Short Horror Stories

Always one step ahead

A detective was called in to study the case of 6 missing women who were kidnapped and potentially killed by a masked murderer. His name was Detective Smith. Now, Smith was a great detective. No, an amazing one. He was well known in his town and had solved a number of difficult cases, all while remaining the joker that he was. Who knew that this would be the end of his career?

It didn't take him long to identify the killer. Jason Macklemore, responsible for 4 famous murders. He had previously been kept in prison for 25 years before being released. He obviously hasn't learned his lesson. Smith was quick to hop on the case, and tracked him down.

From there, things only spiraled downwards. Wherever Smith would be to tackle Jason, he would be there waiting. If he went to a secluded location, the killer would have been there early. No matter what, Jason was always one step ahead of his enemy. He would never try to hurt the detective, but pull off a cheeky smile and run off. And the second he turned a corner, he disappeared.

That's when the nightmares began. Smith was overpowered by this man, as if he could predict his every move. He wouldn't be able to sleep without ghastly nightmares of Jason running towards him like in a horror movie. And he couldn't move. In his dreams, Detective Smith would just stand there frozen with fear, awaiting death.

Smith couldn't eat, work or sleep properly for a month. All of this was absolute torture. Meanwhile, more people had gone missing due to the killer being a master trickster. The detective eventually decided to end it all. This was the end, there was no sign of him catching Macklemore.

Smith was sitting on the edge of a bridge, ready to slip off and free himself from this eternal damnation. When he heard someone behind him.

"I knew you'd be here," the person chuckled.

The detective turned around to see Jason, his arms behind his back with a cocked head.

"H-how did you know?" he stumbled. He didn't care that much, seeing as it would all be over soon. He was just confused.

"You know," Jason smiled while revealing a gun in his hand. "I'm always one step ahead of you... even your own death,"

*Bang*