Aurora McKee creepy stories long stories Wednesday, April 17, 2024 And the Beanstalk by Aurora McKee <i>An autistic girl called Jack tends to a mysterious plant growing in her back garden to try and escape from a memory she can't bring herself to voice.</i><br><br>There's a new plant in the garden. <br><br><i>New</i> as in <i>no one planted it</i>, no one's put anything there since Grandma died. Her roses have all withered, her lilacs choked with weeds, flower petals rotting into the dirt like little girls' skins. T… Read more Labels: Aurora McKee creepy stories long stories 8 comments:
Aaron Schmelzer creepy stories medium length stories Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Masquerade by Aaron Schmelzer <i>Twelve-year-old Elise longs to live as her eleven-year-old self, before most of her family died and left her in destitution with her sick brother and his carer.</i><br><br>Mirrors don't grant their onlookers the privilege of denying reality. <br><br>Sleeplessness. Torment. Grief. Elise's mirror screams these at her. It's agonizing to look into the reflection, for the bloodshot eyes, the purple bags bene… Read more Labels: Aaron Schmelzer creepy stories medium length stories 7 comments:
creepy stories David August short stories Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Moving Forward by David August <i>A resentful man starts experiencing blackouts during which a mysterious interloper keeps trying to be nice to him.</i><br><br>Coming home from work, I'm about to open the door to my apartment building, I look sideways, and whom do I see rushing in to meet me? Mrs. Brown from the third floor, that old bat, always gossiping about everyone and always with that phony beatific smile on her face. I can only im… Read more Labels: creepy stories David August short stories 17 comments:
creepy stories criminal stories short stories Sully Stone Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Inner Power by Sully Stone <i>Jen Marshall has been sectioned after self-harming, but she does not trust the medication she is being given.</i><br><br>And the clock's hands turned to yet another arbitrary number. The tick-tock of its mechanical insides wormed through my head with its dulling beat. I flicked my raven hair past my shoulders and tried ignoring him. <br><br>My therapist slid his hands over his tan dress pants, as if he were iron… Read more Labels: creepy stories criminal stories short stories Sully Stone 6 comments:
creepy stories Paul Kimm short stories Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Two Little Fingers by Paul Kimm <i>A man tries to explain his act of kindness towards a finger-deficient busker, but there's something more sinister going on.</i><br><br>He's always been in the same spot as the first time I saw him. Right on the ground with his bottom planted, lotus position, on the concrete square slab that seems reserved for him. Even when its busy he's there with the little keyboard held between his thighs. Tho… Read more Labels: creepy stories Paul Kimm short stories 11 comments:
Bill Tope creepy stories medium length stories Monday, January 22, 2024 Tightly Wrapped by Bill Tope <i>When Elise remarries she seems so much happier, but her daughter Malorie has concerns about her new stepfather.</i><br><br>"I've never felt this way before," marveled Elise, fanning herself with her hand. The room was chilly, but she was burning up. She glanced at her daughter. "How are you doing, Mal?" she asked. <br><br>Malorie stared at her mother, uncertain just how to respond. "I… Read more Labels: Bill Tope creepy stories medium length stories 19 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories Sharon Frame Gay Friday, January 19, 2024 Gone Away by Sharon Frame Gay <i>Marnie and her daughter Josie rely on Isaac to protect them, but the primitive Wyoming wilderness is fraught with danger.</i><br><br><b>Wyoming, 1870</b><br><br>Five-year-old Josie wanted to catch a dragonfly. She searched along the shoreline, an empty jar in her hand. I told her to be stealthy and sneak up on them, so she raised each foot as though stepping out of a muddy hole, tiny face cloaked in concentration. <br><br>I love t… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Sharon Frame Gay 24 comments:
Chere Taylor creepy stories medium length stories Monday, October 30, 2023 Don't Look Under the Bed by Chere Taylor <i>Fitness instructor Kendra Wakefield wakes up to find an impossible note on her iPhone, warning her not to look under her bed; by Chere Taylor.</i><br><br><i> Don't look under the bed</i>. <br><br>Kendra Wakefield stared at the glowing message from her iPhone in the comfort of her flower themed bathroom. Every morning, she inspected her gold and black braids for frizz, then did her stretching exercises, and finally caugh… Read more Labels: Chere Taylor creepy stories medium length stories 3 comments:
Bill Tope creepy stories funny stories medium length stories Friday, August 18, 2023 Ghoul by Bill Tope <i>Grade schooler Fenster Loomis has a secret morbid hobby that will come back to haunt him; by Bill Tope.</i><br><br>Fenster Loomis, an eight-going-on-nine-year-old boy, loved playing in the cemetery. In school, he had been struggling to read, but now he was enjoying much success at perusing the tombstones, grave markers, and monuments in the old graveyard. It helped build his math skills as well; with the sub… Read more Labels: Bill Tope creepy stories funny stories medium length stories 11 comments:
creepy stories long stories Mihai Stet Monday, August 14, 2023 The Devil's Church by Mihai Stet <i>While living in Romania, Marius falls head over heels in love with Sebastien's fiancée, but there are secrets and terrifying surprises in store; by Mihai Stet.</i><br><br>I only agreed to join Isabelle and Sebastien on their trip because I had a crush on her. Since that very first evening when I met them in a bar in Cluj, I couldn't stop thinking of her. <br><br><br>It all started when she came to me. I stood o… Read more Labels: creepy stories long stories Mihai Stet 9 comments:
creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories Monday, July 24, 2023 Set, Sand, and Finish by Leah Erickson <i>An old lady returns to her childhood home, but can't face her demons alone, in Leah Erickson's spine-tinglingly creepy story.</i><br><br>When the doorbell rang, she was already standing in the vestibule. The late summer sun was shining through the transom, which still had its original wavy glass, so that Miriam was bathed in rippling patterns of shadow and light, like being underwater. So much else a… Read more Labels: creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories 7 comments:
creepy stories Ed Dearnley medium length stories Friday, July 7, 2023 Teeth by Ed Dearnley <i>Ed Dearnley's character returns to Tyneham in England for the first time in sixty years, and remembers his childhood, the war, and the witch's curse.</i><br><br>I was taking a break from U-boat hunting when I spotted him, huddled in the bushes on the ridgeline. He was small for his age, almost like he could hide behind a blade of grass. <br><br>"What you want?" I shouted. <br><br>"Nuffin," came t… Read more Labels: creepy stories Ed Dearnley medium length stories 7 comments:
Caroline Taylor creepy stories medium length stories pick of the month Monday, July 3, 2023 Bolter by Caroline Taylor <i>Thomasina says goodbye to a well-to-do life in rural England to move in with her new husband in the endless cornfields of Iowa, when things take a shockingly dark turn; by Caroline Taylor.</i><br><br>"Darling, remind me why we didn't fly?" <br><br>"COVID." <br><br>My brand new husband seems to grow more taciturn, the farther west we go. He is definitely what the Yanks call the strong and silent type,… Read more Labels: Caroline Taylor creepy stories medium length stories pick of the month 6 comments:
creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories Monday, June 19, 2023 Memorex by Leah Erickson <i>Trish receives a mysterious box full of trinkets from a past she has tried to forget, and suddenly nothing feels quite right, in Leah Erickson's creepy tale.</i><br><br>"Oh!" <br><br>The word came out in a wondering gasp as Trish reached into the box and lifted the object out. <br><br>MEMOREX HQ 120 VIDEO CASSETTE LIFETIME WARRANTY<br>The paper sleeve was faded black with a flat, eighties-style graphic in fuchs… Read more Labels: creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories 6 comments:
Alecz Hansen creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Monday, May 22, 2023 Sunflower Shells and Blood by Alecz Hansen <i>Thirteen-year-old Classy mourns the loss of her big sister in childbirth, but doesn't know how to deal with her good-for-nothing uncle; by Alecz Hansen.</i><br><br>Doll sat with her puffy bottom plopped down in the dirt that I liked to pretend was grass. She buzzed and bubbled her lips making airplane noises for her toys even though none of them were planes. When the sun hit her face just right, I smiled… Read more Labels: Alecz Hansen creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories 8 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories RR Trevino Friday, May 5, 2023 Nights this Bright by RR Trevino <i>Exorcist Quinton seeks his demonic ex in RR Trevino's horror tale.</i><br><br>The search for his long-lost love led the exorcist to yet another stranger's front door. This one was connected to a single-story home of red brick; its unruly lawn featuring not one, not two, but three Dallas Cowboys fan signs staked haphazardly among the grass. The priest knocked on the door and waited and listened to two… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories RR Trevino 4 comments:
creepy stories futuristic stories Joe Jablonski medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Monday, April 24, 2023 Absolute Zero Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry by Joe Jablonski <i>An intergalactic delivery man spends decades in stasis with a robot looking after him, becoming increasingly detached from the beings he sees en route; by Joe Jablonski.</i><br><br><b>ONE</b><br> I wake up on a planet covered in fire. <br><br>For the first few seconds I feel nothing. I see nothing. I'm all alone: a void floating within a void. <br><br>It's everything I've always hoped death would be. <br><br>My stasis pod opens wi… Read more Labels: creepy stories futuristic stories Joe Jablonski medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated 4 comments:
creepy stories JJ Courtney medium length stories Friday, April 14, 2023 Starring Role by JJ Courtney <i>Lela's ex Zack left his Colt .25 Automatic in her underwear drawer, and now she associates it strongly with him; by JJ Courtney.</i><br><br>Lela hadn't held a gun for the first twenty-one years of her life. That was despite the fact at age twenty, she technically owned one. Ok, it wasn't hers officially, but how else do you describe something that lives in your underwear draw? <br><br>When she'd poi… Read more Labels: creepy stories JJ Courtney medium length stories 8 comments:
Aidan Alberts creepy stories medium length stories Friday, March 17, 2023 Ghost Riders by Aidan Alberts <i>A firetruck is hijacked by a man desperate to save his daughter from an apocalyptic wildfire; by Aidan Alberts.</i><br><br>Hurtling through the shrouded cover of the burning town of Paradise, Frank's fingernails carved deep into the black leather of the steering wheel. He did not appreciate the mechanistic sound of a cocking shotgun, or the way the gun's silver barrel scattered little beams of vermil… Read more Labels: Aidan Alberts creepy stories medium length stories 8 comments:
BB Clemente Jr creepy stories medium length stories Monday, February 20, 2023 Encounter in a Dark Room by B.B. Clemente, Jr. <i>A demonic john is paying for carnal satisfaction, but that's not all he wants, in this disturbingly creepy story by B.B. Clemente, Jr.</i><br><br>I watched with nervous curiosity as he turned and entered the dimly lit bathroom. He hadn't said a word, just left me sitting there on the damp bed, in the dirty room, in the dark. He didn't even bother to turn on the light. <br><br>For a long while, I sat in s… Read more Labels: BB Clemente Jr creepy stories medium length stories 14 comments:
