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Best scary short stories is preparing for Halloween!

Use Best Scary only, to submit and vote on newer stories, otherwise, I have re-arranged older, rated, stories according to the first word of their titles, excluding 'The' when used as the first word.

For example, 'The Beast' would be stored under 'B' not 'T'. If the story has only one or two comments, I'll leave in Best Scary a little longer.

The keywords Attic, Grave, Loch, Prison and Underworld will also help you to get to the archived stories quickly from your browser's location bar.

For example, story titles starting with the letters 'L','M','N' and 'O' will be found as a group at www.short-stories-help-children.com/Loch.html Of course you can always just click the links below.

Rated stories go into these archive sections. These sections are not meant for your new scary submissions. Those need to go to Best Scary.

And remember, you can now upload up to 4 pictures for each story.

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.

I cannot believe how many kids are not using Ms Word or anything with a spell checker. Are you serious about writing or not?

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.

For the latest scary short stories and to submit new ones

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


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Don't forget to feed the dog "Twice!"  starstarstarstarstar
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A Bloody Night  starstarstarstarstar
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The Girl in the Window: Part 1  starstarstarstarstar
Run . . . RUN!!! I think. If he gets me I'll - I'll - it doesn't matter at this point! All that matters is that I have to get home.

I run round the ...

The thing  starstarstarstarstar
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It is trying to get in  starstarstarstarstar
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The locked Room  starstarstarstarstar
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My Scary China Doll Lucy  starstarstarstarstar
I was sitting in my room one day on my laptop, I had a little china doll named Lucy, I never played with her I thought she was too childish for me but ...

The Adventures of Harry: Ghosts? There's no such thing!  starstarstarstarstar
It was a rainy evening. Harry was lying on his bed, reading a book about Ghosts. He was not afraid of many things and the thing that kept him from being ...

Ring a Ring of Roses  starstarstarstarstar
There was nothing, just the dim lighting of the old oil lamps. Then he heard a voice, “ring a ring of roses, a pocket full of posies, a-tishoo, a-tishoo ...

The White House  starstarstarstarstar
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Pandora's Box  starstarstarstarstar
On a forgotten road in Virginia, there is a house, and in that house there is a room, and in that room there is a box, and in the box lies death waiting ...

Bad Face Job  starstarstarstarstar
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 ...

I haunt my own dreams.  starstarstarstarstar
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 ...

Never stay out late  starstarstarstarstar
"That's not funny!" Emma exclaimed to a boy in her class named Jeremy. Jeremy loved to scare Emma because he knew that Emma was the easiest girl to scare ...

Happy Halloween  starstarstarstarstar
"Agghhhh!" I said. I couldn't believe it. It was Halloween, for Pete's sake! What insane teacher gives an assignment on Halloween?

"You must finish ...

The Girl in the Window Part 2  starstarstarstarstar
"Hey, Maddy, did you hear about the ghost?"

Joanne yelled after Maddy as she walked to school. When she caught up, Maddy asked.
"What ghost?" She ...

The Face In The Mirror  starstarstarstarstar
One night I wasn’t feeling very good and I just couldn’t get to sleep. I think the reason that I couldn’t get to sleep was because I had watched two Michael ...

A Cool Breeze  starstarstarstarstar
I was sitting alone in my backyard. It was dark and cloudy, but I had accidentally locked myself out of the house, and I now needed to wait for my mom ...

Megan  starstarstarstarstar
One day my friends and I decided to resurrect our deceased friend Megan. A year ago, Megan was walking down the street when a drunk driver came out of ...

The Wind  starstarstarstarstar
My name is Amy i'm about to turn 14 years old . One day i was walking home from middle school all alone and i heard "Come closer" it was coming from the ...

Dreams can be real  starstarstarstarstar
One night, when my mum was young, she had a dream. In her dream she was in her room and she could hear a crackling sound, one like an oil heater warming ...

Next  starstarstarstarstar
"Aaah." I breathed in that 'New Apartment Smell' as I set down my suitcase. I had finally brought all my stuff over to this tiny, one-person-sized apartment ...

Dateline 2008  starstarstarstarstar
It has been three weeks since the Palm Berry Fair. It was such a popular fair, everyone in the town would go. Even some people who lived in New South Wales,...

