Psychological Horror Short Stories

Dare to enter Harmony House... if you can survive its curse. Nestled in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, Harmony House is a striking estate with an allure that draws people in—only to trap them in a web of terror. Five new owners have crossed its threshold, each unaware of the horrors waiting inside. What starts as a dream home quickly turns into a nightmare as they confront the malevolent spirits that haunt its halls. Each story reveals the twisted history of Harmony House through the eyes of its ill-fated residents. From terrifying apparitions to sinister forces that toy with the mind, ...

A collection of four critically acclaimed, gripping short novels that delve into the depths of survival, obsession, and the dark side of human nature.Box of Bones Jim, an American expat teaching English in the Philippines, wakes up after a night out to find himself trapped inside a pitch-black coffin—running out of oxygen and out of time. With only his cell phone and his wits, he must fight panic and exhaustion in a desperate race against death.Six Bullets Thirteen months after a massive asteroid wiped out civilization, survivalist Burt James is still alive—bunkered in his fortified ...

Ten Twisted Tales of Psychological and Supernatural Horror In the darkness of Gehenna, ten voices cry out... Each story in this chilling collection peels back the curtain on a new nightmare. From the quietly unsettling to the shockingly macabre, Wails of Gehenna delivers a symphony of horror: psychological, supernatural, literary, and visceral. – Psychological Terror: After the funeral, flies begin gathering above a widower dead wife’s pillow and infect his home. – Body Horror Nightmare: As a toxic orange fog becomes the new air, a pregnant woman seals her apartment while the city ...

Mia is reluctant to go camping with her boyfriend and sister, who are graduate students working on a dissertation about American folklore. But ultimately, they convince her to help document the trip. The group sets off to Black Creek, a remote destination in the Pacific Northwest where Bigfoot has allegedly been sighted. They think they’re prepared for anything, but their sense of terror grows as they find more and more evidence to suggest the monster really is out there. Eventually, Mia realizes she’ll be lucky just to make it out of the woods alive.

When the clock strikes midnight, the world tilts—and the familiar turns sinister. Once Upon a Midnight: Twisted Tales for the Morbidly Curious is a gothic short story anthology that blends dark fantasy, psychological suspense, and modern horror into one unforgettable collection. Each story invites you to explore the line between fascination and fear, comfort and kindness, destiny and fate: from eerie small towns and cursed objects to ghosts of the past and the monsters we make of ourselves. Featuring new works from five talented authors, this anthology delivers: Atmospheric gothic horror ...

USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates presents the complete collection of the award-winning Midnight Book Club short novels. With fast-paced plots and stunning twists, these stories offer close to 1,000 pages of heart-racing suspense, action, and terror from one of today's most exciting voices in horror. Black Canyon Twelve-year-old Brian Garrett embarks on a weekend camping trip in Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison, hoping to reconnect with his distant parents. But when his father suffers a brutal accident deep in the chasm, survival takes a sinister turn. Over ...

After a devastating heartbreak, McKenzie Bishop swears off love to focus on her career as a branding consultant. But when her parents convince her to try the dating app, A Dime A Dozen, a seemingly harmless connection resurrects buried trauma and ignites dangerous desires. What starts as a reluctant search for companionship quickly spirals into a twisted game of deadly revenge. As McKenzie’s obsession deepens, fears are weaponized, secrets are uncovered, and no match is safe. Yet, someone has been watching her every move and is determined to expose her darkest truths. Can McKenzie ...

He thought he was celebrating. She thought it was justice. After finishing his final exam and picking up his brand-new Tesla, David feels on top of the world. A chance meeting with a charming elderly woman, Brenda, seems like a sweet encounter—until tea turns into terror. Invited into her flat for cake and conversation, David finds himself drawn into the warmth of a stranger who might just be the grandmother he never had. But behind Brenda’s floral wallpaper and polite smile lies a long-held grudge. And David is about to discover that revenge can be served with tea and sponge cake. A ...

In Numbers That Haunt: Volume II, every story begins with a pattern—and ends with a reckoning. Across six chilling tales, ordinary people stumble into numerical anomalies that twist reality, unravel memory, and expose destinies they were never meant to see. From angel numbers that follow heartbreak, to cursed pages that rewrite childhood, to inherited doorways showing futures best left closed, each story explores the dark side of fate when numbers don’t just symbolize meaning… they enforce it. What begins as coincidence becomes omen, and what starts as a sign becomes a trap. Fate ...

