Welcome to our 2019 $500 Halloween Horror 50 Word Story Contest. Yes, that’s right. It’s already here. Every year we run our contests, and those of you who have been frequent readers, this is what you’ve been waiting for.
First we will be doing a print issue! We will be doing 2 print issues, and we will pick entries from this contest to be in our issue. If you had a 50 word story designated to be in our print issue, from a past contest, please contact us.
Second, we will be giving out a $500 reward for the best 50 word horror story. This is not easy for us. Every Writer is not doing as well as it did in the past, but we want your stories. I believe writers should get paid for their work. I wish we could pay all of our writers, but it’s just impossible. So $500 for 50 words, I think is a unique and valuable statement to our readers. Ten dollars a word is what all writers really deserve.
So here are the rules:
• Story must be scary
• Story must be 50 words
• Story must be original and your own
• Story may not be published elsewhere
• Story must have a title (does NOT count in word count)
• Deadline is October 25, 2019
• Enter as many times as you want
• Story must be written in the comments below!
• Be nice or be disqualified
I love these stories. This is one of favorite traditions of Every Writer. I look forward to this every year, and this year I have extended the time we are going to spend with the contest.
The winners will:
• Be announced on October 31, 2019
• Will get $500
• Will be published in our digital and print issue.
• Will get an author page on our site
There is no entry fee for this contest. It would help us out greatly if you would donate 1$ or more, if you can, to help out the site. We would really appreciate it. A donation will not be considered in the deciding this contest.
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Good luck, and let the writing begin.
HERE IS THE WINNER
I have picked 4 stories. They all have times and days on them. If the winner does not respond by Friday 11/22/19 the money will go to the next story on the list. Here are the top 4 stories in order. ONLY OUR 1st PLACE WINNER gets the $500. Also, so this insanity never happens again, the winner will be invited back next year to be one of the judges.
WINNER 1st Place:
Kit Steward 10/13/19 5:20 pm
THE MIDNIGHT INCUBATOR
She heard mushy sounds for days and suffered from unbearable itchiness.
A doctor’s visit revealed earwig pupae nesting in her ear canal, it was flushed out.
Later, weary from stress, she crawled into bed.
That night while she slept, the creature returned.
And finding the eggs missing, it laid more.
2nd Place:
Elizabeth Lee 09/24/19 4:36 pm
Secondhand Doll
She didn’t want a secondhand doll so she flung it across the room. Porcelain cracked against the wall. Her mom made her glue the pieces back together. A thin shard sliced her hand, baptizing the doll in her hateful blood. The secondhand doll decided she didn’t want an ungrateful child.
3rd Place:
Alexander Daley Escobedo 10/25/19 3:38pm
Heirloom
We Buried my brother today. Suicide. He thought something evil was haunting him. He’d been medicated, institutionalized, shocked and secluded. He found his own way out. I wish I could tell him I’m sorry. Or had listened more closely. Because, when I got home, it was on my couch. Laughing.
4th place:
JB 10/25/19 8:12pm
TITLE: RESEVOIR
We should have known something was wrong when we first tasted the water. It was a little brown, but no more than usual in this apartment complex.
We kept drinking it until it turned black.
When they opened the water tank, they found the bloated, rotting corpse of my neighbor.
We usually always contact the winners first, but after all the trouble, we are opening up the process. I am again, very sorry for how late this is. I did not expect 4000 stories. Next year I will be ready.
Annie Pichardo says
A Rose for My Love
Picking a rose
Which shall I get?
Kneeling down
Leaning,
Smelling.
Screaming…
I touch my face.
A river of blood
Splashes down
to the ground.
The rose
Took my nose.
Shrieking…
Thorns pluck out
My eyes.
Thorns cut
My lips
Chest tearing
Heart Breaking
No rose.
No lover
No life.
Annie Pichardo says
Go On Make A Wish
The kindergarten girl
Sings
The twinkle star song.
A Wish:
A Peony
She doesn’t notice
Flickering…
The start growing
Bigger,
Bitter,
Brighter,
Hotter.
The star,
The Greatest Sinner.
Hovers over Earth.
Everyone’s heart stops.
Performing
It’s final act
It explodes.
Earth gone.
A desire
Made no fire,
But absolute
Nothing.
Alani Indigo Santamarina says
Knowing Peace
You awoke with needles in your brain.
