Medium-length creepypasta has room to build real dread without asking for your whole night. These horror stories take around ten to twenty minutes to read: long enough for a slow reveal and a proper ending, short enough for a single sitting. Ranked by reader votes.
If You’re Armed and at the Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me
If you’re armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me. Make it a headshot. Shoot me in the temple, aiming slightly…
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I Found a Letter From My Stalker
I found this note, nailed onto a tree on my front lawn. I really don't know how to describe it. I'll just…
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A Shattered Life
I don't know when you're going to read this, but I can tell you when it started: I was out for a…
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Don’t Let Them In
Addiction took our mother slowly, rocked her through it and sung her to sleep sunk deep into the mattress on her bed.…
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The Living History Project
One of my least favorite parts about being a middle school history teacher is the bullshit “Living History” assignments we give at…
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Laughing Jack
It was a nice summer day, my 5-year-old son James was playing outside in the backyard of our suburban home.…
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The Melancholy of Herbert Solomon
On several occasions my interest in the supernatural has taken me to some of the most prestigious seats of learning in the…
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A Peculiar Kind of Madness
I'd always known that my great-grandma was an orphan, but in late October of last year, she decided to tell me the…
Read NowThe Skinwalker
My father told me a story once. I’ll never forget it, for a few reasons. I think it’s the first story he…
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The Sandman
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." -Edgar Allen Poe, "Eleanora"…
Read NowThe Pursuit Institute
Two years ago, a bunch of my friends and I went on a school-sponsored trip to Alaska set up by the Pursuit…
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Artificial
I didn’t stop running. I suppose I could have, if I wanted to, but the thought of what would happen to me…
Read NowI Am the Apocalypse
The cold was the first thing I felt. Even before my eyes were open I felt a very deep chill in my…
Read NowIt Has No Face
Everyone has tales about the strange and bizarre. My story is about how my half-hole mask saved my life, and continues to…
Read NowThe Story of Her Holding an Orange: Part One
Okay guys, before I begin, I gotta give you a fair warning. This story is absolutely true unfortunately. It is also very…
Read NowThe Systelien Specter
Back in May of 2010, my best friend, Andy, and I wanted to make a video game that we thought was going…
Read NowA Christmas Feast
He first suspected that they were going to eat him when he noticed the distinct lack of Yuletide smells. It wasn't perhaps…
Read NowIn The Land of Black and White
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” - Maya Angelou…
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The Crawlspace
I guess you could say I'm writing this as a cautionary tale to those who plan on studying abroad in future. I…
Read NowMy Creation
Being a programmer, one of my dreams has always been to create an original video game, something that nobody in the industry…
Read NowBright Eyes
I didn’t want to move to a new place. All of my toys were in boxes and we didn’t have any T.V.…
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