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.

ALL Horror Stories

ache
Melissa Powers

Beacon of Light

There is a beauty to being the sole bright light in a vast sea of darkness and a curse as well. Melanie Raynore should know

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Transplant Horror from Beyond Space

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

 “Human, are you there?” The voice rasped out from the darkness under the stairs. The aliens preferred the dark, and they were given what they

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death
Kelson Hayes

The Dead Have Arisen!

THE DEAD WOOD Winter, 1E194 The Nardic tribesmen trudged through the thorns and brambles that grew upon the forest floor, hacking and slashing at the

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horror
Michael Robert

In The Foothills (Story Cubes #4)

Nestled in the foothills of the Front Range sits a compound. This compound has sprawling concrete walkways connecting the various buildings and cages. Buildings dotted

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Bangkok
Alex Mathers

Steam Room

Duanphen was thinking of hot Thai stew with plenty of garlic. It was edging past the nine-hour mark of soapy water scouring and sore fingers. 

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dark comedy
Tim McDaniel

Therapeutic

 I usually leafed through a National Geographic while I was waiting for Dr. Ishkanian – looking over the Table of Contents, first, to see if

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#Halloween
Charlotte Rodricks

Halloween Betrothal

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

It hit the floor with a thud. She watched in horror as the pumpkin basket bounced merrily off the floor of the patio scattering her

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cold
Christina Nordlander

The Snow Girl’s Tale

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

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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Black magic
Colin Devonshire

Here I Am

The bus rumbled like an empty stomach. We missed the bus stop by ten yards. It did stop. I got off alone. I didn’t wave;

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zombie
Tim McDaniel

Taken, One After Another

 Chad still hadn’t returned by morning. We all knew he’d been taken, just like Sandy. That was the way it was, ever since the dead

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darkfantasy
Brittany Johnson

The King’s Secret

  • 4.5
( 2 Reviews )

“My lord,” I purred softly as to not draw his attention, bowing before my new king alongside the six other mistresses. We curtsied deeply on the queue

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banshee
Reina Cruz

AfterWorld Part 1

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

When a teenager is trapped in a land of the dead, she discovers that ghosts are the least of her worries.  ShyShy crouched among dried

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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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The Next Street

After Halloween, I came to school with a jacked-up face. The story going around was that I was dared to do something stupid, but I’m

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folkhorror
Brittany Johnson

The Hollow

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

Here in my hollow I sleep Alone I have been Hungry I have been Whores Liars Cheaters They all are And I am forgotten They

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Yvonne Lang

Serving of Revenge

Angus rearranged his bulky frame in the uncomfortable hard-backed diner chair. It was not the sort of establishment he was used to frequenting, but needs

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horror
TzeLin Sam

The Monastery

It had been two years since my life in the outside world ended and my new one began here in the monastery. We called it

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death
Tim McDaniel

The Carrion Monster

    O amiable, lovely death! Thou odoriferous stench! sound rot- tenness! Arise forth from the couch of lasting night Shakespeare, King John III “I

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Fear Itself

What had changed? Yrla sat with her eyes fixed on the road in front of the dashboard. The sky above the road was grey and

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Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Deaths of Mita (Part IV)

Paranormal Adventures, Part I Since the first day they met, Mita and Keaton’s life together was an adventure. Now that they were married, life continued

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frienship
Melissa Powers

Life is an Endless Endeavor

I’m no stranger to embracing the loneliness, while others enfold the light. I have no desire in seeking something that will only bring more pain.

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murdermystery
Brittany Johnson

Lone Star

“Don’t you see it?” Abby cried suddenly, and the table fell into silence. She looked around from face to face with pleading, tear-flooded eyes. They

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Creepy
Dennis Mombauer

The Desert of Haunted Tongues

The night was dark and empty, no moon floating over the ragged desert hills, not even stars; no bird calls, no crickets, no wind. The

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Body Horror
KC Roca

Self-portrait

“Monster,” says Malik, and points to a spot in the metal pole. “That’s a snail,” I say. “It’s an insect, I guess. Their shell protects

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darkfiction
Charlotte Rodricks

Sealed with a kiss

He was excited and yet nervous. Although he wouldn’t be receiving his traditional mistletoe kiss from a random holiday fling, this year he would be

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Siren Of Trees

Come little ones,To woods and hide,Don’t be afraid,You’re safe inside. Don’t look behind,Just walk on by,Plug your ears shut,Don’t hear them cry. They don’t love

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dark picnic
Colin Devonshire

What A Day For A…

“We’ve had a miserable spring, but today is the first day of summer, and the sun is shining,” said Bradley. “So?” asked Rob. “Yeah, so

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folklore
Reina Cruz

AfterWorld Part 3

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

When a teenager is trapped in a land of the dead, she discovers that ghosts are the least of her worries. Begin with Part 1

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Dark Fiction
Evan Bond

Beside the Dying Fire

Sitting next to the orange glow of a crackling fire Felix Leon glanced over his shoulder. Somewhere far off in the woods, a twig crunched

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litfic
Blake Talton

I think, wolf wolf wolf

I want him before he wants me. I am twenty-three years old and sipping mint juleps from red plastic cups when I see him. His

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Chinese tea
Colin Devonshire

Tea Junction

“I’m gasping for a cuppa,” said Angie. “We will not have your usual,” Suk answered. Angie was the new girl at Pert Exports, she brewed

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#clover
Ankita K.