“War is disagreement. If everyone thought identically, everyone would know peace. Creativity begets suffering.” The doctor grinned. “I’ll be removing it from you, now.”
You begged, but it had already begun. As the endless expanse within grew dim, you cried, then forgot why.
Okenwa Precious says
Silent night
The night is very dark and I am out, standing in the middle of no where.
Everywhere is quiet.
But there are voices in my ears.
There is no one here but I can hear the whispers.
Every light flickers.
The voices are whispering,
“Ready to die yet, baby girl?”
Em Jenner says
OCD TO A8
Romani Baschalov, the great Belgravian chess Grandmaster, cradled his fingers, licked his lips. “So, Fifi le Pew!”
The English drag artist jostled her restraints.
“For years I’ve enjoyed horse salami, even prawns,” he winked. “Bishop burgers, rook pie, knight and king liposuction juice. Now, finally, I got me some queen.”
Komala Ponniah says
Trapped
The phone rings, once. It’s a message from my ex. I must flee now. Grabbing my passport from the mantel I dump it in my bag. I request an Uber ride to the airport. A car arrives within minutes. I get in, and regret for the rest of my life.
Gerri Zimmerman says
Something Different
The fat, black spider consumed a small insect. Delicious! What should he eat next? Something different, but what?
There stood his next meal, a huge beetle.
There was darkness. What happened?
The beetle licked its mandible. A fat, black spider was the best meal he had in a long time.
MJ K says
Empty
The hospital’s exit lights flicker against the polished floors. Yet the air is musty and stale and the blood-splattered walls crawl with black mold.
My bare feet connect with the cold linoleum as I aimlessly wander the abandoned halls, wondering about all the stories that ended here.
Including my own.
Abigail Latta says
Ooh, this one is really good. Nice description!
Denise says
#MeToo
He keens at my tomb near the kingdom by the sea. His grief keeps me. I am dead to his alive, yet I suffer in limbo, to appease. Why will he not let me be? I have become unnamed and should be free, nevermore this man’s Annabel Lee.
dariankan says
There is nothing scary
« They aren’t real, they’re just masks, Jimmy. Better go to sleep » – said something under the bed in a hoarse, calmly grabby voice, on which the little boy quietly and peacefully sniffed, hugging a plush toy, when suddenly it touched the child’s legs with long and skinny fingers.
– Don’t worry, Jimmy, they don’t exist … Like you.
B. Romero says
Suffering
It hurts. I need to end my suffering. “Please take this pain away,” I plead. Nothing. The knife glimmers in my hand as I turn it over. I can’t take it anymore. I have to get it out. I slice, opening every part that hurts, but the pain remains.
Reese says
Title: Screams in the Night
One night, a boy wandered away from home into the woods . He heard someone whisper his name, but no one was there. As he dashed away, he tripped and fell. When he stood to walk, something grabbed his leg. It slowly pulled him back, and he was never seen again.
Vic Ortiz says
Homewreckers
—
Maria tailed ‘em, snapped evidence, snuck on the cheaters, beat ‘em bloody.
Customer got the photos, Maria got paid.
Maria tailed her next job, followed her home.
Inside, Maria’s boyfriend waited.
“Meet my girlfriend,” he said to Maria. “You’re the other woman.”
Maria’s victims proved their point, beat ‘er bloody.
Lisa W. says
Bot-suvius
They’d felt the lump under the dog’s skin and thought nothing of it, idly petting and smoothing its fur over the growing larvae, each night as they’d all sit on the couch, bathed in the screen’s light. Until one night, the lump erupted, covering them both in bot fly larvae.
Okenwa Precious says
DADDY
I woke up with a start.
He’s here again.
I know it because I can’t move.
I can’t see him, he isn’t real, but his slimy hands are closing around my neck.
“Don’t worry baby, daddy wouldn’t hurt you. ”
But he’s pressing down and I can’t breathe.
I can’t move!!
Barakat Abdulrazak says
THE REAL FRIGHT
He drew her close evading her personal space, she didn’t mind anyway he was handsome. “So what are you dressed like tonight, a vampire?” She teased
“Yes” he smiled, and with one swift movement he held her then leaned over for a kiss.
she felt his tongue go deep in her throat.she gasped for breath in vain as she slumped into the floor.he brought his razor blade teeth to her body and devored it all.
