Best scary short stories is overflowing!

Big changes for storing your web pages

The number of ( best scary ) stories coming in has been growing quickly, and I needed to find a way to keep your many pages easily accessible. I will be re-arranging the stories by storing them according to the first word of their titles excluding 'The' when used as the first word. 'The Beast' would be stored under 'B' not 'T'.

The keywords Attic, Grave, Loch, Prison and Underworld will also help you to get to your stories quickly from your browser's location bar. For example, story titles starting with the letter 'L' will be found at www.short-stories-help-children.com/Loch.html Of course you can always just click the links below.

As a reminder... this site is a place where you can have your best works published. If you don't make a good effort to address spelling, grammar and punctuation, then why should I make an effort to make corrections. The better your writing, the quicker I can publish it and the sooner it can become one of the best scary short stories.

And I do not accept any profanity nor religious references, and that includes OMG! If I find ANY religious references, bad language, or content unsuitable for a child, I will reject the content. If you find any email me from here.

If you do a real fine job writing a scary story and find a picture that complements the story's idea or mood, I'll be happy to publish it and give it its own web page.

Rummage in the Attic for titles A through F

Step over the Grave for titles G through K

Dare to swim the Loch for titles L through O

Try escaping from Prison for titles P through T

Travel to the Underworld for titles U through Z


Click here for my short story categories

So get busy, but the story has to be good. Have a look around, plan and write your story, then come back here when you are ready.

Your spooky stories deserve their own web pages and you can get that job done right here.

You can upload your best work fast and, if it meets our simple quality standards, it will get its own web page so your friends and family can comment and vote on it, often the very same day.

Make it your best work... it could be on display. And when commenting on other stories, if you don't like a certain one, please be constructive, and leave the rude language behind.

Click below to see other scary stories from young writers like yourself...

Dead Man's Liver  Not rated yet
There was a boy called Johnny. He loved to eat chocolate and candies and sweets, and he was getting quite fat from it. His mother had decided to ban him ...

The Haunted Mirror  Not rated yet
I looked around the old, derelict building and recoiled. I checked my watch. It was already past midnight. Why had I even agreed to be here? Everything,...

Mary Shaw  Not rated yet
Beware the stare of Mary Shaw

She had no children only dolls

And if you see her in your dreams

make sure you never ever scream

For she is ...

Only One Wizard's Curse  Not rated yet
Adam had a very cold heart. He never cared about anyone. His actions also showed how cruel he was. Adam gambled and was a wanted thief. One day, he ...

The Haunted Song  Not rated yet
HOW MUCH HARM COULD ONE SONG DO TO YOU?

There once was a song that three people made up and were going to sing for a project at school. The songs name ...

The White House  Not rated yet
There was once an old house in the back of the woods. A mental woman lived there but one day a man came to take her to a mental institution. She escaped ...

The Mortition  Not rated yet
Once there was a 12 year old boy, named Jack. He was 5'11. His parents died in a fire, so he went with his uncle Lu who is a mortition. His Uncle was an ...

East side cemetery  Not rated yet
One night a girl went to the east part of sleepy hollow cemetery... no one went to the east part. No one at all.

Molly Morgan was a very strange girl,...

The Giggling Girls  Not rated yet
It was cloudy and spooky that day. Dried leaves lay all over the streets and lawns. You could see the moon approaching from behind the dead dry trees.

"The ...

The Engagement Ring  Not rated yet
One day a young man named Seth went to a jewelry store to buy his girlfriend, Leslie, an engagement ring. The salesman came up to him and asked, "Can I ...

The haunted barn  Not rated yet
My cousin's family lives on a large farm. Most of the land was inherited from their grandfather. One day I was spending the night and it was around 2:00 ...

Run, run as fast as you can.  Not rated yet
Once there was a newly married couple who moved into a new home in Virginia. Everyone said that the house was cursed with very bad luck, but the couple ...

Cursed Kid  Not rated yet
A little girl was at school for the first time she had moved so many times you lost count. No one knew anything about her, why she came, where she went ...

