Frightening stories, books, poems, and more

May 21, 2019

Comments: 1

An unexpected conversation with the fallen archangel leads to a valuable insight about how to live one's life. • • • Part of my book, 250 Words of Fear & Terror Horror stories in precisely 250 words Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

The Grave Beneath My Bed

May 14, 2019

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

The stillness of the night releases her ghost from its grave to seek the one who stole her life and left her in a cold hole in the ground. Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

The Voice on the Beach

April 20, 2019

Comments: 1

Was the voice that I heard something real or was it just my imagination coping with the pain of the loss of my best friend? • • • Part of my 250 Words of Fear & Terror Horror stories in precisely 250 words Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

What Color Are My Eyes?

April 23, 2019

When the darkness of your soul consumes you and following your evil carvings takes hold, the smallest things become impossible to do. • • • Part of my 250 Words of Fear & Terror Horror stories in precisely 250 words Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

To Cheat The Reaper

March 30, 2019

Comments: 1

A thief comes upon the Reaper doing his appointed task and discovers that his time is also nearing an end. • • • Part of my 250 Words of Fear & Terror Horror stories of precisely 250 words Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

A New Friend for Darius

March 30, 2019

Comments: 1

Father rarely comes home from the city. Mother's affair keeps her away. What's a teenager to do when the only other person at home isn't exactly alive anymore? • • • This story is also included in my Booksie book Crypts & Cannibals: A Collection of Short Horror Stories Read More

Tags: horror, frightening, spooky, eerie, terrifying

Clean (Screenplay)

By Kevin McMaster

Book / Horror

November 22, 2017

Kieran finds himself lost in the frozen woods, his wife Katherine dead in the snow, the twisted remnants of his car ablaze in the trees, and a waste-howling wilderness all around him waiting to get at him. But the treacherous terrain and the bitter cold winds aren't the only… Read More

Tags: horror, scary, fear, thriller, frightening

under the dark shadow

By Fqueen

Short Story / Fantasy

September 03, 2015

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

What would you do if you were in a terrible situation? Read More

Tags: dark, horror, scary, short, story, night, nightmare, cold, run, shadow, away, terrible, frightening, candle, lightning

An Odd Occurrence

By Ryan Cagide

May 08, 2015

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Once we finish our nightmares, we are relieved that it was only a dream. Many of us forget to realize, however, that our very own thoughts are what conjured up these twisted situations. Read More

Tags: horror, scary, thoughts, weird, twisted, mind, dreams, crazy, nightmares, humans, human, brain, frightening, situations, human_mind

Elliot Cookson Series The Mist Book 3

By ButterflyAngel

November 14, 2013

In this 3rd installment of the Elliot Cookson Series all the Characters are brought together in a dramatic overlay to Books 1&2. Tense and captivating situations bring out realism in the Characters. The Demon has found a couple of new ways to terrorise Elliot, Hannah and Samuel. Read More

Tags: horror, magic, ghost, violence, spiritual, supernatural, demon, england, frightening, uk, tense

Shreds

By RememberWords

Book / Thrillers

October 07, 2013

Comments: 27

Sydney, Eaton, Bethany and Cason decide to vacate to america. Sydney is looking forward to the able to be free again. But is it freedom in her future? Stick by them as they go on one of the most terrifying trips of their lives. Who will be free in the… Read More

Tags: love, death, friendship, romance, virus, holiday, thriller, apocalypse, america, zombies, teenager, frightening

Seen Too Much

By Carley01

Short Story / Thrillers

September 06, 2013

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

A girl and her mother are found by the man they have been running from. He must eliminate the witnesses. ***Very short*** Read More

Tags: horror, scary, crazy, thriller, killer, frightening, killings

The kidnapping

By japhie

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

June 06, 2013

Kat has been alone for a while now, but she is soon to discover that past events are not set in stone. Read More

Tags: dark, scary, mystery, man, child, girl, past, house, tension, unknown, young, woman, discovery, frightening, kidnapping

Penalties

By S.Fitz

Short Story / Other

May 20, 2013

Comments: 1

Death by penalty... Read More

Tags: horror, scary, sad, mental_illness, depressing, macabre, frightening, death_penalty

Halloween Treats

By Horrified Press

Book / Horror

May 09, 2013

A collection of short and scary pieces to read on a dark winter's night. Read More

Tags: dark, horror, death, scary, fiction, gothic, ghosts, supernatural, spirit, undead, zombies, cats, frightening, collection, phantom

Tunnel 72F

By Michael Whitehouse

April 28, 2013

A maintenance crew assigned to repair the foundations of an old museum in Amsterdam claim there is something in one of the tunnels below. Such superstitious nonsense! One brave worker decides to enter the tunnel, to show everyone that there is nothing in the dark... Is there? Read More

Tags: horror, creepy, scary, frightening, ghost_story, creepypasta

Once upon a dream so bold...