Okenwa Precious says
DADDY
I woke up with a start.
He’s here again.
I know it because I can’t move.
I can’t see him because he isn’t real but his slimy hands are closing around my neck.
“Don’t worry baby, daddy wouldn’t hurt you. ”
But he’s pressing down and I can’t breathe.
I can’t move!!
Eleanor Dorst says
She exits the store and darts into the darkness She is hit with such a force that it renders her helpless.She screams out ! The voices come from all directions. Who are you? Don’t move..the pain will be worse. The scissors slide through her clothes and she is naked.
Katrina says
Shadow-Stalker
Hiking in the forest, he and I.
A moment’s respite, quick shut-eye.
Startle awake to nighttime darkness,
Hear gnawed flesh moaning,
Crushed bone gasping.
Internal lightning bolt, unthinking flight.
Screams answering unrelenting growling, roaring.
Pleading hands raised to grasp grizzled hair;
No pardon given.
Gnawed flesh moaning,
Crushed bone gasping.
Katrina says
Follower
Childhood dares “not scared are you?”
Dread mounting, stairs descending.
Through the curtain, goal achieved.
Feet flying, prickles of suspicion.
Turn to see faceless Fear, standing curtain wide.
Hasty retreat, brief backwards glance,
Empty curtains waving.
Safe at home I see Fear in my own doorway.
Now my persistent apparition.
Tacita says
Her Soul to Take
A woman gazed with frustration at the typewriter across the room. She would give her soul to finish her novel, but writer’s block denied her. When she approached the desk, she found the final chapter completed; along with a solitary sheet of paper containing three words: “YOU OWE ME”.
Lynne Conrad says
Text Message
My blindfold is removed, although my hands are bound, but I can see my cellphone. My attacker is texting me, asking if I’m ready to die. The car slides into the lake. Water gushes into the trunk. I thrash violently as another text flashes, ready or not.
Em Jenner says
NO ROOM AT THE INN
Tap-Tap-Tap! Rabid locusts hitting my new screens at night. By morning it was Taptaptaptaptap! Thousands of locusts, hundreds of thousands.
Then swarms of mosquitoes, ants and squealing rats. All seeking shelter, all denied.
Bam-Bam-Bam! My neighbours! The screens stopped them too, but not their screams as they were eaten alive.
Strega Raven says
Orchard Harvesting
The veil between realms is now thinned.
Inter-dimensional entities pass through to our world.
“Humans, your reign is finished! You will now be sacrificed!”, a loud voice drones inside every human mind. All humans grab their nearest sharp object, and simultaneously, stab themselves to death.
An ocean of blood flows.
Adam DiFusco says
Dead in the Water
Hurricane winds howl across the island. Heavy rains surge the streets in violent rapids. The dead are washed from their cemetery slumber as they float down the asphalt riverbed, homeward. Morning comes. Sun is out. Another day at the beach. The living float above while the dead stare from below.
Nicole says
The Axe
They chase me down the stairs, swinging their axe against the walls. I jump the five remaining steps and land on the carpet. My ankles are broken. They walk slowly towards me. They raise their axe. They stop above their head and smile. I catch my breath before I scream.
Em Jenner says
BEHIND YOU!
Just an uncomfortable feeling at first, until Jenny found footprints outside her window, cherrydrops in her mailbox…
When she finally spotted her stalker, she almost laughed at the grubby, roly-poly man with bad excema. More sad than scary.
Then, one by one, he began appearing in her old childhood photographs.
Samar Ahmed Soliman says
A Rainy Night
I was driving in the heavy rain, when I saw a lady in light clothes. I stopped to give her a ride. She took my jacket, her house was far. Next day, I headed to her house, BUT.. it was a cemetery, my jacket was on a tomb with her photo.
Debra Catanzaro says
Cherry Hollow Park
“Come on, baby.”
“Cut it out. Someone will see us.”
“We’ll be quiet.”
“Get off! Hey, look at that woman on the bike. She’s cycling backwards but moving forwards. She’s coming over here. Get up.”
“Youth.” She said through a mouth agape with a festering netted web of tent worms.
Harold C. Holt says
Kidnapped
They removed my blindfold—four dwarfs in ski masks holding knives. They force-fed me dog food, bugs then half a finger with red nail polish. They laughed when I threw up then sent me home. Mom cried and reached for me with only four fingers and red nail polish.
