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Short Stories - By Genre: Horror/Scary
in the "Horror/Scary" genre

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Fictional Character Resources
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Rated: E
~769 Words
Writing, Writing.Com, How-To/Advice
Type: Article
Updated 3 years ago
Story
A story I wrote on Nov. 5th, 2012 called Story. I was a 5th grader.
Rated: E
~225 Words
Horror/Scary, Action/Adventure, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated a day ago
A Knight's Tail
SCREAMS!!! Prompt: HE HAD A DEEPLY FLAWED UNDERSTANDING OF COURTLY LOVE
Rated: 18+
~843 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Adult
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 days ago
Chance
Not all encounters are what they seem.
Rated: 13+
~2,562 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 days ago
Shane the Pain
Some plans just change.
Rated: 18+
~794 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 days ago
Ailurophobia
Sometimes phobias are a good thing.
Rated: 13+
~1,480 Words
Horror/Scary, Folklore, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 days ago
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Horror Movie
When Mutt, Luther, and Pete go see a special feature they are in for more than a movie...
Rated: E
~1,330 Words
Children's, Horror/Scary, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Life On Mars?
Martian explorers Jack and Norman find life on Mars, but with horrible consequences.
Rated: E
~301 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 days ago
A Walking Shadow
Enoch is trapped in a world-encompassing catastrophe. To escape, he must find Noah.
Rated: 18+
~1,025 Words
Horror/Scary, Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 13 days ago
Snack Time
A day in the life of a vending machine.
Rated: 13+
~960 Words
Contest Entry, Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 14 days ago
Hot Time in the Old Town
A take on the 1871 Chicago Fire (Fiction)
Rated: 13+
~549 Words
Contest, History, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 16 days ago
The Medium
She could sense the spiritual, unearthly elements around her.
Rated: 13+
~2,522 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 17 days ago
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Charlie - A Halloween Tale
A young boys experience on Halloween
Rated: E
~370 Words
Horror/Scary, Ghost, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Jingle Jangle
Why stare at a bare white wall?
Rated: 18+
~1,459 Words
Horror/Scary, Supernatural, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 19 days ago
In The Dark
What's at the bottom of the stairs? [Daily Slice entry for 04-25 prompt].
Rated: 18+
~746 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 24 days ago
How Not to Sell a Haunted House
Helen had been trying to sell that house for years. Now she might have just did it.
Rated: 18+
~1,646 Words
Horror/Scary, Family, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 25 days ago
BIG HORROR ON little way
Short horror mystery stories.
Rated: 13+
~839 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery
Type: Short Story
Updated 26 days ago
The Spinster Of Claiborne Parish, LA.
A lawyer and an intuitive old woman have a chance meeting in a Louisiana town.
Rated: 13+
~5,483 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 27 days ago
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The Fun House
"Come on in ... if you dare."
Rated: 13+
~3,706 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 years ago
Scared
Mrs. Simons teaches a lesson.
Rated: 18+
~280 Words
Fantasy, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 29 days ago
Jo-Jo the Clown
Nowadays, kids just don't like clowns...
Rated: 18+
~1,940 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense, Melodrama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Never Before
Channeling Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 18+
~279 Words
Horror/Scary, Activity, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
The Man Outside the Window
A man appears with a warning.
Rated: 18+
~1,164 Words
Contest Entry, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Kin
Families suck sometimes.
Rated: 18+
~859 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
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Past the Pinion Point
A writer tries to overcome his addictions, but something far more evil is after him.
Rated: 18+
~10,202 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 years ago
The Closet
Childhood fears ... or more? A SCREAMS!!! Entry
Rated: 18+
~540 Words
Horror/Scary, Other, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Grafton has a seismic experience. Winner of SCREAMS!!! Feb 03 2021.
Rated: 18+
~775 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
The Eternal Ghoul
Evil awaits us all in the dark shadows before twilight, pray, it never finds you.
Rated: 13+
~884 Words
Horror/Scary, Gothic, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
Two Old
An aging couple survive however they can.
Rated: 18+
~276 Words
Activity, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
An Earworm
An earworm gets Vinnie down. HM in 2020 Quill Awards - Flash Fiction category.
Rated: 18+
~817 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
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Rated: E
~769 Words
Writing, Writing.Com, How-To/Advice
Type: Article
Updated 3 years ago
The Excrescence
Harvey has a cleaning problem.
Rated: 13+
~478 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Homecoming
When a young woman is called home by her mother, she finds more than expected.
Rated: 18+
~4,262 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Gay/Lesbian
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Why no Wimple?
Detective Hansen hunts down a missing word.
Rated: 18+
~474 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
A Bad Abaddon
A special outcast feels special things...(2nd Place, “Quotation Inspiration, 02.21)
Rated: E
~1,715 Words
Mythology, Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
To Be The Man (4245 wds)
The woods are a great place to take care of darker urges...
Rated: 18+
~3,621 Words
Horror/Scary, Gay/Lesbian, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
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Horror Movie
When Mutt, Luther, and Pete go see a special feature they are in for more than a movie...
Rated: E
~1,330 Words
Children's, Horror/Scary, Ghost
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
To Live Forever
Humphrey tells an unbelievable tale.
Rated: 18+
~1,243 Words
Contest Entry, Dark, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Room 13
I just need a flu shot.
Rated: 13+
~848 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Testament
Can ghosts harm people? The experts say no, but . . .
Rated: 18+
~1,967 Words
Horror/Scary, Occult, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Behind the Shed Doors
Flash Fiction, 299 words. What lurks in Grandpa's shed? A curiosity best not ventured.
Rated: 13+
~278 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Dead to Rights
It was an open and shut case, over an open and shut grave!
Rated: ASR
~1,000 Words
Crime/Gangster, Horror/Scary, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
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Charlie - A Halloween Tale
A young boys experience on Halloween
Rated: E
~370 Words
Horror/Scary, Ghost, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Officer Knise
One cold night... (Winner of The Daily Slice horror contest 11/19/13)
Rated: 18+
~750 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Wishing Well
Some wishes are worth hoping for.
Rated: 18+
~557 Words
Dark, Horror/Scary, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
An Unseen Direction
A young woman brought up by strict parents tries to escape, but will she manage it?
Rated: 13+
~1,281 Words
Dark, Contest, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
The Shadow That Came (2nd. and 3rd.)
"What is beyond darkness?" It asked me. (1st. SUPERNATURAL WRITING CONTEST)
Rated: 18+
~2,538 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Endings and Beginnings
SCREAMS!!! 5/1/21 Prompt:SHE COULDN'T TELL IF THIS WAS A BAD END OR A GOOD BEGINNING
Rated: 18+
~488 Words
Dark, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
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The Fun House
"Come on in ... if you dare."
Rated: 13+
~3,706 Words
Horror/Scary, Dark, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 years ago
Humans
The new neighbor is...different. (Written for the Dialogue 500. It's a bit squicky.)
Rated: 13+
~394 Words
Horror/Scary, Comedy, Fantasy
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Out of Sight
Flash Fiction, 301 words. A young girl goes missing during a family firework display.
Rated: E
~264 Words
Horror/Scary, Mystery, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Doorstop
it comes in the night
Rated: E
~944 Words
Dark, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Awakening
A janitor works on a boiler. Winner of SCREAMS!!! April 13 2021.
Rated: 13+
~1,209 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
WHAT DID YOU DO ON SUMMER VACATION
Second installment of BACK TO SCHOOL
Rated: 13+
~626 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
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Past the Pinion Point
A writer tries to overcome his addictions, but something far more evil is after him.
Rated: 18+
~10,202 Words
Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 years ago
REWRITE
Be kind to others
Rated: 13+
~777 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
BRACKENAUR
Dreams are not always dream
Rated: 13+
~1,255 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
BACK TO SCHOOL
Boys will be boys.....
Rated: 13+
~844 Words
Sci-fi, Thriller/Suspense, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 months ago
Rogue Ship with a Sub-Hating Soul
This is a weird tale written for the April 2021 prompt.
Rated: 13+
~668 Words
Action/Adventure, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
Morrison's Moment
Morrison finds a reason for being.
Rated: 18+
~808 Words
Contest Entry, Death, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
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