Haunting Stories

Lucas remembers everything. Every moment. Every promise. The chocolate bar. The Note. Even the pumpkin sticker. And the brutal reason why he can never speak of it again. After the accident, he chose silence over confession, carrying the weight of a love he can't afford to rekindle. Protecting Kiara has always come first-even if it means standing right beside her, unseen by the version of her that no longer remembers what they were. Kiara can't remember him. Not his name. Not their story. Not the way he used to look at her like she was everything. But something in his presence feels familiar. Safe. Warm. And as they find themselves drawn together once more, she begins to fall for him all over again-without realising it's the second time her heart has chosen him. In a world where the past hides behind silence and the future is too fragile to trust... Can love still find its way back? Hide & Seek is a slow-burn, emotionally charged romance about memory, sacrifice, and the kind of love that waits-quietly, desperately, and forever. "You forgot me once. I just hope... You never remember how much it broke me."

A family finds themselves trapped inside a shared dream. A silent intruder waits in the shadows, choosing what to take from each of them. Fear twists the house into something unrecognisable, and the deeper they look, the more the dream begins to obey him. Ameer must understand the rules before the night consumes them... but in a dream where nothing is what it seems, even waking up might not be the end.

Clair never meant to come back. After two years away, she returns to her aunt's quiet home - hoping to disappear into summer afternoons and avoid the shadows of her past. The house still holds warmth. The cousins still remember her laughter. But Lexy, the youngest, has a new imaginary friend. And water is dripping from places it shouldn't. As memories rise and doors creak open at night, Clair begins to question the comfort she once knew. Can she piece together what's unfolding around her - or will the truth undo her completely? One thing is certain. Someone's waiting for her.

Under the Crimson Lantern is a Korean romantic horror novel that explores how love, grief, and guilt can become curses when they are left unresolved. The story follows Seo Mina, a young woman who returns to her isolated mountain village, Byeolha-ri, after her childhood friend and first love, Kim Joon, mysteriously disappears. The village is ruled by silence, fear, and an ancient object known as the Crimson Lantern-a supernatural lantern said to reveal true love, but at the cost of trapping those who wait beneath it. As Mina searches for Joon, she discovers that the lantern does not create love-it feeds on longing. Anyone who waits beneath it while holding onto unfinished promises slowly loses their humanity, becoming something suspended between life and death. Joon did not vanish; he waited. And in waiting, he became bound to the forest, sustained by Mina's absence, her guilt, and her unfulfilled promise to return. The horror in the story is not sudden or violent, but slow, emotional, and suffocating. It grows through whispers, memories, and the unbearable pull of familiar voices. Love becomes obsessive. Waiting becomes decay. The forest itself acts like a living consciousness that listens, remembers, and feeds on human desire. At its core, the story asks: What happens when love has nowhere to go? Can devotion survive abandonment? Is staying with someone you love an act of salvation-or surrender? The romance is tragic and twisted, built on childhood innocence that rots into possession. The horror is psychological and folkloric, rooted in Korean-style supernatural beliefs where promises, names, and longing have power. The Crimson Lantern is not evil-it is patient. It does not chase. It waits. And the deeper Mina goes, the more she realizes that the greatest danger is not the forest... but how much of herself she is willing to give up to keep love from ending.

Rowan and Elara only wanted to see the world. A quiet trip to Prague. Old streets. Shared stories. A promise of adventure. They never make it back. Instead, they wake in EverAfter a city that feels like a fairytale brought to life. Peaceful. Ordered. Safe. A place where no one is hungry, no one is cold, and nothing truly hurts. The people are kind. The routines are comforting. And the city seems to offer everything they were told the real world could not. At first. As days pass, cracks begin to form beneath the perfection. Streets loop where they shouldn't. Questions are discouraged. Those who don't quite fit are quietly reassigned, returned calmer... changed. Memory becomes unreliable. Love becomes dangerous. Rowan begins to notice the patterns. Elara begins to feel what she can't remember. EverAfter promises eternity but at the cost of choice. And in a world built on control, remembering who you are and what you love might be the most rebellious act of all. * You can find this story soon on Royal Road as well

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.