Harold C. Holt says
Dead Man’s Best Friend
Yesterday the dog dug up a hand bone and a leg bone then half a pelvic ring. Following its nose, it frantically continued to unearth fragment after fragment, but it couldn’t find the damn skull, and I wondered why.
Silly me, I realized it was already attached to my neck.
Nikki says
Mercy
Tears stream down her face. She’s bound to a tree in the woods, surrounded by others in black. Wind blows and the moon shines on her pale face, showing her pleading for help. For mercy. They don’t. One raises their hands, starting an incantation. Once over, her tears are blood.
Kit Steward says
NOTHING IS SO PAINFUL TO THE HUMAN MIND…
She sought the doctor’s advice.
“A monster’s recipe: torment then neglect, repeat as necessary until desired results are achieved.”
“Simple as that?” The wise statement pierced her psyche deeply.
“Simple as that.”
After an eternity shackled beneath a towering shadow, the unbound woman took the first step towards sunlight.
Kit Steward says
Tired…must..do…a..revision.
NOTHING IS SO PAINFUL TO THE HUMAN MIND…(REVISED)
She sought the doctor’s advice.
“A monster’s recipe: bring to a boil equal parts torment and neglect, stirring the pot frequently.”
“Simple as that?” The statement pierced her psyche deeply.
“Simple as that.”
After an eternity shackled beneath a towering shadow, the unbound woman took the first step toward sunlight.
Bailey Burck says
Blind
It’s in here with me. I can hear the heavy breath—a slow pant, low and throaty. Are my eyes open? I blink, but there is no difference, only black. I press into the stone wall behind me as hot, moist air, smelling of rot and death, caresses my face.
Lucy Epoche says
Nightmare!
Don’t leave us hanging!???
Curtis Norris says
FREAK FACTORY
The giant potter’s wheel turns to the melancholy sound of the calliope. A naked boy sits at its center.
“No pain, no fame, my son,” intones the ringmaster through wistful tears. “The Incredible Melting Boy! You’ll be a star!”
The pull of a cord starts the acid to drip.
Curtis Norris says
SUSPENSION
“I’m sorry, Mr. Thompson, but Jimmy’s behavior leaves me no choice. An incinerated janitor is just too much to let slide.”
“What’s to be done?”
“I’m afraid Jimmy will have to be suspended.”
“Oh, damn! Sorry, suspended for how long?”
“Well, they usually stop kicking after five minutes. Ten tops.”
Badal Paul says
MOTHER-UNLIKE
The moaning at the window near his bed woke Rick. Leaving his mother asleep, he reached and opened the window to check. He found his mother (?) staring at him with protruded white eyes (!). He turned to reach his mother and the OTHER hand came to reach Rick.
Nidheesh says
The Old Part Of Town
Never visit the old part of town.
The dreadful street urchins, will compell you to look into their eyes. Their hollow, soulless eyes will never stop staring at you.
They will slowly reveal their insatiable hunger, just as they reveal their sharp teeth, before sinking them into your fresh flesh…
Lisa Naraine says
Close to Death
His hand clasped my wrist, dragging me down. I felt my chest being crushed. The weight of the bricks squashing the life out of me, only to be relieved by the shovel hitting his head and allowing me to escape. But escape was not mine, death always finds a way.
Em Jenner says
A HORROR STORY ABOUT YOGURT, COME ON!
A random accident at a yogurt factory left a slew of unclassified bacteria in the milk.
The microorganisms multiplied, and being even more virulent than the previously dominant lifeforms on Earth, they made gods and devils in their own image. Then the Yogurtarians infected and executed all the unbelievers: us.
Nidheesh says
I SEE IT COMING
I see it coming, every night.
Those smoke like tendrils extend towards us. Each day, they get closer, crossing the cold vaccum of space. Colder still, are those tendrils that seek to choke the very life of our planet. Then they will devour us.
I see it coming. Our doom.
Shaziya Khan says
Under My Bed.
“Hush, little Kira, do not make a sound.” My hand tightens on the blanket as I feel him limp himself out, and then his breath hits me hard.
“Argh!!” I scream and wail, my mother says she never heard a sound as the monster under my bed hides me in his clutches every night.