The Painter  Not rated yet
My friend came to visit me for few days, so I gave him a room whose windows would open to the main road. Across the main road just opposite to my building ...

Get out of the car!  Not rated yet
It was a late winters night. I was driving down a one way road. It was raining pretty hard and I couldn't hardly see what was in front of me. Therfore ...

Jenny...  Not rated yet
Jenny got tucked into bed one night by her mother. Her father was down stairs on the couch taking a nap. An hour after Jenny went to sleep she heard a ...

There is room for one more  Not rated yet
A business man had to go to New York on a business trip. Instead of staying at a hotel he decided to stay with old friends in their mansion outside of ...

Haunted House  Not rated yet
Two friends were walking on thir way to school..they came across a man putting a for sale sign outside this old house..they asked him why it was being ...

Phineas  Not rated yet
There was once a small motel in South Carolina. There lived Manny. Manny Shayne was a talented ventriloquist, and his main puppet was Phineas. Phineas ...

Something Is There  Not rated yet
it was a cold dark night and mary sat alone in her living room entranced by her book, before she could even turn to the next page a sreaching noise came ...

The Stalking Clown  Not rated yet
one day i was coming from school when i got a text message sayin "forward this chain letter or i will be stalking you all day until night comes" ..while ...

Harold  Not rated yet
When it got hot in the valley, Thomas and Alfred drove their cows up to a cool, green pasture in the mountains to graze. Usually they stayed there with ...

Fred  Not rated yet
A young boy name john, age 15 was working on his father's farm near the corn field. He was working on the farm for quite a while. It was getting dark and ...

Bad spirits  Not rated yet
So my friend and I were hanging out at my house during midnight. My parents were out eating dinner. My friend and I were watching the scariest movie ever....

The night he came to visit  Not rated yet
It was a Friday night and it was a rainy day. I had to take care of my two younger sisters Sammie and Janet. My parents decided to go to a party and they ...

Abandoned Library  Not rated yet
When I was in Year 6, several older girls from my old school went to an abandoned old library. They sat in a circle on the floor silently, placed a candle ...

The Sister  Not rated yet
There were two sisters named Jennifer and Sara. Sara was the youngest and Jennifer was the oldest. Jennifer had asthma. So she couldn't run a lot or be ...

The Sister  Not rated yet
There were two sisters named Jennifer and Sara. Sara was the youngest and Jennifer was the oldest. Jennifer had asthma. So she couldn't run a lot or be ...

The Photograph  Not rated yet
"Mum, what's that?" I used to ask my mum, holding a yellowed, aged photograph in my pudgy fingers.

"Oh! That's just an old family photograph, nothing ...

The Book  Not rated yet
I woke up with a jolt. Who put my alarm volume so high?. I went downstairs to have some cereal. As I poured the milk I asked myself, "do the majority of ...

The TV Screen  Not rated yet
It was late about 2:30am i was very tired but i had to stay up and watch this scary movie..and i sure hope this move is going to be good the movie was ...

Spider Attack   Not rated yet
"My name is Matthew Knight and yes I am a little scared at stuff, especially spiders". I was standing there looking like an idiot with everyone laughing ...

A Picture To Die For  Not rated yet
Joey had been scared to sleep alone his whole life. Even though he was now seven, he still whined to his mother about it. "You need to be a big boy Joey....

Bad Face Job  Not rated yet
Mia never liked the way she looked. Julie had been Mia's best friend her whole life, and she knew about Mia's insecurities. One day she found Mia looking ...

Why you shouldn't answer the phone  Not rated yet
OKay so my name is Heather Williams and my phone bill is alot. Anyway, heres a day I wish I didn't have a cellphone it starts with conservation with my ...

The Haunting Doll!  Not rated yet
Once upon a time my mom and I were looking for a present for my birthday and I was looking for something I might want when just then I saw the cutest little ...

A Sister's Love  Not rated yet
On a day as cold and gusty as any day, Kristina was very scared. It was World War 2 and her older sister had just been killed. She looked outside her house ...

The Sleep-over  Not rated yet
Sleep-overs are me and my friend's favorite activity. I haven't had one in a while, so I called one of my friends. "Gretta, why did you call?" My friend ...