She never wanted to be a hunter. She became one to protect the only thing that ever mattered-her little sister. But when a hunt goes wrong and Sam Winchester ends up wounded by her bullet, she becomes enemy number one in Dean Winchester's eyes. Tolerated only because of her sister's relationship with Sam, she's forced into the Winchesters' orbit. What none of them know: the worst ghost she's ever faced is buried in her childhood home-literally. And some wounds, even salt and iron can't touch. As a case pulls them back to her birthplace, a buried past claws its way into the present. Dean thought she was reckless. Dangerous. A threat. But what happens when he realizes... she's more broken than he ever imagined? He wanted to hate her. But he couldn't unsee the pain in her eyes.

𝓼𝓱𝓮'𝓼 𝓪 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓮'𝓼 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮 BOOK ONE | Resonant Series ☩☩☩☩☩☩☩☩ In the halls of Nevermore Academy, science bends to curiosity-and curiosity turns to obsession. He makes her his experiment. 
She becomes something far more dangerous. ☩☩☩☩☩☩☩☩ She had nothing to her name. No past. Only a power she couldn't contain let alone understood. He calls her an experiment. He makes her his. At Nevermore Academy, curiosity becomes control and affection becomes something unmeasurable. But Isaac Night doesn't believe in limits. And neither does Elena, the girl he's claimed. ☩☩☩☩☩☩☩☩ set in Wednesday series universe, pre-Addams family-I DO NOT own any characters from the series but my own.

Ethan is an ordinary young man living a quiet, simple life in the foggy town of Greyhaven. He loves books more than anything and finds comfort in their silence and stories. One evening, by sheer chance, he discovers a mysterious black book hidden among his familiar collection. Its presence subtly disturbs his reality, introducing whispers, strange shadows, and a feeling of being watched. Though nothing overtly supernatural occurs yet, the discovery hints at a hidden world beyond ordinary perception. As Ethan navigates his daily life, the book quietly begins to pull him toward mysteries he does not yet understand.

She was meant to say I do. Instead, she showed up at the police station - drenched in rain, her red bridal dress torn and streaked with mud. > "I don't love him," she whispered. "And if I marry him... I'll die." Detective Reid Lawson thought he'd seen everything - until that night. But hours after she walked into his station, the bride vanished. Three days later, her body was found. Every fingerprint. Every trace of evidence. Every clue... leads back to him. As the case spirals out of control, Reid begins to hear her voice - soft, familiar, haunting. Now he doesn't know what's real anymore. Is he going mad? Is his mind turning against him - or has someone set him up for her murder? He has to find the truth before the whispers become screams... and before he ends up behind bars for a crime he doesn't remember committing.

This work is a collection of short, disturbing horror stories created to unsettle, disturb, and linger in the reader's mind. The intent is not shock for its own sake, but the slow, creeping kind of fear that feels uncomfortably real-fear that seeps in quietly and refuses to leave. Every story in this collection is entirely fictional. The settings, characters, events, histories, and mythologies are fabricated solely for the purpose of storytelling. Any lore, backstory, or "historical" reference presented within these stories is invented unless explicitly stated otherwise. If a real-world place, event, or concept is mentioned, it will be clearly indicated as such; all other elements are products of imagination. These stories may contain graphic or disturbing content, including but not limited to: Violence and bloodshed Psychological trauma Harassment or abuse Sexual themes or implications As such, this work is intended for mature readers aged 18 and above. Reader discretion is strongly advised. This is not meant to be pleasant. It is meant to feel wrong.

"Every laughter leaves an echo... some echoes never fade. They wait in silence, whispering through walls that once knew warmth." Fifteen years ago, Little Angels Daycare shut down overnight. No one knows why - only that the laughter stopped. Now, six friends known as the Urban Six decide to explore the forgotten daycare for a thrill. But what begins as an adventure soon turns into something else entirely. The walls still hum with lullabies. The toys are still warm to the touch. And the children who once lived here... never really left. As paranormal events ripple through the quiet town of Willowmere, the line between past and present begins to blur. The Urban Six must uncover what really happened inside those halls - before the echoes claim them too. "You came to play, didn't you? Hehe... then play." *NOTE* Contains disturbing events . Read at your own risk .