Rutendo says
CLAP CLAP
She folded her fingers over her lips, trying to control her shiver so the barrel wouldn’t shake.
Clap. Clap.
She breathed.
Clap. Clap.
Was it close? The tendrils of the stench of rotting grapes crawled down her throat.
Clap. Clap.
It was too dark to see.
Clap…clap…clap.
It was Inside.
Rutendo says
The Grave Digger
I noticed it twinkle on the floor of his car. It shone white under the sun. I picked it up. It looked familiar; like a forgotten memory slowly condensing.
“What’s this?”
“It’s your mother’s wedding ring.”
“I thought she was buried with it.”
“She was.”
“What?”
“What? Nothing, my love.”
meagan harrison says
Grinding
The man turns the crank. His friend starts to spin. His body turns and twirls; his smile wide and bright. “Faster!” He laughs. The man obliges. Bones begin to crunch under pressure, and tissue shreds. “Faster!” He croaks; smile disappearing with his body. That is how you grind the meat.
Sarah says
Turn
It turned. Looked back at me and said “Run from the shadows before the shadows run for you”. The sun was beaming, it’s didn’t make any scene. As my friend and I turned back my friend was gone! Missing! I look down. There were two shadows. But only one me.
Brandon says
The Dancing Boy
His bones creaked. The snapping and clicking was louder than the floor boards; movements disjointed. An odd ballet a float centimeters above the floor; inching closer towards me. The light of the hallway window shown his face, a sad face. So sad that it dragged along the floor behind him.
Bindu John says
My Boy
“Mom I’m home”, Bob came back from school looking tired. “Are you feeling feverish?”, I was concerned. I reached out to feel his forehead. He didn’t have fever. But I realized something was wrong. And then it struck me. The birthmark on his forehead was gone.
Bindu John says
My Boy
“Mom, I’m home”, Bob came back from school, looking tired.
“What happened? Are you feeling feverish?”, I was very concerned.
I reached out to feel his forehead. He didn’t have fever. But I realized that something was wrong. And then it struck me.
The birthmark on his forehead was gone.
Gabby says
Stolen Silence
Eyes closed. Her stomach suddenly rising, sinking. Heart racing. In the dark, empty room, peace has lost all power. She’s not alone. She feels a deep, charcoal presence hanging in the air. The fog moves closer. Blue eyes open to a pair of black, dead eyes piercing straight into her.
Rutendo says
Playing with ghosts
Once upon a time far far away, a little girl sat on the graves of her family. Little Yuna would not leave. And when she was asked why she wouldn’t move, Little Yuna pointed at the scar on her forehead; her family wanted to play and she was finally ‘it’
Brigita says
In the dark
Just after midnight, a knock on your door wakes you. You get up and open it. You step out into the yard. There’s no one there. The door slams closed behind you and when you try the handle it’s locked. Your heart pounds. Footsteps crunch on the gravel behind you.
Angels James says
The Sweet Box
I found a parcel on my doorstep. It was a box of sweets from my grandmother.
Its her 5th death anniversary today.
Shay Bacon says
OutSmarted
I know David’s a twisted man–the kind I always marry. The soul eater prefers devouring corrupted humans.
A drop of blood on their picture. The skeletal humoid arrives to claim their soul. My immortality continues.
I didn’t know David was conniving. Until I saw my picture dipped in blood.
Kingsley Onyekwelu says
THE PASSAGEWAY
‘Jim,’ she whispers.
‘Mum.’
On the passageway, footsteps reverberate. ‘It’s the doctor, Jim,’ she says.
‘No, it’s them… it is them.’ His voice is cold, almost solid.
The footsteps on the passageway reverberate again. ‘Jim, what are you saying?’
He turns to her, weakly. ‘Mum.. I… am one of them.’
Paige Kostyniuk says
In the Room
The creature’s hot breath on the back of my neck, the smell of fresh blood, and flesh.
The room so dark, scared of what he’ll do next. Close my eyes, a tear falls, as he bites into my warm flesh. Teeth, deep and sharp, I am one with him now.
Tamara Reid says
The Shadow in the House
We’d moved, thousands of miles away. Dad claimed it was a job transfer, but I knew it was because of the shadow in the house.
I felt safer the first night. Still, it took weeks before I slept soundly. It was day twenty-four when I heard the whisper.