Twenty stories. Twenty ways for the night to get inside your head. This collection hits hard and doesn’t slow down - haunted rooms, wrong shadows, strange calls after midnight, creatures that hide in familiar places, and people who discover too late they’re not alone. Every chapter is a self-contained jolt of fear built for quick reading and maximum impact. Perfect for fans of fast scares, late-night chills, and horror you can devour in one sitting. Just don’t read it in the dark.

The Bachman Files, Book 2 The second volume of The Bachman Files delivers seven haunting and provocative short stories that blur the line between humanity and horror. From the surreal, dream-like mystery of a gun’s violent legacy (Chekhov’s Gun), to a town’s descent into madness as it becomes a feeding ground for unspeakable horrors (The Journal of John Doe), to a tech worker’s terrifying fusion of flesh and machine (Flesh and Silicon), and a factory consumed by an insatiable, otherworldly hunger (The Factory), this collection pushes the boundaries of fear and imagination. Also ...

Four victims. One locked room. No way in. No way out. When Mr Gregory Winter agrees to spend a single night in a supposedly haunted shed for a hundred guineas, he’s desperate, in debt, and convinced it’s just a story. By morning, he’s dead—his throat slit, the door locked from the inside. Inspector Featherby is no stranger to murder. But this? This is something else. With each body found in the same chair, in the same impossible conditions, the case becomes a chilling puzzle with no solution. The only link between the victims: a gentleman named Noah Spencer—and a shed with a taste...

Read this with Vincent Price's voice in your head. In the world's forgotten corners of the darkness, where shadows stretch long and whispers never fade, Stories that will make you Sh17 yourself, weave together a chilling collection of ghostly and supernatural tales. Each of the 40 stories explores a different haunted place, where the past refuses to stay buried and fear takes on a life of its own. From eerie carnivals and cursed paintings to malevolent mansions and spectral islands, these stories delve into the unknown, where the boundary between reality and nightmare begins to blur. Within...

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Prepare to get spooked with Scary Short Stories, a collection of 20 quick, chilling tales that will keep you up at night. Perfect for teens and adults alike, these stories bring you a mix of supernatural thrills, eerie mysteries, and heart-pounding suspense. Whether you have a few minutes or a few hours, each story will leave you craving more terror.

Deep beneath the Irish hills, something stirs. When Oran follows his friends to a party inside an abandoned mine, he expects noise, cheap drink, and another wasted night. What he finds instead is a living darkness, an ancient spirit of decay whispering from the earth itself. As tunnels collapse and the world above turns silent, Oran is offered a terrible choice: restore the balance of nature by ending the rot of humanity, or be buried with the rest of the dying world. Green continues the cycle begun in Red, where the forces of color and corruption awaken one by one. Each seeks to reclaim a ...

In these six paranormal tales, ordinary people stumble into patterns of digits that refuse to stay on clocks, calendars, tickets, or walls. What begins as superstition becomes a code written into reality itself, tying grief to chance, time to debt, and fate to the simple act of counting. Each story stands alone, but together they trace a chilling question: when the universe starts talking in numbers, what does it want from you?

Some truths hide in plain sight. Others whisper from locked doors, static-filled frequencies, and pages that were never printed. Things I Wasn’t Supposed to Know is a haunting anthology of modern supernatural horror—each story a first-person account of knowledge that should’ve stayed buried. From cursed livestreams to echoing tunnels, from unlisted hospital wings to languages that think back, this collection explores what happens when the veil of reality wears thin… and you peer through. They warned you not to look. You did anyway. And now it knows your name.

The Best From My Vault of 400+ Nightmares Published in Chillers, Horrors, Terrors, Creepers, and Scary Stories A collection of spine-tingling horror and thriller tales for readers who wouldn’t think twice about strolling through a graveyard after midnight. If you love creepy horror stories collections with quick shocks and twist endings, this two-hour horror short story collection will leave you shaken and satisfied. Inside this psychological horror anthology of supernatural horror short reads, you’ll find: THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT: Charles likes to watch horror flicks by candlelight with ...

In every city, behind every locked door, and beneath every streetlight, something watches. Concrete Curses: Urban Legends Reimagined is a chilling anthology of 50 modern horror stories inspired by the myths that thrive in the cracks of civilization. From haunted subways and cursed elevators to viral digital rituals and forgotten city gods, these stories breathe new life—and death—into the legends we thought we outgrew. Each tale peels back the layers of ordinary life to reveal the supernatural truths lurking beneath. A phantom jogger keeps pace on empty streets. A live-streamed ritual ...