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How It Works
Prepare your scariest horror stories for our latest writing contest In honor of Stephen King!
Judges will pick 3 winners from the top 10% of stories in our 'most voted' and 'most popular' sections.
Authors retain all rights to works submitted to the contest
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Meanwhile, make sure you check out one of our current contests:
Trending
List of trending stories applied to the contest
In The Chair
After being kidnapped, Owen Vogel endures a sadistic reenactment of his mother’s death and must escape before this psycho stranger enacts a grisly revenge.
Dark Eyes
Failing eyesight, hallucinations, a battle for self-control. Raymond Stark is a man tormented by his illness and demons that lurk in the gathering shadows.
Chasing Ghosts
The tragedy of tragedy is surviving. Once the blood is washed away and the carnage is dragged away. All that is left is the memories. When that's all you have left how do you pick up the pieces.
The Torso Farmer
Dyson is a torso farmer, and a lifetime behind the pitching fork is about to take its toll.
Latest
List of stories recently added to the contest
The Saints Beneath the Floorboards
A young girl discovers the bloody truth of how her grandmother received her riches.
Catharsis
Three parallel tales woven into one about a strange solitary soul exploring the forsaken corners of humanity, with an unexpected and horrifying conclusion.
Mika's Dollhouse
Thanna and Mika have moved into a new house, but they are about to find out that their family's not the only one staying in this house. Something more terrifying is hiding behind an innocent face.
The Foundations of Heaven
The underside of paradise, depicted through the horrific pain and suffering of a poor soul forever forsaken in hell.
Black Bile
An allegory on something that many of us are sadly all too familiar with, presented as a short medieval tale of inescapable despair, grotesque dedication, humiliating abuse and horrendous suffering.
Cinderella
Whoever said "happily ever after" needed a touch a darkness. After looking at the increasing statistics of the 50% divorce rate in America and taking an impromptu trip to Disneyland, my fingers hav...
The Door at the End of the Hallway
A dark doorway leading to a nonexistent room lays at the end of a hallway, but only Cora can see it. Is she going insane, or is it really there?
They Live in the Dark
I turned and reached out for Mary but her side of the bed was ice cold.
The Door
I blame Louis Carroll for writing ‘Alice through the Looking Glass.’
We, The Anomalies
We have been here for millenniums. It's only fair that we do what we do.
Gothic Noire
A dead girl bound up in ribbons is left on the cobblestone streets. London's budding police force is inexperienced and uncaring. The case is left in the hands of the hard-boiled Jack Pendleton..
Put Your Lights On
When he was ten years old Eric met a girl named Sookie. At her side he faced the monsters that lurk in the hungry shadows and she changed his life forever one hot July afternoon. Years later she call
Crimson Snow
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
About the contest
Prepare your scariest horror stories for our latest writing contest In honor of Stephen King! Judges will pick 3 winners from the top 10% of stories in our 'most voted' and 'most popular' sections.What you win
1st Place
Golden badge on your profile
Highlighted spot in the "Best horror stories" promotion
2nd Place
Silver badge on your profile
Highlighted spot in the "Best horror stories" promotion
3rd Place
Bronze badge on your profile
Highlighted spot in the "Best horror stories" promotion
Top 10%
All Top 10% participants receive a "Top 10%" badge to their profile
