Horror Short Stories
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Habits of the Artichoke
by Fernando Sorrentino
A tutor is given an artichoke plant and soon learns that taking care of it is not going to be easy.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 25 Comments
4 Stars
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The Petting Zoo
by Peter de Niverville
Johnson has always been fascinated by spiders.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 117 Comments
5 Stars
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The Kneeler
by Rita Hooks
I woke to the sound of something creaking on the porch...
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 18
- 6 Comments
4 Stars
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Appearance
by Kate Peterson
"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 72 Comments
5 Stars
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The Shadows On The Wall
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Following the sudden death of their brother Edward, Caroline, Rebecca Ann and Henry are left in the family home.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 2 Comments
4 Stars
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The Underneath Place
by William Walker
It was his underneath place, the place where he came to bury his jars.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
The Replica
by Drake Vaughn
If there was anyone in the world who wasn’t cursed, it was Sam.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 1 Comments
3 Stars
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Ivy Lodge
by Maria C. McCarthy
That first night in the Lodge, I had the strangest dream, though I didn’t seem to be asleep. A weight was pinning me down, as if a creature were crouching on my chest.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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Thicker than Water
by Michael Subjack
Joe had a bad feeling he’d need his gun before the night was over.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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Top Short Stories
Thicker than Water
by Michael Subjack
Joe had a bad feeling he’d need his gun before the night was over.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
Ivy Lodge
by Maria C. McCarthy
That first night in the Lodge, I had the strangest dream, though I didn’t seem to be asleep. A weight was pinning me down, as if a creature were crouching on my chest.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
The Underneath Place
by William Walker
It was his underneath place, the place where he came to bury his jars.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
The Replica
by Drake Vaughn
If there was anyone in the world who wasn’t cursed, it was Sam.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 1 Comments
3 Stars
The Kneeler
by Rita Hooks
I woke to the sound of something creaking on the porch...
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 18
- 6 Comments
4 Stars
The Petting Zoo
by Peter de Niverville
Johnson has always been fascinated by spiders.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 117 Comments
5 Stars
The Brass Teapot
by Tim Macy
When Alice and John buy an antique teapot they get more than they bargained for.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 340 Comments
5 Stars
Appearance
by Kate Peterson
"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 72 Comments
5 Stars
The Willows
by Algernon Blackwood
While on a canoe trip down the Danube River, two friends encounter some mysterious, hostile entities.
- Length: 51 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 7 Comments
5 Stars
The Haunted Orchard
by Richard Le Gallienne
While summering in the country, a New Yorker comes across an apparently abandoned farm house.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 14 Comments
5 Stars
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