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(My Attempt at) Two-Sentence Horror Stories
While up late working at your computer, you see one of those disgusting, many-legged house centipedes skittering around on your floor, and resolve to kill it before it gets away.…
Read NowNote of Confession
Alright, so, I've read some of the things on this site and from what I've gathered, all of it is simply here to scare, and most of it is based…
Read NowFinding Myself
I was awake. Alive, thank goodness. At least, I thought I was alive. I was solid and whole. Except for my head. It felt as though there was a hole…
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The Final Hours: Party Girl
The door slams behind Monica as she stumbles into the hallway of an apartment complex, mascara streaming down her face. “Asshole,” she says. The word hisses out between her clenched…
Read NowCellular Phone
If you call yourself on your own cellular phone, sometimes you will get an answer. You won't hear anything other than heavy breathing, so don't bother waiting for them to…
Read NowApparitions from the Past
Bayou La Batre, Alabama, 1995. Friday, between pitch dark and first light, the Gulf Breeze, a shrimp trawler out of Corpus Christi, Texas, entered the Bayou Shell Banks. A dead…
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Am I Crazy?
I do not know where to start. Usually, this would not be written for someone to read. However, I cannot trust my own judgement. What I write here is for…
Read NowThe Real Monsters
When I was a little boy, I was afraid of monsters. They always lurked in the dark places where the light didn’t reach. It didn’t matter how many times my…
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Mommy Dearest
As Julie began to regain consciousness, she knew something wasn't right. She started to panic as she realized she was strapped to a table. A big bright light beamed down…
Read NowThe Blood Donor
"Donate Blood. Save Lives. We Pay High." On any other day, I wouldn't give much concern about this sign, but today was especially bad. All I sold today were a…
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The Carnival
"Hey, Ashley. Look! Theres a flyer for a carnival! It's in town and not that far from here" "A carnival? Isn't that kind of childish..?" "Ashley.. How long have we…
Read NowThe Monster Is Coming
Thursday night. Everyone was blissfully asleep. Reports had spread of a serial killer in the area, but he would only strike on Fridays, so there was no need to worry.…
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The Summer I Was Eighteen and Saved
The summer that I was eighteen, I was trying to find something bigger than myself. I was a dumb kid, but dumb in the sense that I didn’t understand when…
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Take On Me
I open my eyes and try to move. I notice that my arms are cuffed to a stainless steel wall, my legs are free. I look around and notice a…
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Nightmarish Realities
I ran as fast as I could. My heart was racing and I could feel my side cramping up. Don’t look behind. I told myself. And so I kept running.…
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Milk Carton Kid
“So why are you here?” she asked. Pretty standard opening for a psychologist sitting down with a patient for the first time. She was young, pretty and Shahrokh (an unnecessarily…
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