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  • Clairvoyant by malec_ff
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    A medium and a wealthy crooked businessman, both with darkest past met in circumstances. But fate was never wrong. Life has yet proven that love and unbinding fate is always sealed. There is no escaping it, no matter how much they both ran away from it. Warning, this book contains trigger warnings such as death, violence, rape and etc.
  • I Thought She Was My Roommate 🖤 by AshValentineWrites
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    Dahalia has always believed she has the perfect life. A cozy home. A girlfriend she loves. And three years of memories together. Adeline is her favorite person in the world. They argue over stupid things, tease each other constantly, spend their evenings watching movies by the fireplace, and somehow make even the most ordinary days feel special. But lately, things have started to feel a little strange. Her mother keeps asking questions Dahalia doesn't understand. People seem to avoid certain conversations. And there are things about Adeline that Dahalia has never thought to question. Because when you love someone with your whole heart, why would you ever stop to wonder if they're really there? Sometimes, the hardest truth isn't the one you discover. It's the one you refuse to believe.
  • The Ashes of Hillcrest by T_Hubert
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    San Valero, California. 1985. Everyone knows what happened at Hillcrest Manor. Two years ago, a fire swept across the hillside, leaving the house in ruins and the Wetherby family dead. Now people say the place is haunted. Sixteen-year-old Chase O'Hare wants proof. Her best friend, Hunter Quade, wants a reasonable explanation. But when a midnight trip to Hillcrest leaves them with voices on the radio, a mysterious black sedan disappearing into the fog, and a Polaroid of a boy who wasn't there when the picture was taken, reasonable explanations become harder to find. Their search for answers will lead them through the forgotten history of the Hillcrest fire-and toward something that has been waiting two years to be found. Some mysteries refuse to stay buried.
  • Lockwood Village Haunting by buttercup12jones
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    Heather daughter Addison Martin follow is her footsteps, she becomes an author of crime but with her own twist, she lives by the Lockwood asylum hospital that say to be haunted and the theory is that there were a lot of mistreating patients when it was open. Addison goes to the asylum not knowing what she was getting into, she runs into an old classmate while to is walking the grounds, and he is offering to help her out with her book not knowing that she is digging where people don't want her to be will she able to solved what someone want to stay hidden you will have to read to find out
  • Agatha  by nyvinwrites
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    Behind these walls, they pray daily. They also suffer daily. Sister Agatha was transferred expecting a new beginning. What she found was a nightmare dressed in holy cloth. The sisters here are broken, silenced and controlled - and the ones in power will do anything to keep it that way. including silence her. But Agatha has survived darkness before. And this time, she refuses to look away. Agatha - Where light meets darkness
  • The House by Max_la_Rousse
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    Belle needed a quiet place to paint. What she got... was The House. Described by her cousin as "quaint" and "full of character," the old mansion on the isolated farm is anything but. The house smells like something died in it in 1893 and never quite left. The lights don't work, the clocks don't agree, and the walls seem to whisper when the storm rolls in. Charming. Cut off from the outside world as the weather turns vicious, Belle is not alone. There's a man-warm, strong, kind, and very distracting... except for one small problem: She's not entirely sure he is real. Because this house doesn't behave. Doors don't always lead where they should. Time slips. Shadows remember. And sometimes, the past doesn't just echo-it replays. As old journals, strange dreams, and terrifying moments she can't explain bring together fragments of history, Belle begins to uncover tragedies that were never meant to be buried. But the house isn't just remembering. It's waiting... Funny, haunting, and quietly heartbreaking, The House is a story about love, loss, revenge, and the secrets that refuse to stay buried. This story contains themes of psychological horror, violence, and disturbing imagery. Reader discretion is advised. Genre: Mystery/Humour/Romance This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. All rights are reserved by me. Please do not copy or use my work anywhere without my permission. Thank you.
