Horrorcommunity Stories

The storm hits harder than anyone expected. Roads disappear, power dies, and the house begins to flood. But the family soon realizes the water isn't the part they should fear- it's what the water is bringing with it.

The masks didn't work. The government didn't save its people. The quarantine zones didn't keep the virus at bay. This was the end.

A young man falls in love with a female Djinn

First chapter

Scott deals with past trauma that makes him a harsh man. His mother is kidnapped and he would never allow the enemies to get away with it.

"I hate it when my brother has to go away." This short story is one that may be better for people over 12. It doesn't contain any serious graphic stuff, but it is a bit spookier and the concept is thrilling.

Cinci captivi. O singură scenă. Un bătrân mascat cu o vioară ce cheamă moartea. Pe măsură ce șerpii umbrelor sfâșie carnea la fiecare notă înfiorătoare, un singur băiat supraviețuiește acolo unde ceilalți pier. Nu prin milă, ci prin ceva mai întunecat. Marcat de răzbunare și mister, supraviețuirea lui este doar începutul unei coborâri în ritualuri interzise, credințe crude și constelații scrise cu sânge. Pentru că, în această lume, supraviețuirea nu înseamnă libertate - ci un blestem.

(The story is based on real events) After my mother's death, strange things began to happen, dark silhouettes invited me more and more, no one would help me, no one. I'm doomed to suffer on and on, please KILL ME

Excerpt: Caterpillar is a scary short story by EF Benson about a man who has dreadful visions of ghostly mutant caterpillars crawling over the bed of his friend. Only much later, does he learn the terrible fate of the man who'd previously stayed in his friend's room.

The river has awakened... and it wants witnesses. Full story drops soon. Brace yourself."

Students enter their college department block to collect their materials, but they become trapped inside. While exploring, they discover an unknown place. Will they manage to get out, or will they remain trapped? What secrets does this mysterious place hold?

Excerpt: Born of Man and Woman is short horror story by Richard Matheson. It is considered one of the best horror stories ever written. Teachers often use it in schools to show kids how effective it can be to write from the point of view of a character. To tell you what it's about would just ruin the surprise, so just read it and enjoy.

Excerpt: The Signal Man by Charles Dickens is a classic ghost story that was first published in 1866. The eerie tale involves a man who works at a railway station. He is haunted by a ghost that appears to be warning of a tragic train accident.

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"He is not coming. He has already arrived - and He walks among the broken." Twelve years ago, St. Aletheia Hospital was shut down after a string of unexplained deaths, mass hallucinations, and one final patient who vanished without a trace. The only clue left behind? A bloody inscription on the wall: "He walks again through broken flesh." Now, award-winning investigative journalist Elias Crowhurst enters the decaying asylum in search of the truth - and perhaps, redemption. What he uncovers is more than an abandoned hospital. Beneath the rot lies a living cult, ancient rituals, and whispers of a Messiah born not in Heaven... but in pain. As the veil between life and death thins, Elias must confront the impossible: Is the next Messiah already here? And will the world survive His resurrection? A chilling psychological horror drenched in gothic dread, The Silent Ward: Messiah of the Left Wing will haunt you long after the last page.

In the forgotten wetlands of Congo, a river once known for its beauty has turned into a graveyard of secrets. When Asha's young son mysteriously vanishes near the water, she becomes the latest to confront the whispered legend of "the river that eats the living." But the truth is far worse than folklore. Beneath the quiet surface lies a labyrinth of drowned spirits - restless, vicious, and hungry for the living. As Asha searches for answers, the river begins to recognize her... and call her by name. Bodies return twisted. Voices rise from the mist. And the deeper Asha goes, the more she realizes that the river is not claiming victims - it's building an army. Season 1 is a slow-burning, cinematic horror mystery filled with creeping dread, ancient curses, and a mother who refuses to surrender to the darkness swallowing her world.

***On Christmas night, 19-year-old Kai returns home with her family-warm, safe, and full of holiday memories. But when she finds a strange book hidden behind a wall in the basement, everything begins to unravel. The moment she reads from its pages, something ancient and inhuman is unleashed. Now hunted by a creature that shouldn't exist, Kai must uncover the truth behind the book before reality slips away-and the shadows take her for good.***

This is an extremely short 30 secondish long mini story that will leave you thinking.

a short horror story

As the title says