Unease Stories

While going for a job interview that he is woefully unprepared for, Brice is startled when his reflection in the mirror smiles at him. When the interview turns sour, Brice finds success when he receives help from the figure in the glass. Soon, his reflection starts accomplishing the life that Brice, his friends and society thinks he should achieve. However, once Brice begins questioning whether this is what he wants for himself, he realises what he really should be asking is whether he is already too far gone. ONC 2026 Prompt used: 76: Your reflection smiles before you do and then begins mimicking things you never did

When a new neighbor moves in, life seems chaotic at first-loud voices, constant visitors, and a parade of strangers through the shared walls. But as the noise fades, a creeping unease takes its place. Strange routines, a mysterious car parked outside, and disappearing neighbors reveal that silence can be just as unsettling as chaos. In a quiet townhome community, the real disturbances aren't always loud-they're just unseen.

A warning to humankind. Have you ever realized- that there is something in this world quietly working to turn humans into its servants? This presence advances silently, steadily, creeping ever closer into the corners of your daily life. What follows is the testimony, the record, and the gospel of a human who has witnessed the truth. Cover illustration: Drawn by the author's daughter.

In a misty bog, archaeologists uncover a preserved ancient corpse pierced by an arrow. As night falls, the water begins to stir, and the dead man slowly returns to reclaim what was disturbed.

Hikes can be nice. Wandering through nature and enjoying scenery, who wouldn't find that pleasant. Its only when you take wrong turns that they get unpleasant.

Mark Luce is a clueless, kind-hearted 17 year old. Having to deal with his perverted best friend Shaw, his vicious bully Joey, a grandpa that still thinks he’s in World War 2, his constant zoning out, and being openly gay in a homophobic society, Mark has a lot on his plate. When Maxx Falcone, the boy Mark had crushed on for years, reenters his life, things get even crazier. Mark can hardly believe it when Maxx begins to show an interest in him. But Maxx has a deadly secret that could tear apart Mark’s world and shatter his gentle heart if he isn’t careful.

You keep falling... And falling... And falling.... Based off of a dream I had on this morning. 3/18/23

At an ancient burial site, archaeologists uncover two skeletons locked in a desperate embrace. As night falls, strange movements, markings, and sounds emerge from the tomb, and by morning the team vanishes-found later posed exactly like the ancient dead they disturbed.

Everywhere I set foot on, there seems to be trouble worth cauldrons brewing straight towards shit. I am not sure if it always stayed there, tight with me, since my birth. The results, it puts me in, has grown more a headache, sometimes facsimileing Midas' curse with the figurine of a boon. The way his royal palms turned things to coruscant gold, everything I set eyes on, or crossed near to kill some time, ended in deep groomed shit. And now, there are businesses to take care of with the sons of Zeus. Will he win over the leaves in my clumsy kitty?

Mark comes across a strange VR game one day and is a bit suspicious, but curious as well. He decides to make a letsplay video with it, figuring his fans would like to see what it's about as well. Unfortunately for him, that was no game. He is sucked inside to a world completely unbeknownst to him. Having been trapped inside this world after seeing his world fade away behind him, he must explore dangerous hallways of containment to find the exit. If you're wondering, yes, the "game" is loosely based on scp containment breach.

In 2023, archaeologists unearth a remarkably preserved 13th-century coffin in Whithorn, Scotland-but the excavation awakens something buried far deeper than bone. As scientists study the remains, strange marks on the jawbone begin to shift, whispers seep through the lab, and the earth itself hungers to reclaim what was never meant to rise again.

The last minute thoughts of brains before sleep takes over; translated into a series of short poems about various, not-particularly-connected things...

this is a compilation of poems both in English and Filipino. original and edited version of the posted poems...

At an archaeological dig, a buried skeleton is found pinned beneath an iron sickle - a relic meant to keep it from rising. That night, the archaeologist who disturbed the grave vanishes, leaving behind only broken iron and a warning scrawled in her notes: "Iron keeps it down."

A lonely young girl notices a strange man in a bar. Maybe she shouldn't have.

Soren, a borrower, just migrated with his two half brothers and his step-father into a new apartment complex. Though his step-father leads the family, it is his blunder which has forced the family to migrate on the cusp of winter. Soren must fight daily to help his family survive; however, he knows nothing about the occupants of this new building. Who lives here? What innate dangers do these humans possess? And what would they do if Soren or his family were discovered? This is part of a collection of One Shots involving borrowers and similarly sized folk.

A collection of short stories inspired by the king in yellow. It is not horror, but is foreboding and mysterious; exploring the mystical, philosophical, and interesting. Spiritual horror!

She didn't feel okay. Maybe it's because she isn't.