Short creepypasta for when you only have a few minutes: complete horror stories you can finish on a break, on the bus or with the lights off before bed. Many of the internet’s most famous legends, from Candle Cove to Smile Dog, are short enough to read here in one go.
Want the best quick reads? See our hand-picked short scary stories, ranked by readers.
Mr. Widemouth
During my childhood my family was like a drop of water in a vast river, never remaining in one location for long.…
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Survival Guide
We've all been there. You have just gone to a certain place, at a certain time on a certain date, done a…
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The Russian Sleep Experiment
Overview Widely regarded as one of the most popular and widest spread Creepypastas ever written, The Russian Sleep experiment is notorious as…
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Distorted Warning Signals
When I got the first one, I was literally seconds away from stepping onto the plane when a call from “UNKNOWN” blared…
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Candle Cove
It comes most often at night. That niggling memory, gnawing in some corner of your mind like a rodent chewing the corners…
Read NowRabbits in the Creek
I'm writing this because my family won't talk about it anymore. I'm the only one who can't seem to forget. I was…
Read NowNever Again
I was seventeen when she came. I'd been living with my abusive mother for seventeen long, painful years. It was around midnight,…
Read NowThe Art Of Jacob Emory
Ghost stories? Nah, we don't have anything like that around here. We DO have the story of Jacob, but that's about as…
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Ickbarr Bigelsteine
When I was a small child, I was terrified of the dark. I still am, but back when I was around six…
Read NowThe Gift Of Mercy
[MESSAGE BEGINS] We made a mistake. That is the simple, undeniable truth of the matter, however painful it might be. The flaw…
Read NowJulia Legare
A few years ago I was spending some time with friends exploring old, supposedly haunted, places. We were at the Edisto First…
Read NowString Theory
Have you ever had an experience that suggested someone else was in your house, and just thought “I don’t wanna know” and…
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Mommy Sleeps in the Basement
“Speak louder, please.” I put my hand up next to my ear from the back of the room, signaling that she would…
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My Grandfather’s Final Invention
My grandfather was an inventor. All his life he’s be tinkering with something, either taking something that existed and changing it, making…
Read NowThe Only Sensible Ritual Pasta
You wake up to find yourself lying flat in an unfamiliar and utterly filthy room. Your head pounds as you sit up…
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Squidward’s Suicide
I just want to start off by saying if you want an answer at the end, prepare to be disappointed. There just…
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The Quiet Sky
It started when we called out to the stars; into the darkness. We felt so small, tumbling through vast emptiness while clinging…
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