Calling all horror enthusiasts and wordsmiths of the macabre! Step into the shadows and join our spine-chilling 2024 Six Word Horror Memoir Contest. As the witching hour approaches, we challenge you to unleash your most terrifying tales in just six blood-curdling words.
Delve into the depths of your darkest memories, unearth the nightmares that haunt your every waking moment, and expose the horrors that have shaped your twisted psyche. Craft a memoir that drips with dread, pulses with heart-pounding terror, and leaves readers trembling in fear.
The Rules:
- Your horror memoir must be exactly six words – no more, no less.
- Each entry will be judged on its ability to elicit pure, unadulterated terror.
- You may enter as many spine-chilling memoirs as you dare.
- Submit your entries by the stroke of midnight on October 1st, 2024.
- Prepare to face your deepest fears and darkest demons.
- Entries go in the comments below
The Prizes:
- Eternal glory and your tale immortalized in our upcoming print issue, “Nightmare Fuel.”
- One month of free promotions for your writing on our site, from new releases to author interviews.
- Your name whispered in horror circles for generations to come.
- A digital badge of honor to showcase your mastery of the macabre.
- Bragging rights as the creator of the most terrifying six word memoir.
- To appear in our print and digital issue
To enter, simply post your most hair-raising six word horror memoir in the comments below. Remember, every word counts in this battle for the title of horror master.
Don’t forget to sign up for our Dreadful Digest newsletter, where you’ll receive a free digital copy of “Terror Tome” – a collection of the most haunting tales from our archives, guaranteed to keep you up at night.
The clock is ticking, and the darkness awaits. Will you rise to the challenge and claim your place in the annals of horror history? The choice is yours, but remember – in this contest, only the truly terrifying will survive.
Let the nightmares begin, and may the most spine-chilling memoir win! Mwahahaha!
Lauri Meyers says
I purged blood until darkness fell.
Angelyn Gumbs says
Midnight the spooky sounds all around.
Angelyn Gumbs says
Creepy shadow moving across the hall.
Angelyn Gumbs says
flashing light and a voice outside
Angelyn Gumbs says
Voice of Yawheh calling for repentance.
Norbert Kovacs says
They idled, no thought who followed.
Jaden Hawkes says
some thoughts out of my control
Jaden Hawkes says
i panic, but no one cares
vaibhav says
”Dad buried us alive”; twins revealed.
Lenka Vrazda says
We should start seeing other people.
Lenka Vrazda says
I pronounce you husband and wife.
Lenka Vrazda says
I’m sorry, Ivan didn’t make it.
Lenka Vrazda says
Dirty fingerprints after digging my grave.
Penny Michalski says
A shadow grabbed my left hand.
Angelyn Gumbs says
Fear takes ahold the heartbeats faster..
JB says
Treading water, the ship sailed off.
Lisa Marie Lopez says
Lights out. Wind moans. Shadows scream.
Jude Luttrell Bradley says
Zombie husband craves my fleshy embrace.
Angelyn Gumbs says
A jumbie hiding in the closet.
Angelyn Gumbs says
A Sokonyah flew by my window.
Angelyn Gumbss says
” A Sydney spider ; by my hand !”
Angelyn Gumbss says
A corpse outside my front door.
Angelyn Gumbss says
“Oxygen mask drops on the plane!”
Angelyn Gumbss says
“The plane descent grab oxygen mask!”
Kayleigh Manley says
The needle slips, under my fingernail.
Kayleigh Manley says
Don’t breathe.
It’s there.
Behind you.
Kayleigh Manley says
“I’m awake! It didn’t work!”
“Scalpel.”
Angelyn Gumbs says
A twister tore off the roof.
Angelyn Gumbs says
I’m surrounded by man eating tigers.
Nofa says
Their ravenous faces swerve toward me.
Angelyn Gumbs says
The creepy old man next door.
Angelyn Gumbs says
Out of gas on train tracks.
Angelyn Gumbs says
Lost in the middle of woods.
Sugga Vanish says
Tea steeped in blood for guests.
Sugga Vanish says
Baby footprints, over windshield, after funeral.
Sugga Vanish says
“Figured biting back was the cure”.
Karttika says
I know you can see me.
Emma says
The advertisement: ‘MISSING CHILD, NO REWARD.’
Emma says
A killer never just strikes once.
Sugga Vanish says
Itchy eyes, best replaced with spare.
Sugga Vanish says
Holmes died before solving the case.
Sugga Vanish says
You should have milked the snake.
Sugga Vanish says
I slurped her spine matter clean.
Sugga Vanish says
Buried under floorboards, praying oxygen depletes.
Luna says
It is searching for me .
” Boo!”
DW Cook says
Found myself in tomorrow’s obituary today.
Rebecca Kells says
Home alone. Heavy steps coming upstairs.
Sugga Vanish says
Sutures are my specialty, cleaving’s his.
Sugga Vanish says
Spiraling birthmark grew five inches wider.
Sugga Vanish says
Just one more video before bed.
Sugga Vanish says
Fangs grew in after dental appointment.
Karttika says
“Stop following,” he begged her grave.
Karttika says
I know where she lives now.
Karttika says
“You must escape tonight, promise me?”
Karttika says
Sale: non-infested baby. 15-day return policy!
Karttika says
Kissing. Serpent slithers out his mouth.
Karttika says
“They think I’m not real, mama.”
Karttika says
Therapy session unsuccessful, gargoyle still visible.
Karttika says
Run. Hide. But do it tonight.
Karttika says
Howling stops. Transformed. Nope, still human.
Karttika says
Adopted curbside sofa, never returned home.
Sugga Vanish says
Gutted lady kismet, cheated owed destiny.
Sugga Vanish says
Ingrown scales clipped, forked tongue glued.