Horror Story Themes
Explore horror stories built around fear, isolation, grief, obsession, family, paranoia, and more.
Browse Themes
Abandonment
1story
Abuse
4stories
Addiction
1story
Authority
8stories
Betrayal
9stories
Childhood
10stories
Consequences
1story
Corruption
6stories
Creativity
1story
Death
42stories
Denial
1story
Desperation
16stories
Domestic Abuse
1story
Family
27stories
Fear
47stories
Forbidden Knowledge
6stories
Friendship
1story
Grief
15stories
Guilt
8stories
Identity
25stories
Institutional Failure
4stories
Isolation
23stories
Loneliness
3stories
Loss
11stories
Love
1story
Madness
8stories
Marriage
3stories
Memory
13stories
Mortality
15stories
Obsession
14stories
Paranoia
32stories
Parenthood
17stories
Possession
1story
Prejudice
1story
Protection
1story
Relationship
1story
Religion
3stories
Romance
5stories
Sacrifice
9stories
Secrets
25stories
Technology
5stories
Transformation
7stories
Trauma
11stories
Violence
3stories
Abandonment Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Abuse Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
After today, I'll never be celebrating Fathers Day again.
A family prepares a Father's Day breakfast, but hidden fears and dark traditions reveal a celebration no child should endure.
Addiction Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Authority Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Fully Charged
When the factory lights go out, the workers discover something inside them that was never meant to glow.
I will draw you with a thousand words
A photographer's interactive gallery installation begins printing impossible messages, leading to an encounter with something trapped inside a masterpiece.
Betrayal Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My Wife Only Looks at Me in Mirrors
I spent months proving I was no longer the man who hurt her. Then my reflection raised its hand before I did.
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.
Childhood 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.
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.
Consequences Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Corruption 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.
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.
Creativity Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Death Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
'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.
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.
Denial Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Desperation Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
'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.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
Domestic Abuse Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Family Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
The Colour Between
Somewhere between grey and black is a colour only the missing can remember.
Fear Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
I wish my daughter hadn’t survived the accident
A devastating crash should have taken everything, but a miraculous recovery leaves one grieving father questioning what really came home.
Forbidden Knowledge Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
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.
Friendship Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Grief Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
My wife keeps asking if I remember the accident
A peaceful family road trip takes a haunting turn as forgotten memories begin resurfacing on a familiar stretch of country road.
Guilt Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
White Goes First
The game was simple: white goes first, checkmate means freedom, and every piece on the board remembers someone I forgot.
My Wife Only Looks at Me in Mirrors
I spent months proving I was no longer the man who hurt her. Then my reflection raised its hand before I did.
Identity Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My wife admitted something on her deathbed. Now I’m glad she died.
I thought my wife's final confession would help me grieve. Instead, it destroyed every happy memory we'd ever shared.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
Institutional Failure Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Fully Charged
When the factory lights go out, the workers discover something inside them that was never meant to glow.
Public Safety Notice
A harmless emergency alert becomes something far worse when people discover their bodies aren't entirely under their control.
Isolation 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.
I moved into a haunted house for all the wrong reasons
A first-time homeowner discovers that the ghost haunting his new house isn't trying to scare him away... it might be protecting him.
Loneliness Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Someone keeps knocking on my back door at exactly 2:15am
After his wife's death, an elderly widower begins hearing relentless knocks on his back door every Thursday at 2:15am until he discovers the impossible source is much closer than he ever imagined.
I moved into a haunted house for all the wrong reasons
A first-time homeowner discovers that the ghost haunting his new house isn't trying to scare him away... it might be protecting him.
Loss Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My wife keeps asking if I remember the accident
A peaceful family road trip takes a haunting turn as forgotten memories begin resurfacing on a familiar stretch of country road.
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.
Love Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Madness Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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 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.
Marriage Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
The police finally found my missing wife
After five years of searching, a missing wife is finally found, but the truth behind the disappearance reveals a disturbing secret.
I think my wife is hiding something in our freezer
A young father comes home to an unsettling silence and discovers his wife's behavior has taken a horrifying turn that defies explanation.
Memory Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
Someone keeps knocking on my back door at exactly 2:15am
After his wife's death, an elderly widower begins hearing relentless knocks on his back door every Thursday at 2:15am until he discovers the impossible source is much closer than he ever imagined.
Mortality Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
There Is Something Inside of Me, Keeping Me in My Apartment
Every night, something else seems to take control of his life... and he has no idea what happens while he's gone.
Fully Charged
When the factory lights go out, the workers discover something inside them that was never meant to glow.
Obsession Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My Aunt Recorded People's Last Moments, and I Have No Idea Why
Her tapes captured something that should never have spoken again.
The flea market sells strange things at night.
A strange mirror offers a doorway into a dark ocean... and something enormous is waiting below.
Paranoia Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
The Security Cameras Show People Entering My House at Night
Every morning, the footage shows strangers standing in my home while I sleep.
Parenthood Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
I think my wife is hiding something in our freezer
A young father comes home to an unsettling silence and discovers his wife's behavior has taken a horrifying turn that defies explanation.
Possession Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Prejudice Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Protection Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Relationship Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
Religion Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
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.
Romance Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I wish my girlfriend had been cheating on me
I spent months convincing myself my girlfriend was cheating on me. I would've given anything for that to have been the truth.
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.
Sacrifice Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.
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.
Secrets Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My boyfriend talks to someone who isn't there. One day something spoke back.
A woman grows concerned when her boyfriend constantly whispers to someone unseen until she hears a second voice answer.
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.
Technology Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
You'll Never Believe Who My Sleep Paralysis Demon Is
Recurring sleep paralysis becomes terrifyingly real as a man's girlfriend behaves impossibly during each episode, leading him to uncover an experiment that should never have involved them.
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.
Transformation Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
I will draw you with a thousand words
A photographer's interactive gallery installation begins printing impossible messages, leading to an encounter with something trapped inside a masterpiece.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
Trauma Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
My wife admitted something on her deathbed. Now I’m glad she died.
I thought my wife's final confession would help me grieve. Instead, it destroyed every happy memory we'd ever shared.
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.
Violence Horror Stories
A few stories from this collection.
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.