The Game  starstarstarstarstar
Emma was on holiday in Florida, she was wealthy and so was staying in a 5-star-hotel. Her hotel room was glamorous, with a plasma TV built into the wall....

The Stalking Clown  starstarstarstarstar
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 ...

The night he came to visit  starstarstarstarstar
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  starstarstarstarstar
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 Book  starstarstarstarstar
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 syringe  starstarstarstarstar
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....

Kidnapped  starstarstarstarstar
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 ...

Voodoo Dolls  starstarstarstarstar
There was this man who made voodoo dolls and threw them in the ocean in an effort to drown people. My uncle collected those dolls and when he got twelve ...

Room 616  starstarstarstarstar
A couple wanted to take a vacation one day. They decided to go to a beautiful hotel called the Blacksmith Hotel. When they got to their hotel room the ...

Phone call  starstarstarstarstar
Molly was talking to her friend Tilly on her phone and then she got cut off and a voice on the phone said "I will kill you" and she put the phone down ...

What man  starstarstarstar
Jess invited two friends Claudia and Trish. They came around 7:00 PM. "You know what we should do?" asked Trish. "I don't know what should we do?" asked ...

Nightmares on the run.  starstarstarstar
One night Sophie was trying to get to sleep but she couldn't. She kept trying and trying and trying but she just couldn't get to sleep at all. Eventually ...

Accident  starstarstarstar
Sometimes, at night, I can still see them. Those two kids, with their haunting blue eyes and their ragged clothes and twisted expressions. They visit me ...

La Llorona (the weeping one)  starstarstarstar
La llorona is an old myth about a woman that makes a mistake. It has been retold many times before. This is how I think it goes.

A long time ago there ...

Clown Doll  starstarstarstar
Once upon a time there was a little girl who never smiled or had never been happy. Her parents try to make her happy but it never works. Then one day, the ...

The Doll  starstarstarstar
There was this girl named anna. one day anna and her mom went shopping. Anna saw a doll holding up 2 fingers. mommy mommy can i get this doll? Anna asked....

The not-so-perfect birthday  starstarstarstar
A little girl named Katrina (5 yrs old) who had a very poor family was always alone and shy. On her 6th birthday her parents decided this had to end so ...

Love, Nana  starstarstarstar
Anna-Lynn Hopkins hummed a tune to herself as she sifted through the daily mail, checking the names on each envelope before throwing them into another ...

The Girl in the Closet  starstarstarstar
Once, a kid named Fred and his family moved to a little house in San Antonio Texas. He thought it was kinda creepy, but just ignored it. When he went inside ...

Phineas  starstarstarstar
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 ...

The Sleep-over  starstarstarstar
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 ...

The Red nose Clown  starstarstarstar
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 Clip Clip Slide   starstarstarstar
One evening in a small town a young girl, about 12, was spotted running home suspiciously. A policeman saw her, stopped the car and rolled down his window....

The lighthouse keeper  starstarstarstar
Old legend has it that a lighthouse in Florida, USA has a keeper spirit that roams it with a knife and bucket. I didn't believe it, until the night I went ...

Hi my name is Baby Blue   starstarstarstar
"Truth, dare, double dare, kiss, command or promise?" Katie asked Lydia. The girls had been playing the game for a while and it had started getting boring....

Chicken little nightmare  starstarstarstar
My friend Christie and I are in the 7th grade. We had a friend whose name was Edward but we called him Chicken Little because of his hair and his face ...

The Phantom Clown  starstarstarstar
One day a long time ago this little girl named Amy had just broken her favourite doll. She was crying for days until finally her mother took her to this ...

Cell  starstarstarstar
Here I am. This place. This prison. Body and soul trapped behind the cold of steel and iron. Darkness. No one is out there. They give me food. I see no ...

My babysitting night  starstarstarstar
It was any ordinary night. I decided to babysit for the Anderson's. This wasn't anything different from any other weekend being as I babysat every weekend....

Mommy's Skin  starstarstarstar
"Daddy" the little girl whispered softly as she tapped her father on his shoulder. It was midnight and the little girl had just awoken from a nightmare....

The Painter  starstarstarstar
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 ...

The Voice  starstarstarstar
Robin was a normal twelve year old who lived an ordinary life. Except when she tried to sleep. Around ten o'clock every night a voice would ask: "Robin,...

Spider Attack   starstarstarstar
"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 ...