By Alex Boan

Poem / Poetry

December 13, 2012

Comments: 2

a man wakes up in a nightmare and cant wake up;. Read More

Tags: horror, god, poem, nightmare, demon, frightening

Demons of the Night

By saracookie11

Book / Fantasy

October 30, 2012

Comments: 2

Megan is starting to get bad dreams. Terrible dreams. She pushes them aside and tries to get on with her life, but when her dreams start to become real Megan realizes they exist. The demons of the night. Read More

Tags: love, vampire, scary, romantic, teenage, frightening

... my emerging hell...

By Peter Hunter

April 16, 2012

Comments: 2

How electronic harrassmant on the Internet sapped my will to live... Read More

Tags: frightening, abduction, harrassment, horrific, free-speech

Trapped... In Cyber Hell...

By Peter Hunter

Short Story / Non-Fiction

February 12, 2012

True story trapped contolled electroncally - my freedom of 'speech' curtailed... Read More

Tags: censorship, frightening, orwellian, watched, survellience

The Creature - Part I

By Lili Frank Robinson

Book / Horror

April 22, 2011

Comments: 2

A calm and pleasant evening turns into a nightmarish horror scene when two friends encounter a nasty and hostile creature. Read More

Tags: horror, fiction, short, story, nightmare, dream, creature, bad, frightening

The Dead Come Calling

By Emiliano Moreno

Book / Horror

January 23, 2011

Comments: 1

Seventeen-year-old Judy Piers has broken up with her much older and possessive lover, the French illusionist Raoul Latier. Not long after Latier attempts to kill himself and Judy one night by driving off the top of the second street tunnel in Los Angeles. He dies, but Judy escapes. A few… Read More

Tags: frightening, tragic, horrifying

The Other Effect

By djemcee89

Short Story / Science Fiction

September 02, 2010

Comments: 1

The Other Effect is a story detailing the aftermath of the legalization of genetic engineering on humans. Taking place in the near future, the majority of the story is told through a conversation between two men: a doctor and a member of the President's cabinet. Though the intention of this… Read More

Tags: horror, scary, future, science, unknown, frightening, genetic, scientists, gene

AlessandrA

By vscam

Book / Thrillers

June 23, 2010

A normal girl with an extraordinary psychic ability. This is not only a gift, but a curse as she is caught up in lethal situations that threaten her very life and anyone else in her life that she cares about. Follow her story in this nail-biting and horrific journey she… Read More

Tags: loss, death, paranormal, life, night, girl, boy, ghosts, thriller, blood, killer, psychic, police, murderer, vision

Blinded By Darkness

By Soul Huntress

Book / Thrillers

June 13, 2010

Comments: 19

Rikki is an Ordinary girl, with an ordinary life, with a bunch of ordinary friends. But there's nothing normal about her. She's gorgeous on the outside but is she on the inside? She tries to unravel the secrets to what causes danger to the people who are around her. Her… Read More

Tags: horror, death, scary, sad, scared, blood, frightening, gross, ew

The Follower

By Cowgirl

Book / Horror

November 23, 2008

This book is about a girl named Iva and.... something named, well his codename is apparently Dave Davison. He is The Follower.Iva thinks she is on a safe birthday trip at first, then she is CAPTURED! READ! Read More

Tags: scary, night, suspense, frightening, cool, awesome, scream, stalker, woods, entertaining, boat, shocking, ferry

Nooooooooo!!!!!!

By caralouann

Poem / Poetry

December 05, 2007

Comments: 2

Awakened, gasping for air, eyes widen in horror. Read More

Tags: horror, death, air, eyes, husband, darkness, mind, self, voice, clue, am, phone, space, causes, light

The Guilty

By Joe Perry

Short Story / Thrillers

October 06, 2007

Comments: 3