*Featured Story* Readers of dark tales, are you in the mood for holiday cheer? Enter DEAD WINTER and get your fill. But mind your step! In this frozen world, victory belongs to the villains. DEAD WINTER: A CRYPTIC Anthology is a collection of 25 chilling tales penned by Wattpad's finest authors. Stories will be published one per day beginning on New Year's Day. Highest Ranking: #30 in Short Story.

They say a picture can tell a thousand words...but what if it's sending you a message from the dead? Aspiring horror writer Gwen Coleman and her workaholic husband, Noah, have finally found their dream home and quickly move in with their young daughter Harmony and infant son, Caleb. What begins as an unexplained shadow in the background of their daughter's photograph, soon turns into an imaginary friend named Maria. It doesn't take long before Gwen notices a change in her daughter's personality. When Gwen begins receiving eerie text messages and videos from an unknown sender, she worries Maria may be more than a figment of her daughter's imagination. As the secrets of her new home are revealed, Gwen discovers that perhaps her life has become the most frightening horror story of them all.

The Sharing Nightmares Anthology is an Halloween themed anthology with stories from some of Wattpad's finest 'thrill weavers' Here, you'd find stories from 20 prolific authors with enough chills and spooky to keep you on edge all Hallo-month long. Not the brightness of your phone, or the light from your lamp is enough to keep the chills from running down your spine.