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The Space Between Things

The Space Between Things

She’s slipping. Losing time, forgetting words, unraveling inside a body that won’t hold her right. The doctors call it stress. The pills do nothing. The house shifts when she isn’t looking. Some da...

Dark RomanceSupernaturalGothicfiction
horror / romance by Kiwi · 1yr ago · 15 Chapters
Mansion of Dolls (Completed)

Mansion of Dolls (Completed)

Taryn Lowell has been dealing with one horrible thing after another while still coping with the sudden death of her brother. Yet when an invitation to go to Tokyo Japan is offered to her, by her ex...

Content WarningParanormalDeathUnsettling
horror / mystery by Tarynne Bourret · Complete · 51 Chapters
The Village Prepared My Funeral

The Village Prepared My Funeral

Three days after her grandmother's death, Shen Zhiyao returns to her childhood village—and finds her own obituary nailed to a tree. Her funeral is in six days. The coffin is ready. And after dark,...

Family SecretsSupernaturalAsian Horror
horror / thriller by Vinkin · Complete · 20 Chapters
WHEN THE LANTERN CALLS YOUR NAME

WHEN THE LANTERN CALLS YOUR NAME

In a remote mountain village in southern China, there is one rule after dark: if a voice outside calls your name, do not answer. When Chinese-American folklore researcher Mei Lin returns for her g...

Psychological HorrorFamily SecretsAsian Horror
horror by JinSu · Complete · 13 Chapters
The Fifth Seat at the Ghost Opera

The Fifth Seat at the Ghost Opera

Chinese-American sound archivist Lena Xu returns to her late mother’s forgotten hometown after receiving a mysterious cassette tape labeled: The fifth seat is still empty. The town of Shuili does ...

Paranormal MysteryStrong Female LeadForbidden Ritual
horror / thriller by JinSu · Complete · 14 Chapters
Falling Star

Falling Star

Princess Nicolette is a revolutionary in every sense of the word: She is a genius in both science and arcane arts, a progressive political visionary, and a selfless humanitarian, endlessly battling...

Forced MarriageFluffy SmutAngsty
romance by Firefly · 5mo ago · 11 Chapters
Beneath The Veil

Beneath The Veil

It was supposed to be just another day. Cool weather. Tired bodies. One last graduation practice before freedom. Three girls bound by years of friendship, but divided by beliefs. Claudia doesn'...

ThrillersuspenseHorror ThrillerHorrormovies
horror by Len · 1yr ago · 1 Chapter
ZX: GROUNDED

ZX: GROUNDED

ZX: Grounded follows the harrowing experiences of patients trapped in a mysterious mental health facility where reality, memory, and time itself become unreliable. When Matthew Winters finds himsel...

Content WarningYoung Adult FictionCosmic HorrorTime Loop
horror by ZekeTheGhost · 1yr ago · 9 Chapters
Wetherwood Hall

Wetherwood Hall

Rowan Harper thought she was coming home to settle her eccentric great‑aunt’s affairs—cataloging dusty heirlooms in the crumbling Wetherwood Hall and unearthing the fragments of a family she could ...

Strong Female LeadFamily SecretsPyschological Suspense
horror / thriller by Lunar Quill · 1yr ago · 3 Chapters
So You Want To Start A War

So You Want To Start A War

They said the earth used to be bright, they said the earth used to be warm. That life was easier, that walking was safe. The planet was stifled by fighting between human and human, the wars that th...

Fantasy AdventureFantasy RomanceRevolution
drama / romance by Jenn · 7yrs ago · 7 Chapters
The Sitting

The Sitting

When Russell returns to his grandmother’s abandoned studio, he hopes to rebuild a life and a career the world has already forgotten. The townsfolk want nothing to do with him, the walls seem heavy ...

Psychological HorrorHauntedSlow Burn Horror
horror by Timothy Marsee · 1yr ago · 1 Chapter
The bride of the closed page

The bride of the closed page

Wyncombe House ,remembers. It remembers vows spoken too softly to be undone. It remembers footsteps long after the bodies that made them are gone. And it remembers the women it has shaped into sil...

Strong Female LeadSupernaturalDark Fiction
horror by The Lone Walker · 8mo ago · 7 Chapters
Doll of Sacrifice (Draft)

Doll of Sacrifice (Draft)

They hoped that it was over, that after going through what felt like hell and the loss of a friend, that they would be able to pick up what was left of their lives and do the best they could. Taryn...

Content WarningGhostsSupernaturalSlow Burn Horror
horror / mystery by Tarynne Bourret · 3yrs ago · 23 Chapters

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