walls

Mats had been climbing on the gravel rampart with Johanna and Tiffany, now that the trucks had left and there wasn’t anyone there to tell

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The forces of good and evil are all around us!
Walker Ikard

FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL

You look around the world. What do you see?  You see the forces of good and evil coming at you and me. If you believe

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JC Rhodes

The Sounds of the Woods

CRACK! I sat in my tent, alone, an electric lantern supplying light as I wrote in my journal before bed. The sound was a branch

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Bloody Marigolds

Standing in the garden, wiggling my toes, and feeling the soil go in between them and underneath my bare feet always comforted me gave me

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cold
Christina Nordlander

The Snow Girl’s Tale

Ever since her wedding, the Queen-Consort of the realm was called Queen Heavy-Heart, a name she had got for her grave mien’s sake, as if

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Art
Christina Nordlander

Pink Lipstick

The cup Artur has had brought up for her is minimalist in a greyish-green Chinese glaze that feels almost translucent between the fingers, but there

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conor
Conor Matthews

The Trees Swallow People: Part 8

We’re supposedly social animals, cooperative, empathetic. I’m not the most exuberant person, but I like to think I’m agreeable and can hold a conversation. I

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Fiction
Nina Fabunmi

The Banana and the Psychopath

Heart racing….. tongue dripping with saliva….. he stared intensely outside his window and into hers. This was the norm. His day would not be complete

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evil child
Tim McDaniel

Social Studies

Emma Cook, nine years old in her overlarge overalls and blonde pigtails made dirty by a day’s play out by the pond – well, more

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adventure
Catherine Jordan

Chocolate Factory Lottery

By Catherine Jordan I thought a candy factory tour would mean chocolate and sugar awesomeness. I poked my tongue into the five cavities I have.

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For the Guy Who Has Everything

Concept by ChockaBlock The electronic signature pad turned his name to a stubby spatter of ink. The postman turned back and continued down the cul-de-sac

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death hotel
Colin Devonshire

Everything Ready?

‘Everything was ready for the ritual. What have you done?’ Mr Kirkwood asked. ‘Sir, I don’t feel right about this,’ Khun Daw answered. ‘You may

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Fiction
Charles Bastille

The Cutting

This short story is a part of the MagicLand Chronicles. It is set during a time long before that of the events in my debut

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competition
Tim McDaniel

Getting Ahead in Business

 Graeme Wood turned the newspaper to Local News, folded it, and smoothed it flat on the plastic table in front of him. The waitress passed

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Eminence Grise: Part 2

3. Coma A kind pointy woman with glasses on a lanyard around her neck, in an office in Seventies brown, said that she couldn’t be

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#Halloween
Nina Fabunmi

In Love With A Beast

She heard the howling in the bushes. “Such a strange cry,” she thought aloud. It persisted. No matter how much she tried to block out

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Avenge
Evan Bond

The Tree Trunk

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His head was swimming in confusion with eyes lost in a fog of haze. Donny’s arms felt glued to his sides; the rope bindings biting

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Clay Vermulm

The Greatest Enemy: Part 3 

Ishiro awoke to a flaming shaft of pain erupting up from his abdomen. He writhed across Niko’s bed onto the cold, softwood floor, twisting and

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Black magic
Colin Devonshire

Snowed-In

“You have got to be joking?” “No, I mean it, we are stuck.” “You are telling me, I’ve travelled all this way. Bought loads of

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The Farm

Elswyth didn’t have to be woken that morning. Her eyelids went up, and just a moment later she was able to kick her way up,

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Fire in the Woods

Amber hoped it was her imagination, but it seemed unnaturally dark out tonight, even with the moon nearly full overhead. This close to the city,

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Children
Colin Devonshire

Hla

Hla was born with a cleft palate, doctors fixed that, but no doctor could cure her mind. She could do most things; driving was one.

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TzeLin Sam

Coruscant

They are coming for us, Humanoid creatures with bejewelled eyes, A dozen of us against five of them, It started with one…. And then there

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The Separation

Her throat hurt. The pain had stitched it up so that she couldn’t swallow. Her mouth was dry of saliva either way. She tasted something

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Elves
Kelson Hayes

Hell Descent

THE NORTH SEA Winter, 1E77 Elvish longboats cut through the foggy mists of the night along the still icy waters of the North Sea. The

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#Halloween
Donald J. Bingle

The Test of Thirteen

“Bloodroot, nightshade, pond scum, a live tadpole, and fresh guano. Put into a large kettle with two quarts of fetid rainwater and heat while intoning

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family drama
Reina Cruz

The Lake House Part 5 of 5

The Santos siblings went to the lake for a relaxing escape, but by the end of their trip, it’s a race to escape the vacation

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Cellarella

There once was a young girl whose mother was gravely ill and whose father was an arrogant asshole. He did not care about the woman

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fantasy
Director Aldmann

The Fountain King

He sits upon his fountain throneendless vessel bound in bonecrimson, scarlet, dashed on stoneuntil his crime you will atone. It was a valley full of

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Children
Colin Devonshire

And Your Name Is?

“It looks like suicide.” “She can’t be older than ten. Why on earth?” Detective Lou Reynolds said to a uniformed officer. “Sir, I know her,

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