After a tragic car crash, famous actor Dreiven Sandoval is declared dead at the hospital. But to the shock of his grieving parents, he suddenly wakes up in the morgue-alive, breathing, and eerily calm. What appears to be a miracle soon reveals itself as something far more disturbing. Unknown to the world, a dark and vengeful spirit has taken over Dreiven's body-a soul with a violent past and unfinished business. He resumes Dreiven's life in the public eye with ease, mimicking his mannerisms, speaking his words, and smiling his smile. When he return, he meet Ylarah, a production assistant who's quietly trying to rebuild her life after years of suppressing trauma. At six years old, she was the sole survivor of a brutal family massacre-left alive by the same man who now wears Dreiven's face. When she meets him again on set, memories buried in blood begin to resurface. Though she tells herself it's impossible, Ylarah starts to recognize the look in his eyes, the way he speaks to her, the shadow that follows him. And while she tries to keep her distance, an unexplainable pull draws her back toward him. What begins as suspicion spirals into psychological warfare. Dreiven becomes increasingly fixated on her. He watches. He follows. He even kill for her. As her fear grows, so does her confusion. Despite everything, part of her feels connected to him in a way she can't explain. And the more she tries to escape, the more tangled she becomes in a web of guilt, and twisted affection. Now, Ylarah must confront the truth: The man she's drawn to is the same one who destroyed her life. Can she love the monster who destroyed her? 🔪 The Killer's Desire | Marie_Tales Horror | Supernatural | Psychological thriller | Dark Romance

" Time..is not a child's play. " Every change in time takes something in return. For them, it's each other.

He was born a gentleman. He became a scoundrel. And now, he's bound by a curse. After the death of his infant son, Dorian Vale is willing to do anything to save his grieving wife and rewrite destiny. His desperation awakens a dark power older than the mortal world... one that offers help at a terrible price. To protect the people he's already failed, Dorian will make the one bargain he can never take back. A bargain that will deliver him straight into the shadows... and eventually into the path of a girl named Lenora.

In the ancient village of Castelombra, where time seems to have stopped, Elisabetta, called Eli, is haunted by increasingly vivid nightmares. The fog that wraps the streets and the cemetery seems to have a will of its own, and in her visions appears a disturbing, undefined presence, leaving trails of frost and blood. Marco, a city police officer, returns for the Christmas holidays and notices strange signs on the pavement near the cemetery: eerie traces that lead him to the frozen body of a young girl. Through revelations, legends, and omens, the two protagonists draw closer to an ancient and terrifying mystery. The line between life and dream grows ever thinner, and the fog waits for its next choice.

Three encounters. Three boys who change everything. A ghost who saves. A boy who was never understood. A soul who listens to the stars.

"The devil couldn't reach me," I said. But he already had wearing the face of someone I once called love. ••• They say the devil lives in temptation, but I found him living in my memory, echoing in the voice that told me to stay when I should have run. He wasn't the monster of legends. He was just a quiet, mysterious man who perfectly reflected every fear and every wound I carried inside. This is the raw confession of a girl who thought she escaped hell, only to realize the final battle had to happen within her own skin, proving that true damnation doesn't come from below, but from within.

HeartBeat In a world of hidden words, in a city where demons lay. Hunting, masking themselves as people who walk everyone blindly in the streets of the big city. Kenta watches over the city on the tallest building, hearing the cries and screams. Kim works in a bar at night, carefully watches over others. The city is dangerous, deadly. With its beauty it hides the dangers below, the ugly truth. What will happen when a new truth, a new light of the city is out? When they meet... what will happen. This story is up-made by me. Everything in here is fake. Please respect the actors of the characters in this story. This has nothing to do with real life. All the pictures and photos in this story rightfully belong to owner. Please enjoy this story! :D

Haunting journey into desire, loss, and memory. The siren...never truly grasped...ignites shadow and longing, leaving the narrator alone to confront his own darkness and the echoes of the heart....