“Found you…”
Jasmin taylor says
Jenny runs from the tall blue creature. she trips and the creature stops. he pulls out an axe.
¨you will be one of us or i´ll take your heart.¨
¨ what are you?¨
¨your nightmare jenny. you created me.¨
then the figure fades away. jenny wakes up. its just a dream
INNOCENT AMUCHE says
Penalty for a poor debtor
And when the debt wasn’t paid at stipulated time, the house was fueled round by a group of notorious youth.
The attention of Government was seeked, but the deptor was in the wrong party.
Finally,the house was burnt but the $30 thousand was not found,and now he’s homeless.
Reshma Renjith says
She wore Bangles. Her anklets often clinked in the darkness. She loved the moistness inside old books. She, who would avenge her death in so many bizzare ways. She who died burning one night, so long ago. And yet, her footsteps echoes on the roof of my house,every night.
Leena says
Halloween is the best time for..
He loved Halloween. He loved the posse of little children trick or treating.
His favourite costume, repeated every year, was the grim reaper, with black robes and the sharp scythe.
Black hides blood the best, you see.
Leena says
Mirror Mirror
It was a pretty mirror. Ornate, with exquisitely intricate carvings.
Pity about the quality of the reflection though.
The girl within keeps mouthing ‘help me’
Reshma Renjith says
She loved riding in the dark. She felt safe inside her car and she imagined apocalyptic scenes happening outside & she escaping. Last time she imagined zombies or so her voice message said. Her laughter and then somebody humming and her shriek. She was never found.
Jasmin taylor says
He´s watching
Ashley and Sarah are at a club in death alley. ¨what is that?¨ says Ashley pointing at a dark figure stand in a corner. the figure looks up. he had blood red eyes and a cut up face. he starts walking towards them. Then they run screaming and everyone watches.
Reshma Renjith says
Little blue shoes for my loved ones. She was just two and adored wearing her new shoes. Out on the swing, her laughter flew. By the pond ,they drowned and was never found…
Jacob Ford says
The Sweet Release of Death.
I was lying there. BOOM! I was dying… My mom had slashed my neck. I was lying there, life flashing before me. She was furious. I realized this was the end. I was dying, bleeding out. I tried to scream but all that came out …a faint cry for help.
Gentry Webb says
Sisters New Boyfriend
It’s cool outside. I walk into my what is suppose to be a warm and cozy house, but all I feel is cold eeriness. I see a boy. I don’t see my family. I open my mouth, but nothing comes out. I’m now on the kitchen floor. It’s over now.
ashlynn r ree says
The Stranger in my House
There I lay, deep red gown contrasting my pearl skin. I heard the door open, I smiled. He had told me to be ready when he got home, so I did. Footsteps became louder, but they were heavy. Too heavy. Fear pricked my skin, causing goosebumps. “You look beautiful tonight.”
Gentry Webb says
The New Kid
It’s a quiet day at Bridgewood. The new kid walks in. Dressed from head to toe in black, he makes his way through the cafeteria. It gets quieter. His face is hidden until an utter scream cries out “hey new boy.” He looks up with blazing eyes. The school’s quiet.
Meg Wilson says
“Afterlife”
Dreaming of warm golden light.
Hands, Choking.
I sit up, gasping.
“These are echoes of your past life.”
“These are warnings from your next life.”
On my way home in the warm golden light. His hands, choking, my vision fading. I realize: “This is the end of this life.”
Anastasia Braeutigam says
The Scream
It is midnight and you hear clearly how your little sister screams you name. But when you are on the way down, your little sister pulls you back and whispers : “ Please do not go down, I have heard it too.”. But you go down. You look at the sofa. Dead .
Gloria Tassen says
Margaret called Father McKinney to save her daughter Candace from the demons. As soon as Candace saw him, she became shockingly violent. Margaret turned to apologize to him, but then suddenly she felt acid eating away her flesh. Father McKinney smiled at Candace and said, “Time to come home now”.
Olga says
She was a beautiful dancer. She would glide across the floor. Then one day she woke up and noticed her hair was falling out. Her nose was half gone, some teeth had fallen out. On her chin a hairy mole. She got on her broom and glided across the sky.
Sam De Yarman says
Monsters
She knows about monsters. Angry, cruel, vindictive, terrifying, nightmarish horrors snarling in the darkness. Wretched, hungry, dirty, broken – desperate to escape torment with the pain they eagerly inflict. If they suffer so must we. She knows all about monsters. And she knows that people are the worst monsters of all.
