Category: Horror Stories

We love Horror Stories! We’ve been collecting these new and old horror stories for years, and I”m so happy to bring them to you. Some of our authors are new. Some of our authors are established, and some of our authors are long dead.

The Pumpkin Giant by Mary Wilkins Freeman

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Every Writer

A very long time ago, before our grandmother’s time, or our great-grandmother’s, or our grandmothers’ with a very long string of greats prefixed

A Vampire by G. J. Whyte-Melville

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Every Writer

Recurring encounters over many years with the mysterious and alluring Madame de St. Croix, who seems to maintain eternal youth and beauty while spellbinding a succession of men, is she a vampire?

The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

Posted on October 23, 2023May 28, 2024 by Every Writer

“The Mark of the Beast” helped popularize and cement the werewolf as a staple figure in horror fiction. But many examples of werewolf literature existed for centuries prior to when Kipling published his story in 1890.

Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker

Posted on October 23, 2023June 1, 2024 by Every Writer

When we started for our drive the sun was shining brightly on Munich, and the air was full of the

A Nightmare by Anton Chekhov

Posted on October 22, 2023May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

Kunin, a wealthy landowner and member of the Rural Board, invites Father Yakov, the young village priest, to discuss opening a church school. Kunin is shocked by Father Yakov’s shabby appearance and lack of dignity, seeing him as unfit for the priesthood.

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Every Writer

The story follows an unnamed narrator who recounts how alcoholism and temperament changes led him to abuse his pets, including his favorite cat named Pluto. In a drunken rage, the narrator gouges out one of Pluto’s eyes, leading the frightened cat to avoid him.

Ant Death by Lorna Wood

Posted on October 26, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Useful. Keeping busy. Reading the trails, bringing home food.

Warm day, scurrying along, pavement warm, sun bright, right overhead.

“Hey guys, watch this.”

“God, he looks so big through that thing.”

The Feral Nature of Werewolves, A History

Posted on October 22, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Werewolves never existed. Humans created them from lore used to explain their loss of livestock at night. Humans rejected the notation that mere feral wolves could so quietly and so effectively take down and devour whole cattle in the dead of night without being detected

My darkest fear! by Wendy Montoya

Posted on October 16, 2020December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

I sat up gasping for air; my throat felt tight again. I glanced at the clock; although I already knew It was 3:30 am. The same time I have been waking up for the past week!

A Moonlight Fable by H. G. Wells

Posted on April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 by Every Writer

A Moonlight Fable by H. G. Wells There was once a little man whose mother made him a beautiful suit