Heart wrapped in clovers

Interviewer (Walks in): Hello, hope you’re having a graceful day. Patree is happy to welcome you to its glorious establishment. The boy (Shaking hands): Hello

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#Halloween
Donald J. Bingle

Double D

It’s tough to be a dame in Chicago. Even tougher when you spend all your time in dive bars on Water Street, just waiting for

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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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dark
Christina Nordlander

From Below

It was a well in the depths of the woods. Nadja stopped before it. There was a clearing around it – barely a clearing, a

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Slabbed Maris

Maris stepped outside in the stadium and felt the world narrow. The detox, hours of looking down into the toilet bowl, dad’s still upturned face

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All Undone

Rashida watched the lights of the corner stores pass by, shying away from her boyfriend’s touch. She toyed with a braid, rolling it between her

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Boy
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 1

  • 3.5
( 1 Reviews )

Mary has been trapped in this dark moonlit cemetery for an undetermined amount of time. She had been free of this place once, living among

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diary format
Christina Nordlander

My Horse

There are fifteen days to go until Mum takes me to the stables to meet my horse. I have already got past the first stage:

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divorce
Tim McDaniel

The Pertinent Unobit

 The window was open just enough to let in the cool night air. Its cooling effect, however, was lost on Richard. Bernard von Leiter. What

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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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The man eater

She missed her pet. Silent tears streamed down her face as she clutched her locket which encompassed a picture of the deceased pet. All the

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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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action
Donald J. Bingle

Dark Energy

Energy surged through his sinews as he ran effortlessly through the shadow-splashed night, metal-banded legs stretching and springing as they churned the decaying detritus of

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creepyneighbor
Brittany Johnson

The Neighbor

My neighbors think I’m strange. I can tell when I watch them through my windows, while they look at me from the other side of

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dark
Donald J. Bingle

Protest Seen

It wasn’t my fault. I was just minding my own business when it happened. I mean, really minding my own business. I was just walking

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The Fire in Jeremy Finn

I’ve known Jeremy Finn for eight years. We met on the first day of a new school year, when we were both eleven. The weather

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nosleep
Blake Talton

Lumberjack

The forest grew lush and heavy. Rumors spread of the creature that lurked within the groves of thick oak and wild pine. People vanished overnight—never

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#paranormalromance
Clay Vermulm

Alma 

Ian had suffered drowning scares before. He’d also been hopelessly lost before, but this was the first time he’d actually looked death in the face.

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Children
Colin Devonshire

Cannot Be

“Sammy was so small, delicate, perfect. Why oh why?” tears streamed. “Darling, please stop. You can’t bring him back.” “No, I know. It’s so sad.”

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Black magic
Colin Devonshire

The Dark Tulip

‘Stop the car!’ ‘What?’ ‘Pull up now. Look,’ Mary Dawkins pointed ahead. Her husband strained, peering between the headlights, leaning forward to the steering wheel.

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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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Campfire
C.D. Hoyle

Madman Muck

  • 4
( 1 Reviews )

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Jake could just make out the

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monolog
Christina Nordlander

Tiled Corridor, Underground

Wait. Don’t go. That’s good. Do you hear me clearly? I suppose you can hear me wherever you are. This communication, it’s not sounds. But

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Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Deaths of Mita (Part III)

*** Upsidedown When actor Keaton Macbeth and journalist Mita Lopez met, they had each unexpectedly met the love of their lives. From the start, life

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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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Insomnia

I’m on my side, awake and lucid, yet my eyes remain shut. I am painfully awake. Sleep came easy before, like a dog to my

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Virus ( 50 word horror story)

“So tasteless!” remarked he. She was furious. “What! Me?” “No,” her date explained. “All these dishes are so tasteless!” She smiled, her tongue still remembering

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Lady in the Leaning Tree

do you know her?                                   tree?
                                                                     that woman in

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IS THE MAN WITHOUT A HEAD REAL?
Walker Ikard

THE MAN WITHOUT A HEAD

Do you believe in spirits?  Do you believe in ghosts?  Some people do. Yet some people don’t. But stories continue to be told about spirits

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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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Eminence Grise: Part 1

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and

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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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flash fiction
Michael Robert

The Gift

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

“Adjust the temperature,” the surgeon said, “My hands are cold.” She continued her work, focused on the patient in front of her. She regularly wondered

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Creepy
Evan Bond

Watcher

He had been seeing it for weeks, now. That same mutilated face that stared at him with its twisted, lipless smile. Crooked, rotting teeth pointed

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adventure
Ankita K.

Those guys are doomed

I cannot express how conflicted I used to feel. As if things were happening on their own. As if my presence did not make any

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family
Ben Matthews

Birthdays (Part 3 of 3)

I took my time before going back to her house. It held no interest for me. I’d only lived in it for the last few

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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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AI
Tim McDaniel

Blinking Noon and Midnight

 Len put down the book. He’d been kidding himself for an hour at least; the sweater wasn’t enough. The place was just too darn cold.

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Walkey walkey

The Dead of Night

Image by Author John startled awake. The salt of cold sweat lingering. A blanket of fear permeates the air, clinging to the skin; adsorbable. The

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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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Do you believe in ghosts or spirits?
Walker Ikard

ARE SPIRITS OR GHOSTS REAL? 

People have been talking about spirits or ghosts, since the beginning of time. There have been so many accounts of spirits seen all around the

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