Preternatural Stories

Nothing seems to be going right for high schooler Taylor Hartley. He's bullied, unhappy, aimless, and scared of what the future holds. He finds support from one of his t...

I walked alone in the lab. It seemed suspiciously quiet. The air was ominous and so were corridors. They seemed to scream 'GO AWAY !!" I shook away those feeling an...

We all know the story of little red riding hood. But what if it wasn't as simple as a hungry, talking wolf who found a tasty little girl? What if there was someone else...

In this world there are things that can not be understood by conventional science, things leaders and those with power do not want the general public to be aware of. Whe...

"People often complained about the stench of rotting leaves and putrid water. But to Jessica the wetlands were beautiful. It felt eerie and lonely. But also felt ea...

The Nonad were a small coven consisting of some of the most brilliant witches of their generation. Each of them as individuals had unrecognised potential that may have r...

What would you do if you were suddenly confronted by creatures from the darkest recesses of human history? If you suddenly learned the world we live in is filled with ho...

"When I open my eyes, I stare at the dry erase board on the wall above the desk through my fingers. The number twenty-eight is written there, mocking me. Twenty-eig...

Niccy likes the human world, it's beautiful. But he misses his true home, the fey land, and the Seelie court of which he was a part. However, he was banished by the King...

[...] "B-but it w-was so...I-I s-saw it!" I say hysterically. My heart is beating so fast I'm gasping for breath. I'm shaking so bad my Legs were about to giv...

After seeing off the victims of an unfortunate tragedy, the architect of the Red Tree returns home at the behest of a vague letter to find one of the society's eldest ma...

Luna, the next guardian of the moon, embarks on a mission to find her grandfather who one day disappeared in quest to annihilate the spirit of the infamous mythological...

A new world is revealed to Moira Codwell. One of dripping fangs and dancing sprites. An old world that's always been here, yet has remained hidden from many. Moira is pl...

Fi has magic powers! Well, she can summon and control fire, so everyone thinks she's the reason her parents died a horrible burning death. Now an orphan and ostracized w...

Mary Ripley has the gift of clairvoyance - in fact, she might be the strongest clairvoyant in existence. But not many people believe that she is anything more than a wan...

A. Non. Shortest Story Writer?

This is the compiling of paranormal encounters documented by myself, James Taylor, in an effort to catalog and understand the unseen forces that lie beyond the bounds of...

||2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST|| Loner, outcast, alcoholic. Starla is cursed with foresight of future horrors. Living with this ability since she was a child has been tough and...

A time of innocence, if ever there was one, is about to end and there is no way anyone will be prepared for what comes next. Life is filled with apprehension for Joseph...

"You're telling me that I'm a superhuman?" "Or in other words, a preternatural shadow." Chloe Rose Winters hates to stand out more than anything else...