Wrong Number  Not rated yet
It was once again Kate's birthday. She invited three girls to her party. Reece, Jackalyn, and Rebecca. They all could come. Kate began planning and plotting ...

Mark and Michelle  Not rated yet
Mark and Michelle are a young couple in love, living life to the max and happily married. Mark works as a fourth year apprentice carpenter and was soon ...

The bloody mouth  Not rated yet
Pete was a fifteen year old boy, he always wanted his first kiss but no matter how well he looked or how sweet he was he never liked any one of the girls ...

Never turn out the lights  Not rated yet
one night me and most of my friends watched the movie freddy vs jason i am sure you all have herd of it. we got so scared but it was fun all at the same ...

I'm coming up the stairs  Not rated yet
There was once a little eight year old girl named Tina. She was always afraid to go to sleep because some one had told her some scary stories and she was ...

I haunt my own dreams.  Not rated yet
There was a young girl called Macie and she was about 20. She had just moved in to this crummy estate flat. It was disgusting. Cockroaches everywhere, Mice ...

Hide and Seek  Not rated yet
Once upon a time there lived the Smith's, they just moved to this new house which was located right next to the lake Feber.

There were three children ...

The Red nose Clown  Not rated yet
One Saturday night, a guy and his girlfriend was chatting on the computer and seeing each other. “Hey, you want to see the pictures I took at the prom?...

The syringe  Not rated yet
One cold night in a hospital there was a young girl who had rabies. she also was horribly afraid of needles used for shots other whys known as syringes....

Mansion Mayhem  Not rated yet
As I steadily approached the abandoned mansion my mind was confounded because I couldn’t think clearly. I couldn’t think about anything at this moment ...

Kidnapped  Not rated yet
Jenny laughed along with her friends. She never knew she would end her life so early.

As she walked home, she felt like she was being watched. She ...

Ghost Town  Not rated yet
It said that the form was better suited for short stories... while the actual 'occurance' takes up little of the story, it doesn't quite take full effect ...

Beyond  Not rated yet
I stiffened as a chill ran through my spine. I bit my tongue and moved only my eyes, which were darting about the room. Something was in here. Some sort ...

Moving to Jordan  Not rated yet
"Look, Jordan." I squeezed my hands into his scrawny shoulders. "I'm moving, but I won't be far! I'll just be down the street!" Tears flooded from his ...

Scared for life  Not rated yet
Once there was a mom, and her daughter named Ashly who was 14, and a dog named Bella {who was a golden retriever} lived in a old house in the middle of ...

Diarys can be deadly  Not rated yet
It was a quiet afternoon in Hills ville. Amber was walking down an unfamiliar street. The neighbor hood was way to quiet. Amber could hear leaves crunching ...

The Clock Tower  Not rated yet
I was running as fast as i could to get inside the nearest building. I couldnt tell who was chasing me but right now it didnt matter. To me all that mattered ...

You kill, I kill  Not rated yet
It was a cold wet day, in the forest. I knew because I was alone there walking through the damp grass. The strings reached my waist and some almost reached ...

Fight For Life, Fight For Family  Not rated yet
My heart was racing. My hands were hurting. I was afraid. It was extremely dark outside and I was locked out of my home. It was hot and windy. My hair ...

The Bloody Bride and Groom  Not rated yet
One night, I was at home alone, just talking on the phone with my friend about school and stuff. I had just come upstairs from watching a scary movie and ...

Is this what you were talking about?  Not rated yet
Once there was two sisters named Sally and Molly.
Sally and Molly were complete opposites.

Sally was scared of everything and she never played tricks ...

Desiree  Not rated yet
Once there was this one six year old girl named Desiree. Even though her name was beautiful everyone at school laughed at her. And her home life wasn't ...

The Lost Soul  Not rated yet
The window ledge where she was sitting was white, with floral patterns around the outside. It had been there for a long time, for this was an old house....

Killer  Not rated yet
I was at a restaurant one night, just enjoying myself when my phone ring. I saw that it was from "Killer" and not recognizing the name, I answered it. It ...

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