Short stories: Tales of horror

by DM Cain

Starved For Affection The dreams came more frequently now. Often, she wasn't even sure she was dreaming; a blessing, she supposed during her more coherent moments. Sometimes she had conversations with her mother, or her...read more

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by Mountain Dew

I awoke with dry eyes stinging my sockets, still yearning for a few more hours of sleep. I glanced at the clock and could not find the glow of the display; the power must have gone out. The house was quiet, so quiet that...read more

by Patricia Travers

The Style of Karma Martha's heels clicked against the wet sidewalk. The streetlights grew dim alongside the fog, casting shadows across the vacant street. She was making her way home from a late movie. It had been a lon...read more

by Joe Slade

Whispers & Shadow It's not the individual details of some strange sound in the middle of the night seeking out the unsuspecting listener, or even the eruption of some utter darkness during midday that disturb ...read more

by Kurt Mcaninch

I'm not even sure what day it is anymore. My unconscious state could have lasted a week, or even just a few moments. As I lie here in this darkened room, lit only by a small lantern in the corner, I hear something moving a...read more

by Buni

There have been skeptical people on what has happened in the Blackheart hospital scandal. I however have been inside and will shed some light on this gruesome story. A tale of betrayal so sickening it will make you shudder...read more

by Chenay Jordan

As I took my first shot of Jack Daniel's I knew the flight was going to be a long one. For as often as I flew to Europe security was always such a pain in the ass about my firearm. With all the clearance I had some assho...read more

by Preston Owens

I look out across the darken city at the bright lights shining from the skyscrapers. The hustle and bustle down on the streets. I watch as the cars go by and the people scurry about everyone trying to make it home to the w...read more

by Maxine Headd

Foot Steps in the Night We lived in the country outside of Peach Orchard Missouri. It was a beautiful spring in a lovely but small town of Southeast Missouri. The small lovely town had a lot of flowering bushes and un...read more

by Joel Stottlemire

Shiloh shuffled down the filthy alley muttering to himself. Behind him, air cars whisked back and forth along the boulevard, kicking up spray from the rain that had been falling all evening. To his left he could hear a t...read more

by Bryan Belrad

I knew he was going to come for me. Somewhere inside, I accepted it. Still, I had been hoping that, against all odds, he would never come. I knew better, but I hoped anyway. Maybe something would happen to him before...read more

by Christopher Heinz

Mike walked hurriedly past the alley. Every day he heard wails of terror and cries of pain as he passed the alley. His mom told him the screams were just in his imagination, but he knew better. One day, as he had passed...read more

by Derek Rogerson

Who Are We Having For Dinner? It had amused Manfred when, among the bills and assorted junk mail that he had received that morning, he came across the organ donor card. He chuckled to himself as with a flouris...read more

by Jessy McQueen

As her eyes slowly open, Susan tries desperately to recognize where she is. A cold feeling forms in the pit of her stomach as her eyes focus in the dark, dank, musty basement she was in. Feeling along the moist cement floo...read more

by WB McCulloch

Cold, so cold. I knew that the other side held warmth, but no, I could not even ponder such things. To give in to the other side was not in me. I restrained the thought and continued on my journey. My nightshirt did li...read more

by deadmanswill

PURPLE HORROR 1. Dream and Rebirth Colin tossed uneasily in his sleep. The two moons in the sky shone upon the forest below with a virgin ferocity unseen anywhere. As the light of the moons filtered through the giga...read more

by Destiny Mcmanus

The Revenge Nobody took notice of the clock on the wall that ticked away the seconds of the day. Nobody that is except the little boy. He sat on the floor with his toys strewn around him, pajamas on, looking like a l...read more

by Tina Long

It was a warm spring day in Tulsa Oklahoma,not too hot with a light wind.It was just the right day for a drive maybe picnic in the park. Jannie Andrews had the whole weekend off and she was not going to waist a minut...read more

by Jeremiah Whitehead

A Child's Worst Fears My constant nightmares have finally stopped, and it only took 10 years. My nightmares were not of monsters... I never believed in those things. I do, however, believe in good people and bad peopl...read more

by Robert Pace

The hand that held the knife was firm. There was no wavering, this was simple. This was murder. Anthony Salvo plunged the knife into the lifeless body three or four more times and each time he did so with more and more ...read more