Folkhorror Stories

30 Stories

CRYPTID by YvetteRussell
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CRYPTIDby Yvette Russell
Paranelope, a ghost hunter who's been cancelled for faking evidence, must discover the truth behind a local cryptid in order to clear her name. -- Penelope, better known...
Beneath  by Queen_of_life_Heba
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Beneath by Ruhika
A professor and a detective must pair up to discover the secrets of the bog behind the former's new home. *** The Autopsy of Jane Doe meets Predatory Natures by Amy Gol...
The Deeping by ShadowMaven
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The Deepingby Antoinette McCormick
Some islands don't let go. Mallory came to Sorrow Island to stop her sister, Brynn, from turning their inheritance into a haunted tourist trap. But the locals warn of so...
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The Skal by Uhan_barman
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The Skalby Uhan Barman
In the monsoon-soaked hills of 1970s Meghalaya, a lawyer's darkest secret is about to devour his daughter. Jongkit Marak has spent his life running from two things: his...
The Town Whispers: Season 1 by thetownwhispers
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The Town Whispers: Season 1by Cole Weavers
Welcome to The Fort - where folk horrors and eldritch terrors meet! The Fort is a town like a thousand other small and stubborn settlements, put where it doesn't belong...
The Haunting of North Star by rohanrewar
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The Haunting of North Starby Rohan sharma
The North Star, abandoned for years after a mysterious tragedy that claimed its previous crew, was rediscovered drifting at the London port, its secrets shrouded in dark...
The Man With the Smiling Cloak by mysticnugs
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The Man With the Smiling Cloakby Mysticnugs
Before the next page in Hermeitis's grimoire, there is another story. Not written by a wizard, but spoken by a villager who strayed too far past the tree line. They say...
Unnatural Multiverse Book 4 by Unnatural1999
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Unnatural Multiverse Book 4by Unnatural Multiverse
On a world where Canada is a global superpower, Kadence Yates has recently moved to a new city with her father. They are starting a new life after a dark past with Kaden...
The Feed by veroavega
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The Feedby veroavega
In an attempt to recover from a bad rep in show biz, Elena goes off to a mining village to offer relief. Yet when she meets Father Ramon in Barrio S, she discovers that...
By Rook or by Crook by Montagfire
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By Rook or by Crookby Montagfire
A short story based around the Amicus portmanteau films & 70's horror anthology style of storytelling. A father and son take a walk. Beady eyes look on... Created for a...
Three Winters Cold  by AmyWithAPen
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Three Winters Cold by Amy Jay Britton
Use of the Writing Prompt, " A Line From A Shakespeare sonnet to start a story"
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The Hollowing by LIGHTDRAGON75
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The Hollowingby LIGHTDRAGON75
In the forgotten town of Blackthorn Hollow, a centuries-old curse awakens when Elias Thorne, a reclusive writer haunted by his sister's unsolved disappearance, returns t...
The Outsider - Retelling by Ammittance
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The Outsider - Retellingby Wholpertinger
(I have another book titled The Outsiders which is a collection of original sci-fi stories, sorry about the confusion!) The Outsider is a story that follows a typical f...
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Mary I'm On the First Step by mmastro00
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Mary I'm On the First Stepby The Collector
My grandmother Grace was always strange-quirky, superstitious, haunted by rituals that seemed less like eccentric habits and more like rehearsals. She never left a door...
Completed
The Forest Devours by edwardbowers_eb
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The Forest Devoursby edwardbowers_eb
Deep in the heart of an ancient woodland, something stirs-hungry, watchful, and patient. When Caleb returns to his childhood home, a remote cabin on the edge of the vast...
Tacenda by LunaMoonsilver
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Tacendaby Charlotte
[Updates Wednesdays] The sole beneficiary of her aunt's estate, Amber decides to move into the large house in a village she's never heard of, eager to get away from her...
Call of The Dark Woods by iamshan_for_1
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Call of The Dark Woodsby Shantanu Singh
Written by Shantanu Singh Call of the Dark Woods is a chilling horror story that follows Emma as she ventures into the mysterious and cursed Dark Woods. Despite hearing...
The Shadows That Wait by ShadowBoundTales
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The Shadows That Waitby Shadow Bound Tales
In the isolated village of Ravensbrook, whispers tell of shadowy figures that lurk in the ancient woods, waiting for their next victim. Historian Dr. Eleanor Graves arri...
The Witch's Bones - Samhain by HepzibahKemp
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The Witch's Bones - Samhainby Hepzibah Kemp
Hepzibah Kemp is drowned as a witch in 1665 in the village of Port Gwyneth, Cornwall. Her death should have been the end of her story, but she returns to life again, and...