  • The house by the black river by NattRuna by NattRuna
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    🖤 House by the Black River - Story Description Ten years ago, I found a house that wasn't looking for anyone. A forgotten bathhouse hidden deep in the Swedish woods, standing beside a river so dark it swallowed every reflection. I didn't know why I stopped at the listing that night-only that something in me did. When we visited, the silence was wrong. No birds. No insects. Just a heavy stillness, as if the land itself was holding its breath. I fell in love instantly. Others felt something else. It didn't take long before the locals told us its name: "The Ghost House." Shadows walked through the rooms. A man stood in our bedroom doorway at night, watching. A voice whispered, "She's finally come home." And then came the story-about the pilot who once lived there, murdered in the house he never left. But he wasn't the only one. Some nights, something far older and stranger appeared. A creature with glowing yellow eyes at the forest's edge, running toward the house before vanishing into thin air. A force that wrapped itself around my body in the dark, trying to pull me backward. Footsteps upstairs. Voices answering from empty rooms. A hand brushing down my arm in the basement. Still, we stayed. Where everyone else fled after a few months, we remained-year after year-living side by side with what cannot be seen but is always felt. This is the true story of the house that chose us... and everything that lived there long before we arrived.
  • How To Make a Haunted House Handbook 1 of 4 by CORPSEMAKERTALES
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    There is something deep inside every living human that craves fear. Oh, sure, not many will admit it, but everyone likes to be frightened. And everyone can be frightened. At the very dawn of civilization, men who were tough as nails sat around and shivered like frightened little children while others in their hunting and gathering parties told eerie supernatural tales of dark, cold creatures that existed only in the realm of the darkest nights and craved the blood and flesh of the living. Though many things have changed in this modern world in which we live, people still stand in long lines and pay hard-earned cash to see horror movies in the hopes that they will somehow be frightened. Well, movies can be scary and give us chills, but nothing matches the actual experience of walking through the real thing- the Haunted House! Creating a successful haunted house can be really fun and exciting, and with a little effort you can create one of your own that will not soon be forgotten by the hapless victims who experience it. You can even charge admission and make money while having a great time! In the pages that follow, you will read about many different techniques that you can utilize to make the visitors to your haunted house leave with the hair on the backs of their necks standing up on end. Be creative! The grave is the limit to what you can do if you use a little bit of extra effort. Remember that you are doing this for fun!
  • Cult of Silence by Pompidoulis
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    Alma has never questioned The Sanctuary. Beyond the pine forests lies the Noise, a corrupt and violent world abandoned by the faithful decades ago. Inside the compound, life is orderly. Silent. Pure. Every morning begins with prayer, every choice belongs to the elders, and every girl is taught the same truth: Obedience is love. Raised within the rigid teachings of Father Vale and the Church of the Holy Silence, Alma has spent her life preparing to become the kind of woman the Sanctuary demands, quiet, devout, unseen. But when her closest friend disappears without explanation and whispers of hidden truths begin surfacing beneath the compound's careful rituals, Alma starts to notice the cracks in the world she was taught to fear leaving. Jonah has noticed them for years. Assigned to maintain the Sanctuary's generators and forbidden technology, Jonah has seen enough hypocrisy to know the cult's holiness is built on lies. He's spent years surviving in silence after his brother vanished for asking too many questions. But the closer Alma gets to the truth, the more dangerous they both become. As Father Vale tightens his grip and an arranged marriage threatens to seal Alma's future forever, Alma and Jonah are forced to confront the terrifying possibility that escape may be their only chance at freedom. But leaving The Sanctuary is only the beginning. Because the outside world is louder, crueler, and far more overwhelming than Alma ever imagined, and some forms of conditioning do not end at the gates. *Cult of Silence* is a haunting psychological thriller about control, faith, survival, and what it truly means to choose your own life.
  • Kaelith  by VasundharaS
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    Kaelith is a story of a group of university friends who head over to a private island during semester holidays for relaxation and fun but they end up experiencing paranormal activities and uncover secrets of their pasts.
  • Willow Creeps by Crystalquebe
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    In the quiet town of Willow Woods, ancient willow trees sway like they're whispering - watching. For Treasure King (Aethra Vale), nightmares have always been a curse she can wake up from... until now. Her dreams begin leaving evidence on her body - bruises, dirt, scratches - as if she's living them for real. Each night brings with it a new dream - either one that presents light, or the one brings with it, faceless shadows. With every nightmare, an unseen danger creeps closer revealing mysterious secrets that she never knew existed. Soon, she discovers that she's a missing part of a puzzle which needs to be completed to fix the mess the little town of Willow Woods would soon find itself. However, she isn't just a missing part of a puzzle, she is the key. The key to the chest of secrets, the key to her own past. A past she never knew existed...
  • Canopy of Twilight Dreams by Vivian_Dream13
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    After loss tore her world apart, Raine Dyer vanished into the forest living in a forgotten cottage. There, beneath the canopy's twilight glow, she stumbles upon an ancient clay statue hidden among the roots. From that moment on, dreams bleed into reality. Whispers follow her. Shadows shift. And the forest remembers more than it should. A haunting tale of loss, isolation, and the secrets buried beneath moonlit soil.
