Horror Story Genres
Explore horror stories by genre, from psychological nightmares and paranormal encounters to body horror and the supernatural.
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Body Horror
15stories
Cosmic
5stories
Creature Horror
19stories
Creepypasta
5stories
Folk Horror
5stories
Found Footage
2stories
Gothic
1story
Occult
7stories
Paranormal
54stories
Psychological
79stories
Science Fiction
5stories
Slasher
1story
Supernatural
38stories
Survival
6stories
Technological
5stories
True Horror
5stories
Urban Legend
1story
Zombie
1story
Body Horror Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Nana’s banana bread turned my parents inside out
Nana's baked goods always brought warmth and happiness, but this time they left something far more horrifying behind.
No One Is Taking Me Seriously
A seemingly harmless bug bite begins behaving in ways no doctor can explain.
Cosmic Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Did You Know Bones Can Sing?
A routine medical screening uncovers a rare condition that causes one man's bones to emit strange radio signals. When researchers tune in, they hear something that was never meant to…
I Read a Page From a Book That Brought On Mental Anguish, and Now I Want Nothing More Than to Finish Reading It
After reading a single page from an impossible book, a college student becomes haunted by shifting entities and an obsession to recover the manuscript that destroyed his professor.
Creature Horror Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Every kid I've picked up has superpowers except HER.
A teen rescuer searching for gifted children discovers the newest passenger may hide a dangerous secret of her own.
The Last Tape in Evidence Locker 9
Nobody remembers filming it.
Creepypasta Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
The Emergency Alert Told Us Not to Look Outside
At 2:13 AM, every phone in town received the same warning: keep your curtains closed and ignore anyone asking to be let in.
The Place No One Returns From
Four friends—Aleah, Allyssa, Alex, and Leo—travel to Eldemoor, a mysterious place where people disappear or return changed. Their journey leads them to Blackthorn, a terrifying mansion filled with dark secrets,…
Folk Horror Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
There is a reason why you shouldn't burn witches
The last surviving witch recounts the terrible secret her coven has protected for decades and why the townspeople's hatred will doom them all.
According to native legend the mountain is the petrified body of an evil god due to its human-like shape, but the plans to quarry into its 'face' proceeded as planned.
They laughed at the legend until the mountain started bleeding.
Found Footage Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Welcome Home Lazarus
A first-time homeowner's exhausting workweek is interrupted when the house's former owner breaks in, pursued by armed men searching for something hidden behind the bedroom wall.
The Last Tape in Evidence Locker 9
Nobody remembers filming it.
Gothic Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Occult Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Nana’s banana bread turned my parents inside out
Nana's baked goods always brought warmth and happiness, but this time they left something far more horrifying behind.
I Clean Crime Scenes, Decrepit Houses, and Evicted Residences and Every House Is a Surprise
Every filthy house hides something different, but some jobs leave more than a mess behind.
Paranormal Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I survived drowning as a child and now The Drowned Mother wants me back
After surviving a childhood drowning, a woman discovers that the entity who pulled her under has never stopped waiting for her.
The Halo
Her halo proved she was free of sin, but anyone who touched her would pay the price.
Psychological Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Lily’s Coloring Book
A gifted young artist fills every page with remarkable talent, until her father discovers a sketchbook that was never meant to be found.
No One Is Taking Me Seriously
A seemingly harmless bug bite begins behaving in ways no doctor can explain.
Science Fiction Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
A fugitive child bred for violent combat is captured again, forcing him into a horrifying world where children are treated as prizes.
My future soulmate is trying to kill me.
A classroom shooting takes a terrifying turn when the gunman claims to know the students' futures, and one of them is his soulmate.
Slasher Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Supernatural Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
The Place No One Returns From
Four friends—Aleah, Allyssa, Alex, and Leo—travel to Eldemoor, a mysterious place where people disappear or return changed. Their journey leads them to Blackthorn, a terrifying mansion filled with dark secrets,…
The Ring Mark
A dungeon guard is pulled beneath the bathwater, only to awaken with memories of another life.
Survival Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
A fugitive child bred for violent combat is captured again, forcing him into a horrifying world where children are treated as prizes.
Welcome Home Lazarus
A first-time homeowner's exhausting workweek is interrupted when the house's former owner breaks in, pursued by armed men searching for something hidden behind the bedroom wall.
Technological Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My Alexa has Been Giving me Horrible Life Advice
A smart speaker starts developing a personality, but its increasingly bizarre advice soon turns into something far more unsettling.
I thought my boyfriend was cheating on me. But it was SO much worse.
She thought her boyfriend was hiding an affair. She was right about the secret... just catastrophically wrong about what it was.
True Horror Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I Wish I Never Read My Relative's Journal
A forgotten family journal reveals something deeply wrong with the relative who wrote it.
My son HATES me, and I have no idea why.
A mother receives a mysterious gift from her distant son and discovers a horrifying secret hidden inside.
Urban Legend Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Zombie Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
