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Read the best short stories online by short story writers of all ages from around the world,
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
Cogs in the Demon Machine By Dreyri Aldranaris

I had a nightmare. It was one of the most terrifying dreams I've ever had. I wrote it down almost as soon as I woke up. It features monsters and analogies and a city.

The Hooded Man. By Stephen Pearmine

A woman hears something in her garden late at night.

The Cursed Mirror part 2 By Rachel

Continuing part 1 of the cursed mirror... What will happen next?

MONSTER HUNTING By BEN BROWN

A hunter goes into a forest to hunt a monster. What monster is it? Does the hunter become the hunted?

The Cursed Mirror (Ages 13 and up) By Rachel

Meridian and Joseph found their dead Mother's handheld mirror. It look innocent indeed. But is it really that innocent?

Grassland By Luna

A bit of an experimentation:)

GHOST HOUND By BEN BROWN

A man gets hunted by a ghost dog.

The devil in disguise By Bunny

A horror psychological mystery

Unwanted Guest By Lily

Horror/Mystery

Repentant magician By WALID

The story revolves around a repentant magician who inherited magic from his father

Salt Water By Dreyri Aldranaris

A young woman is drowning in the beauty of the ocean. It only gets worse from there. Until it doesn't.

George Haint: An Unusual Ghost Story By Marta Moran-Bishop

This story was origionally begun by my sister before she passed away. I finished it, knowing a bit of how she wanted it to end.

"The Haunting Of Professor Blackwood" By Joshua Swinney

A story of a professor mixing in the wrong things

The Shadows of Hollow Grove By Autumn Swinney

A Halloween Tale

Gilded Deception By Autumn Swinney

A girl stumbles across a dark secret about her father

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