Ghost Town  starstarstarstar
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 ...

Scared for life  starstarstarstar
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 ...

The Jealous Piano  starstarstar
I wasn't that bothered about playing an instrument but then at school, it became compulsory for every teen to play one. I signed up for the piano because ...

A Killer Gets a Life  starstarstar
He will return to his cell. The door will shut, his small cage will darken. He will lie down and try to rest, desperately trying to block out the reality ...

The Vampire In the Attic  starstarstar
One dark night Amy and Amanda were having a sleepover. They were watching movies downstairs when the tv went off. They screamed and hurried off upstairs ...

Be Careful What you Wish for  starstarstar
One morning, I woke up. Don?t ask me who I was, it was just the only name I could think of to call myself as I could not remember my name, my age, my ...

The Dime  starstarstar
Delany McTavish was a girl from a poor family. Her parents were unemployed, and she had the responsibility of supporting her family whenever she had the ...

The mad man in the dark   starstarstar
It was one dark night, and the darkness was like a big sheet of black silk hanging over Northrepps, the snow fell like raindrops above the night’s sky....

Cursed Kid  starstarstar
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 Hotel  starstarstar
My friend and I laughed giddily, unable to help ourselves, while clutching our heads. We were seven and we had just ding-dong-ditched someone in the hotel....

Jenny...  starstarstar
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 ...

I Can't Find You...  starstarstar
Once, there was a man who had a wife. They often fought, so one day, the man decided to murder his wife. They lived in an apartment building, so he pushed ...

The bloody mouth  starstarstar
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 ...

Goodbye  starstarstar
"Wow. This place looks ancient." Jessica commented as we walked further into the huge, Victorian house. My heart pounded in my throat as I heard the old ...

The Thing  starstarstar
There was once a girl that was 16 turning 17 soon. She and her friend decided to go on a double date together. She wanted to go someplace thrilling and ...

The Stranger in the Woods  starstarstar
After being incarcerated for 17 years, Tommie Carpenter, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was locked ...

My new home in the country  starstarstar
Mary Grace was a happy 6 year old girl. She moved to a farm house isolated in Alabama with her parents. Her parents had always dreamed of having a farm ...

Sleep Walking  starstarstar
"She kissed the prince and..."

"David lights out!"

"OK Mum." David closed his book and turned off his night-light. He fell asleep dreaming of love,...

Runaway Glasses  starstarstar
My friend just got a new house and had a house-warming party. He invited all my friends. We bought him a great telescope. We brought it outside to go check ...

The Haunting In West Cove  starstarstar
There once was a boy named, Matt, and his friend Alex. Alex and Matt were best friends and they lived down the street from each other, in a small town....

The boy with one eye  starstarstar
Jamie was a nice young boy who lived in a mansion with his parents in the south of England. Jamie had long, dark brown hair, eyes as blue as the sea and ...

The Killer Outside Cabin 201  starstarstar
A whole summer at Camp Wanaknocka! A whole summer full of nothing but greasy camp food, friends, sports, campfire songs, and late nights with my four best ...

Why you shouldn't answer the phone  starstarstar
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 ...

Friday the 13th   starstarstar
It was a horrible morning, wet windy and almost dark. I looked at the calender and realised why. it was Friday 13th, not a great day for me, its the anniversary ...

The Television  starstarstar
Once was a small family upon Darren Road. A mother and her daughter. The father was killed in the Korean War. The girl was frightened when she heard the ...

Get Out Of Here !!!  starstar
Once apon a time, there was a man. His name was David he was driving home one night it was raining & Windy all of a sudden his car stopped "Aw shocks my ...

Killer clown attacks  starstar
Once there was a nice home near the woods. A family of four bought it and then, after the long move, the parents decided to take a little break and go ...

Murder in the Motel  starstar
There was a couple on a road trip 2 Peter Bourogh on the outside of Adelaide. While they were driving they turned on the radio. About half an hour later ...

Only One Wizard's Curse  starstar
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 ...

Terror Town  starstar
They say starting a new life is never easy. Well today i test that theory. You see just last week there was a terrible accident while i was at a friends ...

The haunted barn  starstar
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 ...

Stormy Night   starstar
One night it was dripping rain like never before. Boy was I scared of the thunder and lightning happening outside. What made it even more scary is there ...