  • Of Feathers and Phantoms (When A Road Runner Is Crossed) by FridayLeFrailSkunk
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    Wile E Coyote and Road Runner. Grimdark. It was a mundane night of sneaking out to the canyons as any. Adrian (OC) didn't know what he had done would have consequences this severe, but what's done is done. Only thing is, can he seek forgiveness from the Road Runner he had so cruelly wronged? An idea I had buzzing around in my head since 2019.
  • Chronicles of The Forsaken  by samauyon23
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    Chronicles of the Forsaken Some paths to healing must first pass through hell. Deva Cole wears strength like a mask and silence like a shield. Beneath it, she's unraveling-haunted by a past that refuses to die and secrets buried deeper than memory. When she meets Brian, a mysterious figure drawn to her chaos, their bond becomes a slow-burning match to the truth she's avoided all her life. But darkness doesn't knock-it walks in smiling. Rachel Slink, a woman wrapped in envy and vengeance, arrives with a tale too twisted to ignore. She claims to seek justice, but her real intent? To lead Deva into a labyrinth of bloodlines, betrayal, and buried sins. As Deva begins to question her father's past and her own sanity, puppets and puppet masters blur. Brian's past is no lighter. And as he digs into Deva's scars, his own ghosts rise to the surface. Everyone carries secrets. Some are just more willing to burn others with them. Chronicles of the Forsaken is a gothic tale of pain, manipulation, psychological torment, and self-revelation. In a world where not even memories are safe, the only way forward is to face the forsaken shadows within.
  • The Void by Sidrakayto
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    Five souls, five wounds, and one void waiting for them in a forest that does not exist on any map. In the heart of an endless winter, five strangers find themselves drawn to a mysterious forest. Each carries a burden they cannot name: a daughter who lost her father to silence, a mother still writing letters to a son who disappeared years ago, a businessman haunted by the poverty he escaped, a nurse who forgot how to hold her own hand, and an old carpenter who turned his home into a museum for memories no one visits. A gate of light appears before them, leading to towns that time forgot. There, they will face their deepest fears, confront the voids they have been running from, and discover that emptiness is not an absence-it is a presence waiting to be understood. 🕯️ The towns they will visit: - Thaljiah - where anger becomes an inheritance - Ghabiah - where love is divided like land - Jabaliah - where earth never satisfies the soul - Samitah - where a house becomes a museum What readers are saying: "A haunting meditation on loss, regret, and the spaces between people." "This story stays with you long after you close the book." "A beautifully told journey through grief and the search for meaning."
  • Real-Life Paranormal Experiences 4 by Paranormal
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    Whether it's a story of a mysterious disappearance, a cursed object, an eerie spiritual possession or an unnatural encounter with a loved one, the Paranormal & Supernatural Team bring you an assortment of personal, real-life paranormal experiences from the Wattpad Community. There's something uncanny out there and it may be closer than you think...
  • The Rule of the House by Aurelian_Everhart_39
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    A strange figure, cloaked in a long robe and holding a lantern, regularly enters the home of Lisa, a young widow. When this happens, Lisa takes her six-year-old son, Daniel, in her arms, and they huddle on the couch, motionless and silent. The mysterious creature circles the living room table and then leaves...
  • mae. by purelacebones
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    🕯 ୨ৎ Angel Mae x Survivor Garter 𓊆ྀི❤︎𓊇ྀི Shannon follows her beautiful savior into a world of saddened women and orphan children. It's not long before she realizes that her angel isn't all she seems. ༝༚༝༚
  • Embers and echoes by Kanyonbelldempsey
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    ⸻ PART TWO: ECHOES The fracture is silent. The echoes are not. Something followed them out of the dark. It did not burn. It did not bleed. It learned. It learned their voices, their grief, their prayers whispered too late. It learned their faces. Shadows slip. Mirrors remember. The spiral returns, carved deeper each time. Joanie hums- and the world listens. What survived the fracture is no longer outside them. It moves through love. It waits inside silence. And it is answering back.
  • The Parts That Never Sleep by Hattie-Grave
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    The mind is never silent. Shadows coil, whisper, and grow claws in the dark. A poetry collection of obsession, need, and the parts of us that refuse to sleep.