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Short Stories - By Genre: Dark
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Blind Revenge 🥇  Open in new Window.
by Roari ∞ parties on ... 🥳 Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Supernatural • #2233683
She vowed to collect restitution. Personally. For Short Shots Oct 2020 - 1st place winner!
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Bad Habits  Open in new Window.
by bobaturn Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Comedy • #2350143
I can help you break any bad habit in sixty seconds flat.
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The Waingarten Procession  Open in new Window.
by L.M.Glomar Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Dark • #2350124
Nathan's job as a reporter takes him strange places...but nowhere as strange as Waingarten
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The Collecter - November Entry  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Thriller/Suspense • #2350158
The psychic should be worried about her own future.
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Artisinal Gluttony  Open in new Window.
by Enthusiasm Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2350157
A gourmet’s quest for novel sensations leads her to consume distilled human experiences.
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The Dark Cathedral  Open in new Window.
by Fairport Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Death • #1565237
Oh to hear the maddening screams
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The Obsidian Labyrinth - Writer's Cramp  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Writing • #2350147
Once a writer begins writing, he finds quitting isn't an option.
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Just a Dream  Open in new Window.
by C.P. Christian Author Icon
Rated: E • Thriller/Suspense • #2350025
Just a passing dream, one of many.
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Ode To Melanie  Open in new Window.
by W.D.Wilcox Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #1777118
A young student is attracted to her poetry professor
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Madeline  Open in new Window.
by Amare Jane Author Icon
Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2349856
A dream, or is it? Will there be more to come?
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The Luring  Open in new Window.
by Fairport Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Dark • #1816822
A journey takes a dark path
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The Medium  Open in new Window.
by ChrisDaltro-Chasing Moonbeams Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1702140
She could sense the spiritual, unearthly elements around her.
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Hiding In The Dark  Open in new Window.
by bobaturn Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Dark • #2349646
The unknown can become the ultimate terror
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Quality Matters - Twisted Tales  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2349639
A small town faces big problems when people start leaving without warning.
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Howl in the Distance  Open in new Window.
by bobaturn Author Icon
Rated: E • Ghost • #2349447
A visit with elementals.
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Just a Dream  Open in new Window.
by insomnia_at_rest Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Emotional • #1851023
Life is simple and complicated all at the same time.
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The Things beneath Us  Open in new Window.
by Kaytings Author Icon
Rated: E • Mystery • #2349511
A grieving widow uncovers deadly secrets buried in love, loss, and tribal tension.
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Evil was Born (lich origin)  Open in new Window.
by Arrachnid Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Fantasy • #2348815
how it began with the sacrifices made.
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The Treasure  Open in new Window.
by 🦃 intuey Grateful & Blessed Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2348845
A visit to the graveyard results in an unexpected find.
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A Remote Chance  Open in new Window.
by Beholden Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2276977
Arnold finds a remote he's never seen before.
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A Psychiatric File  Open in new Window.
by Clyde015 Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1400023
A story of a man's psychiatric case file...
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The Night Her Candle Spoke  Open in new Window.
by Kristi Love Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Contest Entry • #2349257
When love outlasts breath, even death must remember how to find its way home.
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Future  Open in new Window.
by L.Castioni Author Icon
Rated: E • Opinion • #2349319
Thinking about the future
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Someone Always Has To Be The First  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2349252
The Writing Dead - 10/25 Contest Submission
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Apparition  Open in new Window.
by cassierobbins Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Dark • #2349170
Clint makes a fateful decision.
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Inner exile  Open in new Window.
by L.Castioni Author Icon
Rated: E • Philosophy • #2349174
Short text about how I try to fit in society
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Grimoire of Black Magic  Open in new Window.
by cassierobbins Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2347478
Eva's mother told her to never ever open the tome of black magic in her room.