Unknown Predator  starstar
"Just two days before your sweet sixteen, Molly is your father going to throw a big party" said my best friend Jessica.

"No, he says we need the money ...

Mark and Michelle  starstar
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 ...

Welcome to Hell  starstar
Not so long ago a man who was making a cross country trip was driving through a deserted part of Texas when he got a flat tire, he got out of his car and ...

You kill, I kill  starstar
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 ...

The Puzzle  starstar
One day when I was home alone a parcel was left at the door. I opened it and there was a box. Inside there were puzzle pieces. I didn't think much of it ...

Molly's Doll  starstar
One day Molly was at a toy store and she saw a cute pullstring doll and she absolutely loved it so she decided to buy it, but the clerk warned her of the ...

Kiss of death  starstar
This is about a girl named Sara. She lived a scary and sad past. All her friends have died strange and Violent deaths. She still cries about it in bed....

Alice  star
Once there was a girl named Alice she was 12 years old and went to school like every one else , she had a black ribbon tied around her neck , it was tight ...

There is room for one more  star
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 ...

A Sister's Love  star
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 ...

Mansion Mayhem  star
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 ...

The Aswang  star
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Suddenly,...

The Childrens Campfire  Not rated yet
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Haunted Mansion   Not rated yet
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Cleverly disguised   Not rated yet
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Sweetheart, don't run away  Not rated yet
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China dolls from hell  Not rated yet
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The Ferris Wheel  Not rated yet
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Waiting   Not rated yet
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Seven Days  Not rated yet
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The Miner  Not rated yet
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Floating heart  Not rated yet
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Sweet and candy  Not rated yet
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Halloween  Not rated yet
"Agghhhh!" I said. I couldn't believe it. It was Halloween, for Pete's sake! What insane teacher gives an assignment on Halloween?

"You must finish ...

Don't turn on the lights  Not rated yet
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The fallen  Not rated yet
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If these walls could bleed  Not rated yet
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Roseanna  Not rated yet
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The Man Eating Gingerbread Men  Not rated yet
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The Horrors of the Mind   Not rated yet
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The Fear of Going Home  Not rated yet
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Zombie Time  Not rated yet
I looked around me, more than a little confused. I didn’t understand at all what was happening to the world. I’d woken up as normal that morning, but that ...

The Haunted Leprechaun  Not rated yet
Once upon a time there was a leprechaun named "Gary" that no one knew about. He had never told anyone his name or how old he was or if he had any family....

Grandma is Coming to Stay  Not rated yet
Sam and her friend sat in the living room. They were chatting about their boyfriends. The door bell rang. Judy (which is one of Sam's friends) came to ...

Who was it?  Not rated yet
He woke up in the middle of the night to find himself in total darkness. He didn't know why he woke up. He looked at his clock radio. 3:00 AM it said. He ...

The Church  Not rated yet
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Three Best Friends  Not rated yet
One day there were three best friends walking to school together. One of the best friends noticed a women next to the river washing close. The girl decided ...

Just Me And You  Not rated yet
I sat on the chair thinking what it would be like to go into a place called Candy Land. "Wake up Julie!" Ms Tulips shouted.

Everyone laughed at me....

Uninvited Night Ghoul  Not rated yet
"Knock, knock, Knock."

"Someone's knocking? At this hour?? Robert thought to himself. He took a quick look at his digital clock, ?it's 2:51 AM, the ...

The Nightmare  Not rated yet
Once a girl called Emily moved to a new house in a very strange place. Her parents had told her that people say it is haunted but they just said " There ...

Knock Knock  Not rated yet
As their mother was leaving, she they told her children not to open the door under any circumstances. If anyone knocks, don’t answer it, she told them....

Long Finger  Not rated yet
Long ago, in the woods, there was a witch named Long Finger. All of the people in the area lived in fear of this evil witch. She was 40 feet tall and had ...

Lake George  Not rated yet
I come from Canberra, the capital of Australia. Just out of Canberra, on the way to Sydney, there's a huge lake, called "Lake George."

These days, as ...

Mudder  Not rated yet
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Anna's Revenge  Not rated yet
There once was a boy and a girl. Their names were Tim and Anna and they were also brother and sister. Their parents wanted to buy them presents to see ...

The Fog In The Bathroom  Not rated yet
I felt something cold in bed one night but there was nothing there but my blankets. I felt it again then I heard a moan coming from the bathroom. I ran ...