Willie Hayes says
You are upstairs in your room. Out of the blue, your mother yells your full name in rage. You panic.
Sam De Yarman says
Through The Walls
Her blood runs cold at the things she hears through the walls. Screams, shattering the dead of the night. Sobbing, hard thuds, metal against stone. Scratching, scraping. Dead silence. The stuff of nightmares. She can only lay in bed, staring at her ceiling, pretending not hear the things she does.
Willie Hayes says
The wifi went out.
Willie Hayes says
Church
You and a friend are walking into church. After knowing him for years you finally convinced him to go with you. As you walk in you hear your friend scream. He burst into flames.
Dalton Roberts says
Textorror
You and your bestfriend are texting and you text for hours and hours then you and your friend decide to call it a night and you fall asleep when you wake up you hear your mom say that your friend die the night before it was before you texted them the other terrifying bot is you don’t live with your mom.
Gregory Clouse says
Train
The words weren’t there until they were. In mirrors, in curled yellow photos rescued from under moldering box springs. In sudden flashes of mothers, dead ten years, and virgin siblings found in the woods. You grabbed what you could and fled from men, riding the rails on an unchained train.
Paige Smith says
That Night
That night little Tara entered her bedroom coming home from a birthday party. She felt the birthday cake rise from her stomach as she beheld what was on the other side. Her brother’s bloody boneless skin was hanging in her window. She turned to her parents giving a crooked grin.
Willie Hayes says
Nothing
Darkness. Silence. This is all you have ever known. The sensation of touch, your lover. The roughness of…things, objects, people, everything. You know nothing of sight or sound, all you know are the intricate textures. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, you have your own world. Unbeknownst to you, Everyone else has their own. You are alone. You are nothing.
Carol says
The two heads
I was in my bedroom. Then all of a sudden I saw a scary figure, with sharp teeth. I rubbed my eyes hoping it would go away. As soon as I opened my eyes he was holding my mom’s head between his teeth. Then faster then lighting, I died.
Aleasha Smith says
Happiness
I’m happy. So happy. I don’t think I have ever been this happy. Why am I happy? “ONE, TWO, THREE” I’m home. There is no pain. I am at peace. “FOUR, FIVE, SIX” No more suffering. “SEVEN, EIGHT-” My eyes open, I feel pain, I feel life. “Welcome Back.”
Reese B. says
Desire
A dark, eerie night. The wind is blowing, rain pouring, the thunder crackling. I lay in my bed, terrified of what could happen next. Terrified that he could reappear, knowing what would happen if he did. Part of me wants him to return and the other half knows he shouldn’t.
Meg Wilson says
“Real Terror”
Covered in the blood of his victims, he laughs. A day before execution, I ask the secret of his laughter.
An ancient text, a mysterious philosophy: we start at the bottom of the food chain, advance to the top, and then go back to the bottom. Nothing we do matters.
Kit Steward says
IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE END
Ed piped the floppy tube down into the old tank.
After decades of experience, he’d grown accustomed to the stench.
The sewage pump rattled to a halt.
He extracted the hose and peered into the depths.
Spying a rotting mass deep in the shit pit; Ed’s long-standing resolve suffered evacuation.
Willie Hayes says
Time
After years, no after centuries of human evolution and intelligence, you alone have finally solved the age-old question of time. You have figured out how to beat time, you can now control it at will, going back, forward, cease aging, and now you have it all in the palm of your hand. However, as great people have said before, with great power comes great responsibility. You cease your aging. You have all of eternity to try out time travel so you simply enjoy endless life for the time being. As the years pass family starts to die, Actors, politicians. Everyone starts to die. You feel alone. You are the only thing left. After millennia of time you are, all the exists. You are time. You are alone, and you are endless.
Carol says
I was at a rodeo. Enjoying my night with Claire, my new friend. We were talking while we watched the bulls in the ring. All of a sudden the bull goes crazy. I look over at Clair and she was starting to rotten. Before I knew it she was dead.
Carol says
Rotten Apple
I was at a rodeo. Enjoying my night with Claire, my new friend. We were talking while we watched the bulls in the ring. All of a sudden the bull goes crazy. I look over at Clair and she was starting to rotten. Before I knew it she was dead.
