Bleak Horror Stories
Browse bleak horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
I Wish I Never Read My Relative's Journal
A forgotten family journal reveals something deeply wrong with the relative who wrote it.
It's Lonely Here
He wakes to a perfect summer day, only to discover that paradise has left him completely alone.
I love my children
A mother desperate to keep her family together makes a final decision she believes will keep her children with her forever.
I'm Stuck in a Simulation Please Send Help
A miracle treatment promises to cure her troubled mind, but every awakening pulls her deeper into a terrifying cycle.
The story of why I have no bones
A childhood experiment leaves one patient trapped in a body that can no longer support itself.
The system made me a killer
Trapped between unbearable insomnia and medication-induced blackouts, one man begins to fear what he becomes when he finally falls asleep.
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.
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.
The Seasonal Child
A little girl learns that some children can only be loved on a subscription.
My bedridden husband can't move, so why did I just find a shattered phone on his floor? PLEASE HELP
A woman caring for her paralyzed husband begins to suspect that something is terribly wrong when his shattered phone appears on the floor and he starts acting strangely.
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.
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.
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.
Every Year, Our Mom Tries to Kill Us.
Their mother insists she's trying to save them. As reality begins to crack, her children are forced to question who the real monsters are.
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.
The Box I Can't Bring Myself to Open
As long as the bedroom door stays closed, hope is still alive. That's the lie I've built my entire life around.
The Last Prophet
The world searched for answers when people started dying. The truth was hidden in the hands of the one man who caused it.