Having No Brain Will Get You Killed  Not rated yet
There was this old abandoned farm house surrounded by a cornfield at the end of my road, it was the hang out spot for all the teenagers, I didn't know ...

Fog lights and dark frights  Not rated yet
It's no surprise a girl fresh out of her second year of college would want to move out from her parents basement. The surprise would be that this particular ...

The big toe  Not rated yet
One day a boy found a toe in the ground and tried to pull it out. When the boy finally got the toe out of the ground it came off in his hand and the boy ...

My Auntie's House   Not rated yet
One day my mom came into my room and told me we are going to your auntie's house. I got so excited I haven't seen her in 3 years. On our way there there ...

What's Your Answer?  Not rated yet
The residents of Spageni Lane were used to it by now. It was almost a 'been there done that got the tee-shirt' kind of thing. It happened every 13 months,...

Green eyed lady  Not rated yet
A long time ago, in 1920 my great grandma was traveling along when her coach stopped to a thudding and a sudden jolt. Now, her coachman told her to stay ...

Sally Doll  Not rated yet
Once apon a time there was a girl called Meavbh. She loved getting presents. her favourit present is a doll. She loved Raggy dolls, Barbie dolls & Brats ...

The Demon Knife  Not rated yet
There once was a girl, everyone wondered about, she was seen every day in the woods by other villagers. They chose not to disturb her in case it was some ...

My Best Friend is Dead  Not rated yet
Hi my name is Alexandra and I'm 14 years old. I was walking with my best friend Bree around our street at Chestnut Glendale at California.

Bree had ...

The Ghost of Billy Martinez  Not rated yet
One stormy night a man had drove his car near San Fernando Valley Los Angeles, California at 3:00 June 17 in the morning. It was raining really hard that ...

A Really Scary Story  Not rated yet
It was almost midnight when I saw the first signs of paranormal activity in my house. I was sitting in my gramma?s rocking chair, glued to this book, Which ...

Mirror, mirror  Not rated yet
There was once a girl named Poppie Dawson, and she would always wear loads of make up and spend most of her time looking in the mirror.

One day, after ...

Deadly Sin   Not rated yet
One dark night Mind decided to go into the attic of her house and she was told by her parents not to go into the attic but she did anywhy she wanted to ...

Scream  Not rated yet
"HELP!!" A voice in the distance screamed. I ran to the house. It was behind me i knew it. Don't scream i told my self. But if i didn't scream no one would ...

The Stalker  Not rated yet
Once upon a time a girl named Sarah was walking home from school. Her long blond hair blew behind her. She was in high school, and she was what every one ...

Vacant  Not rated yet
Growing up in a family of boys,I was never really scared of silly little things,at the age of 13 i was going to our other farm to stay in a little house....

Black Box  Not rated yet
There was one couple who had a baby. The father wanted to name the baby Nicholas. The mother wanted to name him Jack. They had a big argument because of ...

The Doll  Not rated yet
There was a girl who had a precious glass doll collection. One day, her mom took her to the store. She saw the most beautiful doll. It had skin of white,...

Babysitter Blues  Not rated yet
There was once a young babysitter. She was babysitting two children. The babysitter turned on the local news and started to watch. Then there was a huge ...

Lollypops  Not rated yet
Two parents were about to go out for the first time since they had had twins, so they hired a first time baby sitter. Once the parents had left the baby ...

A object in the sky  Not rated yet
I quickly ran outside to see the birds. They were gorgeous. That is when i relized something in the sky. I thought it was a plane but, it was to small....

The tree (part two)  Not rated yet
After my dad's funeral I asked my mom if she had cut down the tree that was in our back yard. She told me that there was never a tree in our back yard....

The Tree  Not rated yet
It was July 27, 2004. My parents decided that we were moving to New York,City. When we got to our new home, a strange looking tree stood in my back yard....

Sleep walking  Not rated yet
When I woke up this morning I felt as tired as an Olympic athlete, but I still went outside to get the paper for dad. I only read the headline and it said:...

A big wet stain  Not rated yet
"Hey! Hey, hey, hey!" Robert Paladino just managed to miss the girl standing on the street as he swerved sharply to the left on Ridgedale Road. His heart ...

