Scary Stories

(POSTING ALMOST DAILY) A collection of dark short stories by Sterling. I am currently writing my first fantasy novel and wanted to try writing some short stories in a completely different genre. I've never written any shorts before so I hope you enjoy!

Tyler is being hunted by the Grinning Man and flees to Marble Springs, where he teams up with Serling and Price, real estate agents who sell haunted houses. ***** After his brother disappears and a burial mound explodes, high school student Tyler Graves starts having strange visions. His brother warns him that something is coming for him. Soon, Tyler's entire family is slaughtered, and he's being hunted by an otherworldly entity known as The Grinning Man. Fleeing to Marble Springs, he meets Serling and Price, real estate agents who specialize in selling haunted houses. It's up to this unlikely trio to stop a madman from destroying the world - by literally unleashing Hell on Earth! (Sequel to Apartment 239.) [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Miranda is a young swimmer who grew up in the shadow of fear and iron will. After the mysterious disappearance of her parents, rigorous sports became her only anchor. But when Miranda and seven other teenagers are trapped in a place where every breath is a challenge and every room is a nightmare... Questions on which life depends. Rooms that break the body and the mind. And the choice is always the same. There is no second place here. There is only you. Or no one at all. Immerse yourself in a terrifyingly realistic horror story about the body, the mind, and a structure that knows how to think.

EPILOGUE WILL BE FREE STARTING JUNE 29TH, 2023! Diana wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to escape. She's been trapped by a group of surgeons with a twisted passion and she's their next victim. ***** Diana Slater, a typical University student, wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to see. After a mysterious figure, known only as Dr. Sweeney, nurses her back to health she finds out the truth. The Doctor has kidnapped her and given her a cat's eyes as part of a larger ploy to turn humans into collectibles. Now she's being trained by Ben, another patient, with the skin of a snake, on how to behave. Diana and Ben are forced to work together to try to escape the murderous doctors - until she discovers Ben might not be the victim he makes himself out to be. The only person Diana can trust is herself, and if she fails, her eyes won't give her another nine lives. [[Winner of the 2018 Fiction Awards for Best Horror Story]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

To save her brother, Veronica decides to dig up a vampire's grave and must grapple with the dangers that come with fraternizing with a killer. ***** There's a reason buried things should stay buried. Desperate to save her dying brother, Veronica digs up Lucius' grave--a notorious vampire with endearing charm and a thirst for redemption. Ignorant to the spotlight now on her family after releasing a killer back into the world, Veronica must grapple with her new reality while Lucius is forced to finally face the ghosts from his past, pulling him into the hell he helped create. As enemies begin to draw closer, Veronica finds herself having to choose a side, and leaning toward one she never thought she would. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana

Swallow is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. When Mildred wished for death on her bullies, she never expected a demon would possess her and make all her dreams come true...but is it worth her soul? ***** After years of torment, Mildred, a meek high school student, is determined to seek revenge against her bullying classmates. She intends to curse them with dark magic, punishing them for their cruelty - but in the process Mildred accidentally opens herself up to a terrifying demonic possession. The demon inside her is only too happy to fulfill Mildred's vengeful desires. Bodies start turning up with parts missing, eaten as though mauled by a wild animal...or perhaps something darker. Powerless, Mildred realizes that the murders are changing her in more ways than one... Content and trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence, psychological abuse, and gore. [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]] Cover designed by Jay Flores-Holz

Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Sometimes life changes for no reason. The interesting thing is whether these changes are good or bad. Does waking up in an unknown world with many people who develop a crush on you count as a nice thing?

[Female! reader insert] [Each (Y/N)s are different in each story!] [Cover is mine!] This fanfiction is for fun! It doesn't refer to anyone in real life, but I'm sorry if it does. Take an adventure with thrill and horror stories with you inside the protagonist's each story. Will you survive to tell the tales?

Follow the chilling tale of a group of vigilante Hunters on a desperate search for missing children in the shadowy depths of Southern California. What begins as a routine case quickly spirals into a nightmare of cults, cryptids, and a twisted serial killer. As old traumas resurface, each member of the team must confront the darkness within. With every clue, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and no one will escape unchanged. The book is completed at over 70 chapters with a new chapter releasing every Tuesday and Saturday.

Fragments of the Dark is a book of twisty, macabre and hard-hitting tales told in only two sentences. It's like getting a bag full of assorted mixed candies... the only difference is that each finely wrapped piece of sugary goodness is laced with deadly poison and maybe hiding a razor blade or two beneath the small, sweet surface of every delectable bite.

"I don't remember anything, and I DONT WANT TO" "K-kookie w-who did this to you?" "A monstar " "Jinnie hyungie" "Tae tae" "We always loved you kook, and will love you still" "Not still with you" "The memories are STILL WITH YOU kookie" Hey everyone, welcome to another BTS brotherhood story. Please show your support!

Ira Sareen lives under the command of Damein Blackwood. Screams were the common things in Blackwood Manor. Let's see how Ira survives under Damein who never shows mercy to his prey.

Secret keeping. Can stop the bleeding. Staying under the shadows, stops you from seeing. We started off as a pair, but they are being pulled apart. Sydney and Violet are best friends, which are basically sisters. They ride with each other, through thick and thin. But they did something so bad, that it looms over their heads. Unfortunately for them, what they don't know is someone's, always watching. They are being played, like chess pawns. Will they out smart that person, or will they fall into the trap?

I write random ideas here, but requests are also open if ya'll would like a specific creature or concept etc. included in this book! :D

Welcome, to Melas Town-31. Seven strangers wake up in a town like compound, where they discover that one of them is will turn into a monster within seven nights. The seven strangers have to try and figure out who is who, and as paranioa sets in, they soon realize that maybe all of them are a monster. WATTPAD RANKINGS: #5:script #25:social #5:screenplay #25:plot #316:suspense #4: pyschological

Maya Carter thought transferring to Blackwood Academy would be a fresh start. Instead, she begins hearing whispers in empty hallways, seeing a shadowy figure in mirrors, and uncovering secrets that the school has buried for decades. As students begin disappearing and fear spreads through the academy, Maya and her friends find themselves trapped in a nightmare connected to an ancient presence known only as The Unseen. Some secrets are meant to stay hidden. Unfortunately, The Unseen is tired of waiting.

At the High Peaks Campground, two brothers find themselves to be the victims of an infamous deranged serial killer. After they lose their parents in the attack, Lawrence tries to live with the crippling trauma, meanwhile, his brother Marshall remains missing at the campground. Lawrence eventually returns to the campground, an act which would push him fully into mania. He unknowingly follows in the footsteps of his parents' killer until he finds his brother.