Paige Smith says
Funeral
I hear everything around me. I hear the one person crying, the preacher speaking hopeful words, the pounding of dirt that cone every 10 seconds, the one car driving away, and then the evedlasting silence. I hear everything, but I can’t move. If only they knew I wasn’t dead, yet.
Luke Whaley says
Zombully
“They’re not real!” Billy shouted.
“They’re real alright.” The bully grinned. He inched forward, and Billy backpedaled until his heel touched the gravestone. “They eat you alive!”
Billy sobbed.
The damp ground erupted, and Billy spun around the headstone and ran.
Cold hands hooked into the bully’s leg. He screamed.
Jasmin taylor says
walking down the hall getting pushed and shoved. ´´ew retainer girl¨ said a bully to the girl. everyone laughed. she ran. one kid standing next to his locker tripped her. she got up and showed her razor sharp teeth. she bit the boy. people around
screamed. the girl disaperred. ouch!
Tamara Reid says
Water’s Rising
The power company needed the dam. The town was abandoned, cemeteries relocated. It’d take three weeks to fully submerge.
Handcuffs secured her ankle to the basement floor. A blood-crusted hacksaw lay by her side. She heard his voice come over the Shetfield Gas and Electric walkie-talkie.
“Hurry now. Water’s rising.”
Paige Kostyniuk says
Awoken suddenly in the pitch-black night, hearing loud scratching, and growling. Out of bed, following the sound, scratching at the door, what could it be? Shaking with fear, opening the door, slowly, the beast grabs me, growling in my face, so scared, drags me away, far into the night.
Mathew Whittle says
The Dream
Imagine you’re in a deep sleep having the best dream you can Imagine then you hear heavy footsteps your door slams open out of the blue you’re being screamed at making you jump out of your skin almost giving you a heart attack.
Cheyton says
I laid there, blood coming off its fangs, I looked down at my leg and it was gone. I panicked, then I woke up, only to realize I was seeing the same thing in my bed as my dream.
Jasmin taylor says
Don´t make a sound
Shh…
WHY!? screamed the five year old
¨because. hes coming¨ the mom whispered
¨WHO!?¨ she yelled. A red figure slowly walks past her hiding space. ¨WHO IS THAT?¨ yelled the girl. the figure stopped. He turned around and bent down and said.
¨Found you¨ they screamed. ¨Get up. NOW.¨ ¨Why!?¨
Cali says
The scream
We finally got to have a lock-in. It started to get later and later, everyone started going to sleep. There were only 5 of us still awake, so we decided to go explore the school. Kay said she could hear a scream, so we tried to follow the scream.
ZW says
“School Spirit”
She’s been told: “We all support each other. Everyone here matters, and we all take care of each other.”
She’s been told: “We don’t allow bullying, no matter what.”
And yet, the whispered word lingers: “Whore.”
She stops and turns.
The hallway is filled with monsters.
Hanna Jones says
The Dream
I woke up panicked. I dreamt of my closet door opening. Long claws grasped the door. It quickly slithered towards my bed. Its face was horrifying, nothing like I’ve ever seen. I woke up suddenly in cold sweats, I thought “Oh, it’s just a dream”. Then my closet door opened.
Zack Schroeder says
Monster
The monster reeks and carries a long leather object to attack me with. I run into my house to escape. I rush into a room and hear a woman crying. I try and hide as I hear the monster unlock the door and I realize it’s his room I’m in.
jaime says
The dark
I’m 17 years old and still scared of the dark. I never want to go grab my charger out my car if its darks. My mom always told me nobody is going to bother me, but I never believed her. I went outside one night and never came back in.
kurtis says
Bad Bad Boy
His fingers dragging down my body slowly as I whimper. I feel the touch of his warm skin. Hands over my mouth so I can’t scream. Then I wake up and it´s just a dream. I get up and walk into my parents’ room and then I see. A man standing over my mother with blood all over his hands it was my uncle.
Kit Steward says
ECONOMY CLASS
“I… can’t do it.”
“Doesn’t matter how much, you gotta eat some.”
The airliner crashed weeks ago near the deserted island; there were originally three survivors.
“I’m not hungry.”
“You’re wasting away.”
She handed him the plate of charred meat and they sat down to their last meal, as a couple.