Vantos  Not rated yet
You may have heard stories about vampires, witches, even ghosts. But you're about to hear a story you'll never forget.

1986, my parents had died. My ...

The crying  Not rated yet
One night, there was a group of girls and their names are Shala, Kathy, Emiley, and Mary-Ann. Those girls were very bored and they did every thing they ...

The Cat Eyes  Not rated yet
Billy's Parents were going on a vacation without him. They told him he had to stay with Mrs. Guttierez down the street. "No please! I wont get in your ...

Blinker  Not rated yet
Once upon a time a family of three moved into a large, old house on the outskirts of the city. The Jensen’s had moved as the mother was expecting a baby....

Locked in the Basement  Not rated yet
One night Serena and Kenya decided to call Jakob to come over to their house. (Serena and Kenya are sisters, Jakob is their cousin.) So when Jakob came ...

Hung Dead  Not rated yet
There was once a family called the Smiths. Michael was the only child in the Smiths family with his two parents.

The Smiths had just moved to a new ...

The New Girl  Not rated yet
There was a girl named Liza. She was about 10 years old. She hated dolls and everyone knew it. Well it was close to Christmas and they were doing the Secret ...

Skeleton man  Not rated yet
I moved from montana to wisconsin. i dont know wisconsin really well and the house is very eerie and strange. i woke up and went 2 school. then my mom ...

Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?  Not rated yet
Crystal and Jen were roomates. Also best friends. Jen wanted to be a journalist and Crystal wanted to be a model. They were very different but that somehow ...

The Apple Tree  Not rated yet
Once there was a family who had moved to a new house. They had a little girl named Emily who was just five years old. She really, really loved apples ...

The Bride  Not rated yet
The Minister's daughter had just been married. After the wedding ceremony there was a great feast, with music and dancing and contests and games. Even ...

I lived  Not rated yet
I had just finished the laundry and decided to pack it up for the night so i locked all the doors and windows and got into bed. There was a dripping noise ...

Flower Park  Not rated yet
I was getting ready to close my window when my mum called me so I did not really close my window well. Anyway I went down to my mum and she asked me to ...

Little Emma  Not rated yet
There was a young girl called Sally, and it was her birthday. Her nan had bought her a gorgeous little doll.

"Here Sally, I bought her off an old friend....

Johnny  Not rated yet
Once there was a boy named Johnny. Johnny had a little sister, Abiline. One day, Johnny's mother wanted him to go down to the butchers and buy a liver....

The End  Not rated yet
Hiding Under My Bed I Felt As If It Was All Over, Like My Life Had No Meaning. I Wanted To Scream, Just To Unleash This Big Pain In My Chest, What Is Going ...

Death to us part! part 1  Not rated yet
The wind howled, and the rain fell heavy on my head while I ran. It was supposed to be the best day of my life. But it had gotten ruined by one man. Edward ...

The Maniac  Not rated yet
One night a girl named Janet stayed home alone. Her parents were out on a well deserved dinner, so they stuck her at the house while they went to go have ...

My Bloody Bath  Not rated yet
Tiffany was finishing up homework in her room when she got a text on her cell phone. She didn't recognize the number, but the text said "Take a bath and ...

Harold Dumbar  Not rated yet
Harold Dumbar, is an old 82 year old man that lives in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nothing but woods. He does have one neighbor though, Richard ...

Death glows  Not rated yet
They say it's haunted, the old forest. I should know.

A man, who I found out later was called Jerry, was staying there for 2 nights. The first night,...

Kisses to Ashes  Not rated yet
The only one care Sarah had was finishing her homework. Her little sister was there because her parents had to go out of town on a job in North Carolina ...

The Man On Facebook.  Not rated yet
Jane And Georgia Where 2 Best Friends And Georgia Was Sleeping At Janes House And Janes Mum Had Popped Out To The Supper Market. They Where Alone In The ...

The silent meat  Not rated yet
Gemma and Alice had studied German, French and Chinese at university. They took themselves off on a vacation to relax for a while and then Gemma asked ...

Little baby  Not rated yet
it was a beutiful sunday morning and today we were moving into our new house. while i was exploring the house i realised something was really strange, there ...

Mysterious Death  Not rated yet
Around midnight, two loved ones were driving home in a car from their honeymoon. They got lost so they ended up in a deserted road with no cars or houses....

