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My child is being ERASED in fifteen minutes.
Psychological HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m987w

My child is being ERASED in fifteen minutes.

A mother receives a terrifying warning that her children are being erased, but what disappears may be more than she ever imagined.

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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 was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
Psychological HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m991w

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.

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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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My breakfast keeps resetting right in front of me.
Psychological HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m990w

My breakfast keeps resetting right in front of me.

After her father's death, Brogen's morning takes an impossible turn when breakfast keeps resetting and reality begins to unravel.

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My future soulmate is trying to kill me.
Psychological HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m976w

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.

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My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.
Psychological HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m995w

My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.

A woman seeks help for her boyfriend’s disturbing behavior, only to discover a terrifying truth about what changed him.

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My torture victim refuses to die
Creature HorrorUnder 1000 Words4m767w

My torture victim refuses to die

A seasoned killer encounters a victim unlike anyone before, as a night of violence turns into an impossible psychological battle.

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My Sister has Been Tweeting From her Coma
Paranormal HorrorUnder 1000 Words5m913w

My Sister has Been Tweeting From her Coma

A grieving brother notices impossible messages from his sister’s account after her accident, leading to a terrifying final discovery.

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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.
Urban Legends2 Sentence Horror1m33w

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.

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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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'I don't care what the labels say, I've always used roman candles like this.'
True Horror2 Sentence Horror1m27w

'I don't care what the labels say, I've always used roman candles like this.'

They ignored the warning label. The third shot proved why it existed.

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I walked around campus with a bowl of Blow Pops saying, 'hey would you sell your soul for some candy?'
Psychological Horror2 Sentence Horror1m25w

I walked around campus with a bowl of Blow Pops saying, 'hey would you sell your soul for some candy?'

I only needed a few souls. Campus gave me hundreds.

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'It doesn't matter what I'm convicted of after this, you all will use my finding', the researcher sneered from the podium at his appalled audience.
Psychological Horror2 Sentence Horror1m23w

'It doesn't matter what I'm convicted of after this, you all will use my finding', the researcher sneered from the podium at his appalled audience.

His experiment worked. That's what terrified everyone.

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The Girl in the Recovery Ward
Psychological HorrorUnder 250 Words2m205w

The Girl in the Recovery Ward

My daughter came back from the accident, but something else came back with her.

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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 Man Who Came Back Wrong
Paranormal HorrorUnder 250 Words1m188w

The Man Who Came Back Wrong

After the accident, I survived. But something else came home with me.

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My Son Keeps Waving at the Hallway
Paranormal Horror2 Sentence Horror1m38w

My Son Keeps Waving at the Hallway

He says the woman outside his room waves back now.

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The Rules for Apartment 14
Urban Legends2 Sentence Horror1m41w

The Rules for Apartment 14

Nobody stays longer than one night.

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