Stories Horror Novels & Stories

The campsite suddenly filled with a repugnant smell, like rotting flesh. Nathan leaped forward just as the creatures burst from the shadows. They were tall and bulky, twice the height of Nathan, with dangling arms, wide hands, thin bony fingers, vicious claws, and protruded fangs shining with poison. It was like seeing a vampire experience death over and over again, unwilling to die. I stared in horror, a blood lust and anger evident in their faces. I lost my balance, collapsing in panic. Everything became a bur. Junto was flung aside by one of the beast's pale hands. Then it dove after the Shape Shifter with jaws the size of a bear trap.

Some people even chose to leave because they couldn't bear to see what was happening anymore. Corrine walked into the building staggering, her mental state suddenly shaken by the horrific scene she had just witnessed. Luna, who was still trying to collect herself, reflexively helped Corrine walk. They sat down on a long bench in the corridor of the campus. They were completely shocked by what was happening, one thing was for sure that this was a shocking and terrible tragedy!

I stayed with Adley in her small living room, watching horror movies about creatures that didn’t exist in this world, until darkness smothered the outside world, peeking in through the sheer curtains that made their living room feel all too exposed. “Zombies always give me the creeps.” Adley shuddered, “There’s something so scary about coming back from the dead, having your face and limbs rot like that. Bleh, no thank you.” “I can’t be afraid of zombies, not when things like ghouls and Librarian’s exist.” I let out a hearty laugh, trying to imagine a hoard of zombies maneuvering through the forest at night.

The monsters coming out of the darkness around them were unlike anything Jo had ever seen before, and she’d been watching horror movies since she was a toddler--or thereabouts. Some of these things were conglomerations of mythical creatures--with heads and claws of one species and bodies of something completely different. Some had wings, others had horns where they shouldn’t be, and the one thing they all had in common was that they were trying to kill them. Or eat them alive.

I never realized how peaceful humans look when they are in the depths of deep slumber. Just by looking at one you would think all well within the world, and maybe it is but not in my world. As I watch Sky sleep I realize two things, one being that I have finally embraced the fact that I'm a nonhuman and the other is that for the first time in my life I am truly scared. For the last few days all I have been feeling this intense fear, gut wrenching fear that at any moment one of the demons after me would come and kill the love of my life. Hence why I have been watching him sleep and basically following him around for days now.

They had an extremely busy day but by evening, they were all finally together and complete. To say that Roy and Shirley were traumatized would be an understatement. In fact, everyone of them were scared out of their asses but most of all Mo. She could not forget the sinking feeling she had all day. The fact that she dreamt about the baby every night and would even see the next form of the demon told her that she had a big role to play in this sick fiasco.

“Yes, well, I can’t say I approve of all of his interests, but he’s always had an independent streak.” “He told me horror films are important because they let people work through their fears.” “That sounds like something he’d say,” she said. “And I suppose that could be true, although it seems to me you could say just as easily that they’re worthless because they revel in exploiting human depravity. Have you seen many of these films, Detective? They’re not only violent, they’re sadistic. Nothing but a parade of bodies being destroyed in every imaginable way. And they’re mostly women’s bodies. You don’t need to be a psychologist to see that they seem more like sick power fantasies than— I don

It’s a small start, but it’s a start. For research, we spend a Saturday night—a Saturday night that Bethany is not spending with Tim ‘the Soccer Coach’ Collins—watching Zombie’s movies. A little too close to torture porn, for my tastes, but Bethany seems to be eating it up like the orphan Oliver at an all you can eat buffet. I’ve always preferred the classic slasher films; Friday the Thirteenth, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween. Cut a guy’s head off with a machete. Drive a pitchfork through a couple in the midst of coital throes. Hack someone to pieces with a chainsaw. All that, I’m good with. Spend two hours torturing someone until they die? Not so much.

Xavier joked. "According to my grandfather, a month after the boy's death, students started missing. They were all found dead in the woods a week or two after. They dubbed the serial killer as Sunnyville Reaper. And, from what my grandfather told me, your parents are one of those kids who bullied him." The student said before leaving. Even Xavier who always care less about anything around him fell silent. He could never imagine that his mother would be involved in something so dark like that.

He said, grabbing my arm with his wet hand, "I just killed Stuart for her, and I'll be damned if I let me or Dave die for her too. Now tell me what's really going on!" I looked from his jabbing fingers, gripping my red flesh back to his face. I’d seen him angry before, too many times to count but there was more to it this time. Guilt. Fear. Grief. A cocktail of emotions that wouldn’t let my lame excuses slide, not this time. "She has nightmares," I spat, feeling my insides boil. "The hell she does!" "She has nightmares," I said again, "but not like you or me." He loosened his grip just enough to let me yank free. "So she see's stuff."