***Featured in @Paranormal 's Haunted Verses, @Fright's A Pocketful Of Pose and @WattpadAnthologies Reading List*** There is nothing here but ghosts, uninvited guests trespassing on fragmented dreams. Welcome to my second collection of poems. This is dedicated to all of you who followed Goblin Garden from the start a...
On waking up to find a dismembered arm protruding from the floor, Claudia knows her privileged life is over. Claudia cannot recall how she came to this pass. She does know she is never getting out. It is all because she is guilty of falling in love, which is a sin no proper Victorian girl would commit. She knew whe...
[Selected by @UniversalHorror ] One haunted hostel, two college students on the run, one DEAD man. When college freshmen Chris and Henry get caught up in the tracks of a wandering ghost haunting their hostel, the only thing they could wish for is that it's all a dream-but it isn't. Bloody trails are left, cold bodies...
A collection of short horror experiences, spanning all genres and times. The confessions of a murderer, the archived past of a bloodstained asylum, and the account of a monk who was the sole survivor of a demonic Viking bloodbath all fit together in the Dark Seasons. Because evil isn't restricted by time or character...
Featured on Wattpad's short story reading list, "Spine Tinglers" Featured on the ambassador run profile for speculative fiction, @ForbiddenWorlds Featured on @UltimateWriters reading list, "Dreadful Mysteries" Adult fiction book of the month for January ___ When Lucie Dare was eight years old, she was taken away from...
Jack Benter is a normal man - at least, on the outside. However, his internal thoughts are plagued by demons. So he collects mirrors in which to store his demons, mirrors which slowly are driving him insane. [Finalist for the Gothic Gloom contest]
Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. That's the way King Henry VIII got rid of his six wives. Detective Corona must find who is copying that famous tale before she meets her unfortunate demise. Or if she's lucky, live long enough to become lucky number six and survive. (A Horror Short Story)
It's Halloween. Somehow, you end up at Thornton Farm, a place full of mysteries...and ghosts. Who brought you to Thornton Farm and what do they want? Will you even survive long enough to put all the pieces together? Make your own choices, but choose wisely - we wouldn't want your live to be cut short. Good luck! Short...
Have you ever walked with madness? Let me show you a picnic I've prepared just for you...
Victoria's life has been hell ever since she was little. Her dad abuses her constantly and her mother looks the other way. She feels lost in this world with no help coming her way, but one day she discovers a letter on her bed that will change her life FOREVER. This story is all rights reserved so back off! (:
** WATTYS 2018 WINNER ** Not one person in the history of the world ever said being Deathsworn was an easy thing. Fun, sometimes, and completely your fault, but never easy. You have one rule that you obey, unless, of course, you want to die. Your life is your list, your list is your life. For the Gallowmen, their jo...
An elf and a mortal. He took her name, but she stole his heart. [𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐑] Elysse, the realm of the elves, is kept safe by a powerful enchantment. Every forty years it must be renewed through a cruel sacrifice. Andor, a young and dutiful elf, is chosen for this task and ea...
He's a distant descendant of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses. He loves cheerleading, spandex and his cheating boyfriend. He is Julius Sullivan! But he's unsure of this other warlock slowly sneaking into his heart with a love spell. Preying on him is exactly what Julius should do according to the paranormal food...
"As soon as you believe you are a monster is when you become one." After many years of war, the kingdom of Edria is finally in an era of peace--peace obtained by one thing and one thing only. A deal. King Regol has made a deal with the devil, or rather, a beast. A monster. Or so he claims. When he uses the deal fo...
Book One of the Scary Tales The zombie sequel to Snow White begins where the classic fairy tale ends, with the Prince’s kiss waking Snow from her cursed slumber. Snow wakes up, but she doesn’t wake up right. Now a deranged zombie, Snow infects both the Prince and the seven dwarfs’ leader. That leaves the young dwarf...
Clara's problems can be summed up in two words: responsibility and family. After the loss of her mother, life for Clara was never the same. Although she loves her three siblings and tries to be the best sister and lady she can, the weight on her shoulders grows the more she learns and the more she has to know. When he...
Everyone knows the story of Snow White: blood red lips, ebony hair and skin the colour of freshly fallen snow. Her vain step-mother, desperate to be the 'fairest of them all' attempts four times to have her killed, until her prince comes to save the day. But what if Snow wasn't a princess, but a prince. And the quee...
Evil spirits. A cursed prince. Death itself in disarray. Iris just wants to go home, but fate has other plans for this young priestess and her odd companions. /// The land of Erinlin is dying, its ancient traditions choked out by the Kaerent church and its true priestesses, the Candlemaidens, increasingly rega...
There are stories about a monster who walks amongst people unseen, one that collects the hearts of the tragic victims who travel through the forest. Aceline Capet, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, knows this story well, but already at eleven years of age, she is much too old for fairytales. There are so man...
**** From the 2016 Watty Award winning author of White Fire**** Burst into this fantasy fairytale and journey to the land of Noch where everyone is born with a soul gift. Some are born with extraordinary visions, others with speed or strength. The greater the gift, the greater the ranking will be in the kingdom. But t...
Some relatives are meant to stay distant. * * * Josephine Lyttleton-Bradley can't understand why she must leave her London home - in the middle of the night during a wicked storm, no less - to live with a relative she's never even met. When Josie realizes she's stuck indefin...
Set in Victorian Poland is a tale about a stubborn young woman named Elsa whose father runs a society solely for vampyre hunting. Elsa does not believe in such tales, until she comes across a mysterious man at a ball interested in her mother's old pocket watch... and possibly her blood. When Elsa wakes and finds hers...
[Formerly Featured/Historical Horror] Masquerading as a gentlemanly bachelor living in Victorian England, Joseph Redding is a fraud amongst the living. After splitting from his partner in unspeakable, underground crimes, he must now pay the price for disturbing the dead. When a ghastly spectre reveals itself to him on...
**A Blue Beard retelling** Based on Charles Perrault's fairytale, this YA Historical Fantasy short story set in Victorian England mixes romance, magic and mystery. After agreeing to an arranged marriage to escape her greedy relatives, 18-year-old heiress Amelia moves into her husband's manor determined to start a new...
Lady Carina is the favored daughter of the lord of the manor. She boldly refuses to marry the man he chose for her. Now, her father's fortress is under attack, and she escapes before dawn to reach the mysterious count he told her about. Before long, she finds herself caught up in the great Saracen attack on France as...
What do you do when the one who stole your future is the only one who can give it back? Eighteen year old Sophie Gabcikova led a completely normal life in the quiet village of Panenske Brezany--until the day her beauty caught the eye of Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and he had her kidnapped for the purpos...
Ethan's nightmares are terrifying. He hates falling asleep; he hates having to witness the twisted world that he's forced into when he closes his eyes. But when they begin to blend into reality, facing them may be his only choice. __________________ IMPORTANT NOTICE - if you're reading this story on a site that is not...
A chilling psychological short horror story about the origin and evolution of Zombies. Nature gave us the empty gun, nurture gave us the bullet and curiosity loaded it but, ultimately, it was men that aimed it at their own heads. We created them. We became them. They are within the recesses of our minds. Insanity was...
How does your night go from a game of Hide and Seek with your best friend, to your parents being murdered the same night? On top of that, you're sent to live with your mother and father's best friend, Mrs. and Mr. Harmon. Although Emily and her brother have no idea who these people are, they're given the luxury life a...
Vermon can talk to the dead. Her power sparks the world, but it also sparks something else living underground...