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  • Journal Entry #7 She's Watching Us Now by CaffeinatedCryptid80
    CaffeinatedCryptid80
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    The voices in my apartment aren't whispers anymore. They're conversations. Every night at 3:12 a.m., my sleep recordings capture things moving around my bedroom while I sleep-voices speaking about me like I'm something they're studying. Watching. Waiting for. At first, I thought it was sleep paralysis. Then I bought a camera. The footage showed a tall shadow standing beside my bed for nearly a full minute before turning to stare directly into the lens. After that, the recordings only got worse. Now there's more than one of them. The latest footage captured two figures inside my bedroom while I cried in my sleep. The camera audio was distorted beyond recognition, but my phone recorder caught everything clearly: "She's watching us now." "Let her." Then something growled. Not an animal. Not human. And when one of the voices suddenly screamed, "See what you've done!" ...the crying on the recording became hysterical. Mine. I haven't slept properly in days. The apartment feels wrong after dark now, like the air itself is charged with something alive. Every creak in the hallway makes my chest tighten. Every shadow feels like it's waiting for me to stop looking at it. Worst of all? The voices no longer sound surprised that I can hear them. A psychological horror story told through journal entries, recordings, missing time, and terrifying camera footage that should not exist. If you hear crying at 3:12 a.m.-don't answer it.
  • Journal Entry #5 This Place Isn't Home Anymore by CaffeinatedCryptid80
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    Every night at 3:12 a.m., the voices return. At first, I thought the recordings were fake. A glitch. Neighbors. Sleep talking. Anything except the truth. But the whispers keep happening, always while I'm asleep. They move through my apartment at night, speaking about someone they call "he." Watching. Waiting. Hiding whenever I wake up. The problem is... I'm not a man. As the recordings grow more disturbing, the apartment itself begins to feel wrong. Objects move during the night. The silence feels heavier after dark. I stop sleeping. I stop feeling safe. And when I finally share the recordings with a coworker, she asks one question I can't stop thinking about: "What if it isn't the apartment?" Now I'm terrified that whatever has been visiting me at 3:12 a.m. isn't tied to this place at all. Maybe it's tied to me. Told through journal entries, recordings, sleepless nights, and unraveling paranoia, this psychological horror story follows a woman slowly losing her sense of reality while something unseen grows closer each night. And the worst part? I still haven't listened to tonight's recording. If you wake up hearing whispers in the dark... pretend you're still asleep.
  • Journal Entry #6 The Recording Stopped by CaffeinatedCryptid80
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    Every night at 3:12 a.m., something enters my bedroom. At first, the sleep recordings only captured whispers-voices speaking around my bed while I slept. They talked about me like I wasn't supposed to hear them. Watching. Waiting. Hiding whenever I woke up. But last night, the voices said something different. "She still thinks this is her apartment." That's when I finally bought a security camera. I told myself I needed proof. Proof that I wasn't imagining the footsteps, the moving objects, the whispers in the dark. Proof that something was really happening inside this apartment. The camera recorded exactly forty-seven seconds before shutting off. At 3:12 a.m., my bedroom door slowly opened by itself. Then a shadow entered the room. Not walked. Entered. Tall. Thin. Almost human, but wrong in ways I still can't explain. It stood beside my bed for several seconds, staring down at me while I slept. Then it slowly turned its head toward the camera. The recording ended instantly. Now I'm terrified to go back into my bedroom. Because whatever has been whispering around me at night finally knows I'm watching it. A psychological horror story told through recordings, journal entries, security footage, sleepless nights, and the horrifying realization that some things don't stay hidden once you notice them. If your bedroom door opens at 3:12 a.m.-don't look at it.
  • The Cursed Girl by _young_princess
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    A girl who has been cursed since birth.
  • Short Sea Monster Horror Tales by forest_beast
    forest_beast
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    Many people met their end by the crushing jaws of dinosaurs and the claws of cenozoic predators on land... Little do they know, danger doesn't end there as the sea also has its own set of terrors hidden deep in the depths... Waiting for any unsuspecting victims to take a swim... 🌊🦈
  • GUMNAAM HAVELI KA RAAZ  by kfsr_world
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    Seeking a quick fortune, four people stake their last savings on a haveli with a discounted price and a dark reputation. However, they soon realize that an ancient, predatory energy is tracing their every move. Can they escape the gravitational pull of the mansion's secrets, or will they be consumed by the darkness within? Peep in to know the answer....
