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Category: Horror

Butchered Tongue by ZM Broome

October 24, 2024 periswriter

Afterwards, he’d been dragged through the woods. A short slice of a knife took out his tongue. At home, his…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fantasy, Horror

Sanctuary (story by Ayiah Mensah)

August 31, 2024 periswriter

We hunt for shadows through the dark, hidey passages in the sixteenth-century building with a sloth as a walking partner.…

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Posted in: Creativity, Dark Humour, Fiction, Horror
Beware The Beast

Beware The Beast (story by Aidan Coyle)

January 20, 2021 coylewriter

Confusion and chaos lifted. All was still and clear in his mind. Only hours earlier he was filled with misery,…

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Posted in: Horror

Flies (Story by Risa Peris)

July 21, 2020 Brian Coyle

Around midday, the sky darkened with flies. They filled the sky with annoyance and doom. Maybe this was the end.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Folklore, Horror

The Gathering (Story by Risa Peris)

June 15, 2020 Brian Coyle

“Have you found Braxton?” I was tearful and shivering. The interrogation room I was in had a constant flow of…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Horror, Marriage

This is My Plague Year (Story by Risa Peris)

April 3, 2020 Brian Coyle

At first, it was the rats that died. They cluttered the streets and alleys like putrid feces with fur. Their…

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Posted in: End of the World, Fiction, Horror, Mental Health, Social Issues

Funeral (Story by Risa Peris)

October 21, 2019 Brian Coyle

  I was the coffin maker’s daughter. Papa made the most lovely coffins. Deep, roomy, lined in French silk, smoothed…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction, Horror
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The Kids Are Back (bp coyle)

August 4, 2019 coylewriter

‘I met the sweetest little old lady on the way back from the shops,’ my wife said. I was up…

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Posted in: Horror

What You Won’t See (Story by Risa Peris)

May 19, 2019 periswriter

It’s not what you see but what you don’t see that terrorizes you. We moved to Laurel Lane in my…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Horror
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How To Make A Deal With The Devil (bp coyle)

May 10, 2019 coylewriter

So, let’s not get into the why, it’s really of no importance. The fact is that I want to do…

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Posted in: Horror, Humour

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