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Part 6 - Late Night Visit
Paranormal Horror2000+ WordsNarratable12m2277w

Part 6 - Late Night Visit

A guest's impossible memories and a voice beneath the bed reveal that the motel's strangest mysteries are far from over.

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Part 7 - Mirror Mirror
Paranormal HorrorUnder 2000 WordsNarratable10m1987w

Part 7 - Mirror Mirror

A motel guest sees something moving inside his wall, but the tapping doesn't stop when he leaves.

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The Place No One Returns From
Paranormal Horror2000+ Words17m3350w

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,…

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Just Don’t Go Camping
Creature Horror2000+ WordsNarratable12m2204w

Just Don’t Go Camping

A wounded survivor reaches a remote cabin, but the creatures hunting him are far more intelligent than anyone realizes.

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Hide and Seek
Creature HorrorUnder 2000 WordsNarratable9m1629w

Hide and Seek

A deadly game of hide and seek gives Terra one final chance to escape the monsters that have haunted her life.

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I Always Thought the End of the World Would Be Loud, I Was Wrong
Creature Horror2000+ WordsNarratable12m2347w

I Always Thought the End of the World Would Be Loud, I Was Wrong

As the world falls silent, two sisters must escape the undead and carry on without the parents who sacrificed themselves for them.

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If you find a hacienda in the middle of nowhere, leave before sunset
Creature Horror2000+ Words17m3365w

If you find a hacienda in the middle of nowhere, leave before sunset

A hidden hacienda offers paradise by day, but its true caretakers emerge when the sun begins to set.

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Never Stop for a Stranger in the Desert
Creature HorrorUnder 2000 WordsNarratable6m1083w

Never Stop for a Stranger in the Desert

A stranded traveler breaks a warning she grew up hearing and discovers something is very wrong with the stranger waiting in the desert.

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Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
Creature Horror5000+ Words26m5102w

Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?

He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.

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The flea market sells strange things at night.
Creature Horror2000+ Words19m3646w

The flea market sells strange things at night.

A strange mirror offers a doorway into a dark ocean... and something enormous is waiting below.

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My father walked out on me twenty years ago. Tonight I found out why.
Creature Horror2000+ WordsNarrated15m2991w

My father walked out on me twenty years ago. Tonight I found out why.

After twenty years of silence, a man finally meets the father who abandoned him, only to uncover an impossible family secret.

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The God In The Corner
Creature Horror2000+ Words11m2022w

The God In The Corner

A high school teacher dismisses a student's strange stories until a desperate wish forces her to confront the shadow waiting in the corner.

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Every kid in my class is sleeping except me.
Creature HorrorUnder 2000 Words6m1007w

Every kid in my class is sleeping except me.

A student discovers the terrifying truth behind a mandatory sleep curfew and the hidden war happening beyond their dreams.

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Every kid I've picked up has superpowers except HER.
Creature HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m987w

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.

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I'm gay, and I'm going into cardiac arrest.
Creature HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m991w

I'm gay, and I'm going into cardiac arrest.

A young athlete's heart emergency leads to an unexpected connection, but a hospital procedure reveals a horrifying hidden truth.

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Despite doing my best to keep my 5 year old son away from anything he could hurt himself with, to my horror I found him digging around his bleeding ear with a pair of tweezers.
Creature Horror2 Sentence Horror1m24w

Despite doing my best to keep my 5 year old son away from anything he could hurt himself with, to my horror I found him digging around his bleeding ear with a pair of tweezers.

It started with tweezers. It ended with a nightmare.

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The Emergency Alert Told Us Not to Look Outside
CreepypastaUnder 2000 Words7m1242w

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.

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The Last Tape in Evidence Locker 9
Found Footage2 Sentence Horror1m43w

The Last Tape in Evidence Locker 9

Nobody remembers filming it.

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The Thing That Learned Our Routine
Creature HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m831w

The Thing That Learned Our Routine

It didn’t break into the house. It waited until we let it in.

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