Nightmareworld Stories

A young elf wakes in a horrifying dreamworld where the only way to escape is by sating the bloodlust of a peculiar vampire bat. ***** Kara Silverthorne thought she had finally escaped her past. But a fateful meeting with a creature of blood reawakens the sins she's fought so hard to bury. Forced to obey the vampire's rules, Kara must navigate through the nightmare world he's drawn her into lest she never wake again. A finger, a wrist, the neck, the heart: time is ticking and the hunt never felt so bittersweet.

In a dystopian America, the rich hold absolute power, controlling life and death under the veil of night. Each evening, the wealthy elite embark on a brutal hunt, searching for the impoverished who are forced to hide in the city's dark corners. For the poor, survival depends on wit and cunning, as dangerous mazes filled with deadly puzzles offer their only chance to rise from prey to predator. Amid the chaos, one family fights to survive the midnight terror, confronting the sinister reality of a land that promised hope but delivered a nightmare.

How would you feel if you had to kill yourself to escape a dream? But this time, it wouldn't work. You try again and again but you were stuck in an endless loop of nightmare. Would you let the creature catch you? Would you keep trying to get out? Or would you just give up, even if you aren't quite sure how? Not originally my idea

When a restless insomniac buys a secondhand bed, they expect squeaky springs and maybe a faint smell of old perfume not a telepathic, sarcastic ghost named Lazarus with a century-old grudge and an appetite for nightmares. What begins as absurd banter between human and haunted furniture spirals into a delirious, unhinged descent through dreamscapes, burning hallways and a room full of breathing beds that laugh, whisper, and cry. Told in a breakneck that bends reality and the rules of horror... this story is equal parts terrifying and darkly comedic, the kind of ride that makes you laugh then realize you shouldn't have. And by the time you figure out the truth about Lazarus, the other you and what "onboarding" really means... you'll already be lying in your own haunted bed, wondering if that ok was just the frame or something breat

You're a young woman whose childhood was always a blur for some reason. No matter how hard you try, you can never quite remember it. DISCLAIMER:Nocturne of Nightmares is an otome game developed by Genius Inc. I do not own the story or the characters, only the adaptations I have made. No copyright infringement is intended

**** IF YOU HAVE YET TO PLAY THE GAME AND ARE PLANNING TO OR YOU HAVE YET TO FINISH PLAYING, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AS IT HAS MAJOR SPOILERS **** Leila is a young woman whose childhood was always a blur. No matter how hard she tried, she could never quite remember it. One day, after falling into a deep sleep, she wakes up terrified in a dark, creepy world. But she's not alone. She finds herself trapped in this nightmare world along with four guys and three girls. Strangers to her, yet they all seem vaguely familiar somehow. Who are these people? And why does Leila's heart hurt so badly when she looks at them? Licht in particular? However, there's no time for her to think about that when heart-wrenching apparitions of their childhoods begin suddenly appearing one after the other. Before any of them can even process what is appearing in front of their eyes, a hideous monster shows up out of nowhere. It's dead set to destroy them. Yet, strangely... Even the monster seems to be suffering. What could this mean? They run for their lives scared and confused. Before they can unravel these mysteries, they wake up in a cold sweat, only for the cycle to repeat itself every night after right when the clock strikes ten and the bell chimes. Will they solve the mystery? Can they put an end to this life-threatening cycle of nightmares? Or will they be forever tormented by their pasts? Highest Rankings #1 - thoma 08/05/20

~moving from old account~ Short story based on a recurring nightmare