Midwestgothic Stories

By no means an official book, just a series of short 2-5 sentence long light horror stories I've written about my home in Northwest Indiana.

Short stories I thought of presented by my persona, The Modern Pariah, an outcast who travels town to town, city to city, in search of adventures, stories to have and tell, as well as just something to do. Like our storyteller, you must learn to not become attached as you just have to keep traveling.

Fresh out of college, a man named Sean joins a band of free lance cryptid hunters traveling around America in a van and RV. *CHAPTER 2 OUT NOW* Work in Progress

Barrett, Illinois has become Hell on Earth. Or maybe it always was. ↬ An original thriller.

Seven women. One dog. A bachelorette party turned ghost hunt-what could possibly go wrong? Harls Blackwood returns home for her twin sister's wedding and winds up spending the weekend in one of the most infamous haunted houses in the Midwest-site of a very real, very unsolved ax murder. Paranormal podcast chaos, emotional support dogs, and true crime meet cozy horror in this twisted mystery. Book One in the What the Hell Was That? series.

Sometimes weird things happen in the mid-west

Just a bunch of short stories inspired by Midwest Gothic. If you want, you can ask for a specific topic and I'll write for it.

Some houses whisper. This one never stopped. When sisters Iraya and Mara arrive at Pike Mansion to help their grandmother Renie, it's supposed to be just for the summer. A chance to fix up the eerie old house and prepare it for sale after losing their childhood home. But the longer they stay, the more the house reveals - not just broken floorboards and dust-covered rooms, but shadows that move, voices that echo, and memories that don't belong to them. Iraya begins to sense something deeper beneath the surface - a generational curse that has haunted the women in her family for decades. Ghosts roam the halls. Dreams blur into reality. And their grandmother, once sharp and grounded, begins slipping through time, remembering things no one else can see. As Iraya unravels the truth through her journal and dreams, she finds herself tied to an ancestral legacy rooted in the land, in loss, and in a curse that began long before they ever arrived. A curse tied to the Kaskaskia people... and to her. Some spirits want peace. Others want revenge. And some are still waiting to be heard. Whispers of Pike Mansion is a slow-burning supernatural mystery steeped in ancestral memory, spiritual awakenings, and the quiet unraveling of women who carry more than their share. Inspired by real generational wounds, this is the first book in a haunting, emotional, and unforgettable series.

Born and raised in Saintville (the dirtiest town in America), Ronnie wants nothing more than to leave. When an opportunity rises to do just that, they take it. The catch? They have to learn about their towns history and publish it. Caught between protecting their town and getting free, Ronnie learns more than they bargained for.

A bunch of short stories I wrote based on prompts in the book "Writing Prompts for the Creatively Insane" (If you want to add to them, feel free but make sure to tag me or let me know so I can read it)

The true story of the Dust Bowl black blizzards and a warning for us all.

When the storm came to Hollow Creek, it didn't just bring rain-it brought something back with it. On a quiet stretch of Route 66, a brutal murder shatters the calm of a small Illinois town. Deputy Rachel Hayes, still trying to prove herself in a department that doesn't trust her, is called to investigate the death of local mechanic Daniel Weaver. But what begins as a simple homicide quickly unravels into something far darker. Each clue leads Rachel deeper into a trail of buried secrets-old photographs, missing people, and a chilling legend whispered about for generations. Together with Evan Cole, a reporter desperate to revive his career, she uncovers the truth about Hollow Creek's past: a pact made in blood, a debt that demands payment every eight years, and a presence in the corn that never truly dies. As the storms return and the town begins to collapse around them, Rachel must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice to break the cycle-before Hollow Creek takes her, too.

A midwestern gothic inspired story about a woman adrift. 20-something Helen finds herself back in her hometown, where things are mundane and palatable... until one of her beloved chickens disappears into thin air. (This project is for funsies and practice more than anything, so fair warning that it will suck a bit. I'll probably make edits even though it's published. Inspirations are in the tags. Always open to critique and suggestions <3 thanks for reading!)

After years of solitude on her Wyoming farm, Winona is visited by an old friend. Based on the song Until I'm Home by Westward the Tide.