Contest and Prompt Stories
5 stories
Dark Things by Sam_Castle
Dark Things
Sam_Castle
  • Reads 417
  • Votes 22
  • Parts 3
A collection of dark flash fiction. Cameron's older brother Tony disappeared when she was a child. Twenty years later, he returns, looking the same as the day he left, only wilder, madder. Where did he go? How much of him came back? What did he bring with him? And other dark, strange, weird tales. Written for Nyhterides #theartofmadness challenge.
Mr Grey [#creaturefeature] by Sam_Castle
Mr Grey [#creaturefeature]
Sam_Castle
  • Reads 313
  • Votes 24
  • Parts 1
"We need to talk about the elephant in the room." In a room there are three people. One is tied to a chair, one is holding a knife, and one is standing in the corner, watching silently. So tell me, who's the monster? Finalist in Wattpad Fright's Creature Feature competition.
Roads To Hell: A Horror Anthology by Sam_Castle
Roads To Hell: A Horror Anthology
Sam_Castle
  • Reads 3,430
  • Votes 229
  • Parts 16
A collection of horror short stories and flash fiction. Alex is awakened by the sound of a dog barking from inside his house, but he doesn't own a dog. Three boys find a body in a New Mexico national park. Four hikers become lost in the most notorious forest in the Southern Highlands: the one they call the Body Farm. The Whisper Man reveals his greatest secret. An archaeologist battles an ancient and malevolent force. And many more dark tales...
Last Words by Sam_Castle
Last Words
Sam_Castle
  • Reads 249
  • Votes 13
  • Parts 1
Epeolatry: the worship of words When Ben Lewis decides to take a shortcut through the back alleys of Newtown, he discovers a bookstore selling rare and antique tomes. But as he ventures further into the store, meeting the enigmatic owner, Solomon Grim, Ben begins to suspect there is something strange at work. Written for Wattpad Fright's Holiday of Horror writing contest.
The Resurrectionist by Sam_Castle
The Resurrectionist
Sam_Castle
  • Reads 309
  • Votes 13
  • Parts 1
Could we use science to bring extinct animals back to life? Should we? Ethics, greed and science collide when Dr Warwick Jones makes a terrible mistake that puts the lives of his entire community at risk. When the quest for knowledge becomes a struggle for survival, who will persevere? Man or beast?