The Missing Step
A child counts an extra step outside his home, and his mother feels something yielding beneath it.
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Horror fictionThe Fence Beyond the Headlights
A driver finds a fence across a familiar road and hears teeth chattering beyond his headlights.
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Horror fictionThe Woman in My Usual Seat
A commuter finds an older-looking double in her usual bus seat, carrying the same coat and bag.
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Horror fictionThe Water in the Silo
A farmer checks water running inside an unused silo and hears his own words spoken ahead of him.
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Horror fictionThe Whistling at the Level Crossing
A voice saves a commuter at a railway crossing, but its familiar whistle begins following him home.
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Horror fictionThe Last Photo on the Roll
A secondhand camera's unfinished roll contains a photograph taken from inside the buyers' wardrobe.
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Horror fictionThe Voice in the Baby Monitor
A mother hears a stranger through an old baby monitor while her son smiles at an empty space.
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Horror fictionThe Meter Reading
A supposed meter reader asks private questions and carries a drawing of a home's upstairs landing.
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Horror fictionThe Empty Seat at the Auction
An auction bidder buys an oak chest, then feels as though the rival behind her has come along.
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Horror fictionThe Watch on the Beach
A broken watch found in wet sand keeps beeping just as nearby people and animals cry out.
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Horror fictionThe Coat in the Lift
A passenger notices something wrong with the man in a brown coat sharing her Warsaw lift.
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Horror fictionThe Man Who Waited for Our Fire
A silent stranger waits beyond a desert campfire and moves closer when the last glow goes out.
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Horror Fiction
Original horror fiction built around dread, suspense, psychological pressure and endings designed to stay with you after the story is over.
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Mysteries
Explore unexplained mysteries, strange disappearances and reality-bending reports that remain open to questions, competing explanations and new evidence.
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Paranormal
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