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Final Target  Open in new Window.
by Amethyst Autumn Angel Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Crime/Gangster • #2348966
A desperate bank clerk gets a new job, but a twist brings him to his knees…
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Fake kindness  Open in new Window.
by L.Castioni Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2348925
Short text about how I feel about kindness
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The Night in Kingswood  Open in new Window.
by Claevyan Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2345950
A young Caravan Guard grows up fast on his first trip through the Kingswood forest.
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Thylacine  Open in new Window.
by Beholden Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2314442
A man goes in search of a thylacine only for fate to intervene.
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Home Sweet Home  Open in new Window.
by W.D.Wilcox Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1759879
An infected soldier struggles to return to his home.
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Window, cat and lace curtain  Open in new Window.
by ApplesAndPearls Author Icon
Rated: E • Emotional • #2348612
My first short story/poem
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She Still Yearns  Open in new Window.
by Rising Tide Author Icon
Rated: E • Tragedy • #2259077
After suffering a broken heart, a lady from the past expires at the edge of the sea
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Ashes and Ink  Open in new Window.
by Seffi Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Writing • #2097870
Protagonists Background Story - First Competition for NaNoWriMo Prep 2025
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The Sound  Open in new Window.
by Rhaevyn Hart Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2347852
A misty presence sweeps over an apartment complex. What does it mean, and why has it come?
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Sinister Pretender  Open in new Window.
by Damon Nomad Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2345438
Hiding behind a fake identity in a dystopian future.
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Traveler  Open in new Window.
by brinas Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2347827
I don't mind you disappearing like a beautiful dream.
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Writer's Cramp - 9-25 978 Words  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2347407
When whatever you write can become a reality, is what you write what you really want?
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Close Encounters of the Worst King  Open in new Window.
by Rhaevyn Hart Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Horror/Scary • #2347384
They live among us now
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Writer's Cramp 9/20 - 996 Words  Open in new Window.
by Moe aka John Author Icon
Rated: E • Sci-fi • #2347133
A malfunction causes life support termination, leaving few choices for the crew.
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Scarlet  Open in new Window.
by iKïyå§ama Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Supernatural • #2333798
In the subdued darkness, she is the stronger one.
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The Fall of the Lich-King  Open in new Window.
by Claevyan Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2346933
The account of Sir Alric and the Grand Company at the Battle of the White Star.
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The Witch, Mage, Minotaur, and Hero  Open in new Window.
by Kotaro Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Fantasy • #2176773
Who outwits who? Done in about a thousand words.
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The Wronged  Open in new Window.
by shaeve Author Icon
Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2344351
A snowbound mansion, and a race against time to right a centuries old injustice.
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No Horse is too Dead to Ride  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Supernatural • #2346090
Three cowboys in hell swap cards and tales of a lost Earther caught in a mix-up.
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The End of Summer  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Nature • #2346051
The call of the wild is answered by Jake Deschanel. Winner!
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A Thief Among Ghosts  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Crime/Gangster • #2346040
Victor Donahue known as Robin Hood as returned to the Zoo after many years absence.
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To Dear God  Open in new Window.
by Bodhisattwa Parekh Author Icon
Rated: E • Tragedy • #2345998
A sad confession of an unfortunate girl.
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Games of the Unseen  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Fantasy • #2345939
A mischievous creature named delights in hiding keys and stealing socks. Winner!
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Disasterpiece  Open in new Window.
by Enthusiasm Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2344432
In a haunted, shifting tower, grief lingers.. until one cleansing act ends the cycle.
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Theatrically Sporadic  Open in new Window.
by Enthusiasm Author Icon
Rated: E • Psychology • #2345505
A parent witnesses Oscar's surreal acts of grief after their child's death.
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Rust and Riverbone  Open in new Window.
by Enthusiasm Author Icon
Rated: E • Dark • #2341245
A man confronts buried grief and dark truths in the river’s relentless current.
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The Box  Open in new Window.
by Pumpkin Spice Sox Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Family • #2345428
Daily flash fiction entry for 8/17/2025
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Agreed  Open in new Window.
by Adherennium Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Environment • #2344491
Bad times a coming folks...
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