  • A Collection of Short Horror Stories by TheCelestialAuntie
    TheCelestialAuntie
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    Where every page is a doorway-and something is always waiting on the other side. Unearth tales of terror that burrow beneath the skin and linger in the mind. From haunted towns and cursed relics to unsettling encounters with the unknown, each story in this collection drips with dread and crackles with eerie imagination. These are not just stories-they are whispers in the dark, fragments of forgotten nightmares, and echoes from places best left unexplored. Whether it's a shadow in the corner of your eye or a voice calling from beneath the floorboards, these tales will make you question what's real... and what should stay hidden. Perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and the creeping dread of folk horror, A Collection of Short Horror Stories invites you to read with the lights on-but promises it won't help. How brave are you? Stories in this Book: 1. The Silence of Ashford Hollow 2. The Last Fare 3. Whispers in the Static 4. The Last Broadcast 5. The Hungry House 6. Eyes in teh Fog 7. The Endless Staircase - Part 1 8. The Endless Staircase - Part 2 9. The Doppelgänger's Deal - Part 1 10. The Doppelgänger's Deal - Part 2 11. The Dead Phone - Part 1 12. The Dead Phone - Part 2 13. The Mirror's Debt - Part 1 14. The Mirror's Debt - Part 2 15. The Influencer's Curse 16. The Smart Home Knows 17. Delivery from Nowhere 18. The Last Seen Message 19. The VR Glitch - Part 1 20. The VR Glitch - Part 2 21. The Car That Wont Stop 22. AI Girlfriend
  • The Feeding Ground by _Madoxx_
    _Madoxx_
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    Upon returning from his apprenticeship, 19 year old William comes home to a family nightmare. His kid sister Adelaide has gone missing without a trace and with the search parties coming up empty handed, it is up to him to find her. He begins his hunt in the foreboding forest down the street, completely unaware that the forest is hunting him.
  • Short Stories Of Horror by BeautifulSilence_08
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    Kidnapping, murder, monsters, home invasion, etc. Looming sense of danger and fear. If you're interested in any of this I'm pretty sure you'd love this book of short horror stories.
  • MonstrousMay 10. The Mermaid by cwwwriting
    cwwwriting
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    Clark has stopped at yet another roadside attraction, hoping to see a mermaid
  • Compilation of Horror Stories (English and Tagalog by storiesbycaramel
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    Compilation of Short Horror Stories.
  • Shell Shock by lukemepham9
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    A woman, alone on a beach on a sunny afternoon, may get more than she bargains for when she follows the sounds of voices calling for her help in between a bed of rocks.
  • Landline by TheCursedArchive
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    Vintage three-bedroom apartment in the downtown area. Single tenants only.
  • Old World Monsters by AshleyBurns524
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    Ivan's Babka told him all about the monsters from Poland, all except the one she promised him to when she made a deal with Devil. Can he pay the ultimate price?
  • 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬  by Littlewriter2008
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    «𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮» 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 ;) 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔? 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔☠︎︎ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞. 𝐬𝐨,𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫? 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ♡︎ 𝑏𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑒✌︎
  • CRAMP by amyschmitty
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    "The cramp was a constant. When it wasn't dull, aching and distracting, it was sharp, raging and debilitating. Maggie carried the cramp wherever she went: to class, to study, to shower, to sleep. The cramp was inescapable." After a pregnancy scare, 19-year-old Maggie goes to a clinic to talk to a gynecologist. For several weeks after the visit, Maggie is terrorized by a monster cramp that changes her life forever.
  • Greenbriar  Manor by lilimornstar
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    The Green family estate lies on the edge of a forest. It has been lived in and well-loved for many generations. A realtor bought it for a steal as a labor of love. A place for her growing family to call home. The property looks dangerous and creepy but gives warmth and security to the new owner as she decorates with things that were left behind by the previous owners. The house is a beautiful place with charm and history. Until a mysterious treehouse is found and a strange boy is seen hanging around. Then, a new housekeeper and her son arrive. Ingrim and Mack become best friends despite their differences. They grow fast like ivy on the brick foundation. But as they get older, they realize that the tree house collects something more than memories. The Green family legacy began with another family estate years ago. Only Fran knows the truth and she has to keep the house in order at all costs.
  • Hungry Halloween by RowanWood
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    Who is the strange man that nobody can see? Is he a man at all? And why has he arrived on Halloween?
  • 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐊  (𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧..)  by shelzume
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    𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘱. 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘰-𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘰, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘬. 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘣𝘪, 𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘈𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘢𝘯. 𝘋𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘰, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘥. 𝐀𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭𝐨... 𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓.
  • Gone by samisgay27
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    PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNING