Slavicfolklore Stories

Sretovo is a place where you don't just lose your way. You lose your reality. Welcome to the Velebit mountains, where the town itself feeds on your deepest fears. Sretovo has been a ghost town since the 1970s-a crumbling labyrinth of gray-blue stones hidden deep within the treacherous Velebit mountains. Yet, in the late 1990s, a desperate group of strangers is drawn into its twisting alleys, oblivious to the ancient heart pulsating beneath the pavement.Jaksa, a runaway mechanic harboring a dark past, finds himself entangled in Sretovo's suffocating embrace. Alongside Zora, a schoolteacher running from her mother's monstrous secrets, and Istok, a man obsessed with the looming mountain clouds, Jaksa is forced to confront a sudden, bloodthirsty wave of ritualistic murders and mass paranoia. In Sretovo, the town doesn't just watch-it purifies itself by bringing every buried trauma and human atrocity out into the light. But as the cobblestones begin to shatter and the boundaries between reality and nightmare dissolve, a terrifying question emerges: Are they fighting an ancient folk-horror deity in the underground catacombs, or are they all drowning in the toxic, hallucinogenic vapors rising from the karst? A gripping, atmospheric Balkan Noir and Folk-Horror psychological thriller that explores the devastating weight of trauma, guilt, and the slow-burning madness of an isolated world. Copyright © 2026 Zlatan Calminsky. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission from the author. This is a work of fiction.

Mia thought her life couldn't get any worse-until a deadly encounter leaves her marked by a venomous bite and bound to an ancient, dark power. Plagued by strange visions and hunted by creatures she once believed were myth, Mia is pulled into a hidden world of supernatural beings. Here, Sirins and Alkonosts-a race of otherworldly creatures with mesmerizing voices and deadly claws-wage a quiet war against an ancient force that seeks to destroy them all. But it's the enigmatic figure who saved her life, whose blood now pulses through her veins, that haunts her most. He offers her salvation with one hand and destruction with the other, his motives as mysterious as the power he wields. Mia can feel his pull, a magnetic connection she can't explain, but every instinct screams to resist him. Caught between those who claim they want to protect her and a dark savior who stirs something primal within her, Mia must navigate a web of secrets and betrayals. As the line between ally and enemy blurs, she discovers that her transformation may be the key to unlocking a devastating power-one that could either save or doom them all. But with time running out and her humanity slipping away, Mia must make an impossible choice: surrender to the darkness within or risk losing everything, including herself. For fans of dark romance, supernatural intrigue, and heart-stopping suspense, Secrets invites readers into a world where monsters are real, trust is fleeting, and the truth is more dangerous than the lies.

When the household Domovoy wakes up coal-black with anger, he has two problems: 1.He's suddenly visible. 2.To vanish again, he must face his greatest fear... ...which turns out to be a tiny dog named Rex.

17yo Elizaveta Mirova is a ballerina of extraordinary talent, moving through the 90's Moscow like a ghost: silent, precise, untouchable. Her body brutally trained, her mind drifting further and further. Who made her this way, who will save her? Cry for Me, Pavel is a haunting, lyrical exploration of artistry and obsession, of endurance and unspoken longing. Inspired loosely by Whiplash, Billy Elliot and Black Swan

In slavic follklore, Baba Yaga is one of the most renowned characters. But how did she gain her power? What if there is more to her than the stories say? This story shows Baba Yaga before she became Baba Yaga, as Cecylia Antol. How she climbed to live in royalty and fought in wars, before she became known as a crazy cannibal.

In this powerful final chapter of Solovyevo, Alina has grown into a true young witch - one who listens not just with her ears, but with her soul. Spring brings new beginnings, quiet days of magic, healing, and learning. But when an injured stranger is found near the forest's edge, and a message arrives from Marena - the ancient goddess of winter and death - Alina and her mother Lena are called into action once more. The cycle continues, and the path of magic unfolds ever onward. A tale of quiet strength, deep roots, and the eternal return.

In which a place taken in 1922, Eliza Kalinin, the rebellious postulant yet with higher faith was sent to a Basilica-Castle of Divulged Blood in a mission to gain knowledges on Royal Empire of Ruskyiev's Orthodoxy in pursuit to turn his home, Chapel of Our Lady of Fatima into an education institution. However deep down she may not realize, the holiest place in the Slavic Land she's in shall have strange things occuring... originally written by: Pannochka Domski editor : Norah Juniper

The Kurczaka Travelling Inn has been in Meluza Dovhun's family for generations, an open door and empty room to all sorts of guests. Suffice to say, Mel has seen her fair share of the unusual, whether from working at the front desk or helping clean out rooms. Really, there's not a whole lot that could surprise her anymore. That is, until a human shows up at the hotel's doorstep, and Kurczak decides to saunter off before Mel can get him to leave. Now, Mel's only hope is to hide the human's presence and pray none of the gods and spirits (or even worse, her grandmother) take notice before she can get him home. (Plus, her sister keeps getting into trouble with the rusalki, her mother is falling into serious religious practices, and the guests are causing trouble left, right, and center.) ONC 2026 PROMPT #113 COVER BY: @AlexandraLing2000