The Sewer Maggot  Not rated yet
My hands were trembling. It was there. Right in front of me. Again. The 5 foot tall Sewer Maggot.

Then I woke up. Oh my gosh it was only a dream? It ...

Obsessed With Candy  Not rated yet
A legend about a boy named Danny who was obsessed with candy. Everyday Danny would buy candy at the corner shop before and after school. He couldn't resist ...

Attack  Not rated yet
My fantasy dream was broken by the sound of rustling outside. My eyes shot open and I saw a huge shadow loom over my tent. I sat, trembling with fear, and ...

The Truth Hurts  Not rated yet
Bessy was walking down the crowded hallway towards her homeroom. She couldn't help looking over her shoulder to see several girls pointing at her and giggling....

Summerwind!  Not rated yet
One night three girls were having a slumber party! The girls names were Kimberly, Rosie, and Mariella. When their parents went to bed they started telling ...

Weird but scary and true  Not rated yet
One day an 11 year old girl, was walking home from our school. She lives near a different school. So as she walked past it, a man in a dark beat up green ...

The Picture  Not rated yet
Once a girl named Anable was at one of her photo shoots and the lady taking her picture was an older woman. Anable never really liked this woman. One ...

My Professor in Sorcery  Not rated yet
It's medieval age and the people in the town here at Dardana seem to be very busy, until we heard a noisy sound of drums and trumpets. All the people went ...

The Perfect Child  Not rated yet
There once was a girl named Jillian. She was seven years old and she has had a great life. But this is a story of how her life came to an end.

Jillian ...

Hands in the Walls  Not rated yet
Momma says there aren't any darn hands in the walls, but they don't grab at her, no sirree! Only when Momma leaves and I'm all alone, that's when they ...

Powdered Hands  Not rated yet
Two kids named jonathan & jerry where riding there bikes back home from skool but that day they stayed for caps.

On there way back it started to get ...

The Light  Not rated yet
A girl called Abbie lived in a dorm room with her friend Ellie . Abbie wonted to go out to a party that night down the road with her boyfriend but her ...

Mary  Not rated yet
Mary just got back from school. It had been a long day and she was hoping perhaps when she get home she could lay down and rest. But however things doesn'...

The Unwelcomed Visiter  Not rated yet
One stormy night a man staggerd along side the road, he wanted some place to rest until morning his car broke down a couple of miles.

Several minutes ...

The Floating Body  Not rated yet
The rain battered against the windows of Terry's cottage. She lived in a small town called Wooler about 200 years ago when there was only horse drawn carts ...

Barbie came BACK!  Not rated yet
Jenna, my sister, had trouble with the Life Sized Barbie and gave it to my Aunt Dakota.

So one night we all spent the night at Dakota's. We were painting ...

A Blue Screen (R.I.P)  Not rated yet
One day there were two sisters, Laury and Sandy. They were home alone one Saturday night, talking on the computer to their friends.

All of a sudden ...

Scream from the Darkness  Not rated yet
Swish, swish, swish. I stood up and rubbed my wet hands together. It was midnight. I had been just about to go to bed when I heard a whirring noise. It ...

Haunted McDonalds  Not rated yet
It was our last day for first term and a few mates and I planned on going to Clifton Hill McDonald's. One of my mates brought a bike but to get there.

We ...

The House that Creeps  Not rated yet
There is a little town with a small population of people living in it. The town is a close knit community where everyone gets along and people are pleasant ...

The Clown  Not rated yet
A mother and her child went to a supermarket one day. The mother had never had any intentions of having a kid, let alone a little girl that she would have ...

What happens at Nanas stays at Nanas.  Not rated yet
Have you ever heard the phrase what happens at Nanas stays at Nanas but what happend to me didn't!

I awoke on one fine holiday morning. Not quite the ...

Haunting of Harlands Hospital  Not rated yet
Jake walked into the rusty old Harlands Hospital. Paint was chipped off of every metal wall, and rust snarled at you on every corner. The building was ...

Melody  Not rated yet
There was a girl named Melody that had died in the very spot I was standing on. She had died in 1875 and was only 7 years old.

No one knows what happened ...

Rubbish  Not rated yet
The girls from class 9B carried on walking. No-one spoke. It was dark. The finger-like branches of the over hanging trees cast eerie shadows along the ...

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 ...

