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Encounter

By Gerrit Stainer

An orienteering exercise for a trio of Boy Scouts turns into something they had never expected.

#contemporary #horror #paranormal

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2

Reading time

16

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312

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0

Excerpt 1 from The Panama Contagion - The Virus

By DM Coffman

A psychopathic killer unleashes a deadly contagion and a cruise ship laden with explosives heads to the Panama Canal--but the CIA ignores the warning. Yi goes undercover, but can he prevent the destruction after being infected by the Foreigner?

#adventure #horror #thriller

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3

Reading time

22

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245

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0

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Mistress Mary

By Caren Hahn

It's bad enough helping her aging mother-in-law sort through fifty years of clutter. But when she finds an antique doll that takes the nightmare to a new level, Mona is ready to call it quits. The doll, however, has other ideas.

#horror #humor

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8

Reading time

16

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761

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0

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Spooky

By Rae Sterling

It was the day before Halloween that I found her on my doorstep. She was just too adorable, a tiny black kitten with huge green eyes just sitting on top of the Jack-o-lantern on my porch like some sort of Halloween postcard. I was supposed to be leav ...

#horror

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4

Reading time

10

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634

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0

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Dollie

By Miranda Renaé

Nora had a love-hate relationship with her job, the smells of a campfire, and fresh dirt being the love. She sat down on a log at the edge of the fire, watching her clients, the bright lights of their phones, and orange spikes of the flames highlight ...

#horror #paranormal #urban

Upvotes

3

Reading time

4

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754

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0

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DRIVEN

By The Behrg

They will call her Monster. Child killer. A seething psychopath. Though right now she is just another hapless driver fighting traffic on her daily commute, unaware of the destination to which she will arrive. For her next stop is not a location, but ...

#horror #literary

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3

Reading time

10

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595

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0

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Headless

By Cass Weldon

Indigo dismounted her motorcycle with carefully unhurried speed. The moon overhead was bright and silvery, and the noise coming from the house was happy—chattering voices and scattered laughter pouring out from golden glowing windows. The autumn nigh ...

#horror #thriller

Upvotes

7

Reading time

13

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585

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0

A Spider's Journey

By Natalie Nielson

A treat was here somewhere, and Grogle was going to find it. Standing on his back four legs, the front two prodding around, trying to sense disturbances, with the other two poking into buildings. The first few days had been easy, Grogle only had to ...

#adventure #fantasy #horror

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4

Reading time

4

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208

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0

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Tethered

By Crystal Brinkerhoff

The bodies wouldn’t sink. His muscles ached and his back screamed at him. Dragging the corpses into the ocean had been much harder than he’d expected. Heavy with salt water, his crew uniform clung to his body and trapped in granules of sand that chaf ...

#horror #thriller

Upvotes

27

Reading time

5

View count

1309

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0

Ghost Music

By Antoinette McCormick

An unexpected inheritance unleashes an unimaginable horror.

#contemporary #horror

Upvotes

2

Reading time

2

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319

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0