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Chapter 1The alarm clock's speakers shattered the blissful peace by blasting the chorus of Highway to Hell. Noah Vale needed the shock to wake up at 4:30 A.M. He stood up and stretched. For the last 10 years, it signaled another mundane day for Noah at Omni-Forge Industries.
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- Two sentence horror story. This brief gem comes from Reddit user AtomFarmer: I finally found my wife the kidney she needed. It took forever to track down everyone she’d donated organs to after the crash.
- Mom averts danger. Forget monsters, people are terrifying. This camping story from Reddit user Morenapkinspls will solidify that: I've posted this on my other account.
- Ouija board knocks back. Reddit user ExcrementCranium wrote: In high school my friends and I were messing around with a Ouija board one night. We had done it before and nothing remarkable had ever happened.
- Forgotten memory. Redditor Call_Me_Egg shared this horrific tale: Growing up, my bedroom was the only one that faced the front of the house/street. When I was about 8 or 9, I woke up to my dad calmly but firmly telling me to get up, go in the bathroom, and shut the door.
Oct 24, 2022 · Looking for some spooky stories to get your horror fix? Check out these short horror stories that will give you chills in no time. From creepy mirrors to missing people, these tales will make you shiver and scream.
- Help Me! "A few years ago my boss went on holiday for a couple of weeks to Spain. Mid-way through the holiday he got a phone call from the police informing him that his sister had [passed away] in a fire in her flat.
- The Voice. “My grandfather told me this story about how one time he was sitting in a chair in front of the house when he heard his wife repeatedly calling him from inside the house.
- Car At The Red Light. “Driving home with a buddy from the high school summer job at the local amusement park. It’s about 3 in the morning, and there is no traffic at all.
- “I Just Need A Haircut” “I was an RA in a dorm for two years in college. A girl who had been having stress issues finally snapped. She was found by someone in a dark stairwell (I was in an older dorm, circa 1887, so there were plenty of nooks and crannies).
- “Patient Zero” by Tananarive Due. "Patient Zero" starts off innocently enough, with its narrator — a little boy — confined to his hospital room. Surely, a hospital is a place of healing, not a setting for a sinister story.
- “Click-clack the Rattlebag” by Neil Gaiman. You know that feeling you get when you walk up the stairs alone in an old, dark house? And you know that you shouldn't be afraid of the dark, but you can't help but feel like something is following in your footsteps, lurking just behind you?
- “The Spindly Man” by Stephen Graham Jones. In Stephen Graham Jones’ “The Spindly Man,” a book club’s discussion of a Stephen King story lures an uninvited guest with a bone to pick.
- “His Face All Red” by Emily Carroll. Emily Carroll is the reigning queen of creepy, interactive horror comics, and "His Face All Red" is one of her best.
In the secluded town of Whispering Pines, nestled deep within the shadowy embrace of an ancient forest, there stood an old, dilapidated mansion known as Blackwood Manor. Legend whispered of its dark history—a tale of tragedy, madness, and an unspeakable horror that lurked within its decaying walls.
Aug 12, 2022 · Looking for a quick fix of fright? Check out this list of terrifying tales by Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Daphne du Maurier and more, all available for free on the internet.