Story of a Famous Girl  Not rated yet
"Madison- what have you done with your hair?"

"Madison- what's the story of your life?"

"Madison- what type of clothes do you wear?"

All my ...

The Hunt  Not rated yet
It wasn't like me to kill an innocent animal. Even though I loved this animal, I killed it. If you just listen, you may hear why.

It happened on any ...

The Cannibal   Not rated yet
Once there were two friends named Matthew and Nick. They were walking back in the woods one afternoon. They heard a twig snap and turned around frightened....

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 ...

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 ...

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 Haunted Mansion  Not rated yet
There was a family of 7 who lived together in a house. A mom, dad, 2 daughters, and 2 sons. The daughters and sons were 6 at this time. As the kids were ...

The Jack-In-The-Box  Not rated yet
Once there was a toymaker. His name was Jack. He made puppets, dolls, and teddy bears. One day, Jack decided it was time for a slight change. He was going ...

The Beast Of The Woods  Not rated yet
There was once a boy named Michael Grone who lived in a cabin in the woods. Michael has lived in the woods his whole life. He was even born in the woods....

The Abandoned Children and the Wolves  Not rated yet
One day in a little town just away from Brisbane, two people lived called Samantha and Peter. They weren’t wealthy people, and lived in a small farm house ...

The seven drawers  Not rated yet
On one Sunday night it was the first offical week that my friend's grand parents had moved into there new house. In the house there were seven drawers ...

Werewolves  Not rated yet
One dark night, in the woods, there was a girl, Maddie, and a boy, Aaron. They wanted to go some place where they could be alone. Maddie wanted to go some ...

Demons in my head  Not rated yet
'll start with my 1st encounter with an actual ghost figure. It was late, about two or three A.M. I woke up and went down the hall for a glass of water....

A Drop of Johnny's Blood  Not rated yet
There was a boy named Johnny and a girl named Sally. They have been going out for 1 year and it was their monthly anniversary. To celebrate, they were ...

Hanging 'round with you  Not rated yet
Nonchalantly, I was running towards each house gathering candy, or trick-or-treating. Originally, I wanted to go pranking with my big sister Susanne. She ...

Mandy  Not rated yet
There was a girl called Mandy who lived with her parents and her brother. Mandy was 9 years old and it was soon her 10th bithday.

The day before Mandy´...

The House of Eliza Crane  Not rated yet
In the late 1960's Brooklindale was a rural community, right on the Catawba river. The town was well known for its hospitality to oncoming strangers. It ...

Good Bye (another)  Not rated yet
It was another cold November night and an old woman's husband got called in because of a horrible car accident and they needed assistance. Without even ...

Happy Cheering  Not rated yet
"Are you going to cheer practice tonight Savannah?" Brandi asked me. "Yes, my mom has to stay at work til 9." I said.

Brandi and I met each other at ...

Open Season  Not rated yet
Bang! Blood sprayed from the deer's head as the bullet made contact. The glassy-eyed buck teetered and then collapsed. "Perfect Shot" Roger congratulated ...

Troll in the tree  Not rated yet
There was a forest behind my house in a neighbourhood in Missouri. In those woods there was a hollowed out tree with a door on it. And in front of that ...

Old chest  Not rated yet
A few months ago, my family moved into a new house. We've heard a lot of rumours about our new house...Scary rumours.

One night my aunt and uncle were ...

The fog at the riverside  Not rated yet
It was a night like any other night, peaceful and quiet until you add the party crashers and crazy traffic. A man was walking home it was along the road ...

Mute  Not rated yet
"It's going to be OK grandma." I kept repeating to her as she laid in the back of the ambulance crying. As we drove off I just stared at my neighbor Mike'...

The Happy Couple  Not rated yet
There was once a beautiful girl and a handsome man who loved each other dearly. One evening, just after they had married, they were driving home in their ...

One time and one time only  Not rated yet
It was dark and the sky seemed to be gray as I looked it seemed something or some one was out there so I took a look. There was an old lady saying over ...

Giant Snake at Camp Fun  Not rated yet
Every year my parents say its the greatest camp on earth, and that they have been there a thousand times. Camp Fun, it's so fun. There are no bugs or snakes....

Moonlight Manor  Not rated yet
It was getting dark. John was lost, he regretted taking that shortcut. He was running as fast as he could through the wild forest. Every so often he would ...



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