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LOSE YOUR MIND

Lydia never thought much of sage or spirits, until the night Jade sent her a voice memo: "Something feels wrong in the house. Heavy. Can you bring that sage stuff you always use?" What Lydia finds...

Strong Female Lead Identity Unsettling

mystery / thriller by Audrey E. Antonia · Complete · 40 Chapters

SCREENS

Left with the last working cell phone, a broken young woman begins to reconnect the world. Sasha Taylor kills her family in a car accident caused by texting while driving. Four months later in a ne...

Tragedy Young Adult Fiction Overcoming Trauma

thriller / adventure by Nathaniel Sanders · Complete · 17 Chapters

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 WarningMurder Slowburn Male Protagonist

horror / mystery by Tarynne Bourret · Complete · 51 Chapters

Counting Crows (2nd draft)

The crows have been attracted to Corbin ever since he can remember. Even before they were able to curse him, they were always in his dreams and around him. He succumbs to the icy grips of the Crawf...

Content WarningFantasy Horror Misfortune Haunted Town

fantasy / horror by Ken · Complete · 14 Chapters

1959 The Night Runs Red

When a family moves into a small farm house, In the middle of Woodbury In Connecticut. The Family noticed, Things moving around or go missing around there own home. In this thriller horror it’s a...

Original Characters Mystery Thriller Horrorthriller

thriller / horror by 𝕺𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 · 4yrs ago · 4 Chapters

The Shadow in the mirror.

"The Shadow in the Mirror" is a horror novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. The story takes place in an old, abandoned mansion that is said to be cursed. The mansion has a long ...

Paranormal Horror Story Ghoststory

horror / mystery by Goldie · 4yrs ago · 3 Chapters

HUNTING GROUNDS

Walking alone one should always be cautious. Nights are often homes of things which are best remained unsaid. Men often see themselves as invincible. We never learn from our past, do we?

Content WarningSpooky Youngadult Citylife

horror / thriller by Abhishek · Complete · 1 Chapter

BLACK RIVER

No one returns the same

Shortstory Amnesia Atmospheric

horror by Necronoia · Complete · 1 Chapter

Heaven Below a Scorched Plane

The last surviving documentation of the human race, as written by one of the few who lived to see the end. A chilling account of what it means to be the last observer. Fearing nuclear fallout, huma...

Sad Future Unsettling

scifi / other by Daxjra · 9yrs ago · 20 Chapters

of strange waters and even stranger fish

what do you get when you mix an old man, a nondescript body of water, and a fishing pole?

Short Story Some Gore Lakes

horror / other by alaschneider · Complete · 1 Chapter

Grimoire of the Old Nightingale

An Anthology of horrors collected and told by the Old Nightingale. Let her stories accompany you in dull and dry moments of your day.

Eldritch Unsettling Nurse

horror / mystery by J. Amadeus · 6yrs ago · 3 Chapters

The Party of Dolls on the Walls

"There once was a party, there once were 12 guests. The rules were quite simple... smile or be dead."

Scary Poetry Unsettling

horror / mystery by Ms.Teddy · Complete · 1 Chapter

The Quiet Apocalypse

Within these pages lies a collection of three tales, each a self-contained world born from the shadows of a single, unsettling truth: that the darkest roads are often paved with the best intentions...

Anthology Short Story Unsettling

horror by Aion Noir · Complete · 9 Chapters

Secrets in the Inbetween Room

When a man vanishes without a trace from Room 308 of the Shanthala Palace Hotel, detective Rahul steps inside to follow the trail. But the room holds more than silence. Every clue bends back on its...

Short Story Creepy Plot Twists

mystery by Chethex · Complete · 1 Chapter

The Echo Apartment

Lena moved into the Echo Apartments for a fresh start, seeking quiet white walls and zero history. But her smart home is smarter than she realized. It knows her routine, changes her thermostat, and...

Identity Suspense Unsettling

thriller by M.J. Ashwood · Complete · 1 Chapter

Tomato Soup

Sally hates her mother, all shades of red, tomatoes and soups...pessimistic much? maybe it's a childhood trauma...how was her mother even like? I mean the girl is pretty anti-social too...It all go...

Content WarningPsychologicalhorror Plottwist Darkfiction

horror by Ari_Cal · 9mo ago · 4 Chapters

WHAT'S LEFT OF CHESTER

Good dogs always behave.

Content WarningShortstory Psychologicalhorror Darkfiction