Modern Horror

Some truths hide in plain sight. Others whisper from locked doors, static-filled frequencies, and pages that were never printed. Things I Wasn’t Supposed to Know is a haunting anthology of modern supernatural horror—each story a first-person account of knowledge that should’ve stayed buried. From cursed livestreams to echoing tunnels, from unlisted hospital wings to languages that think back, this collection explores what happens when the veil of reality wears thin… and you peer through. They warned you not to look. You did anyway. And now it knows your name.

The past isn’t buried. It’s evolving. When Lux Branson is invited to a top-secret archaeological site in Eastern Europe, she expects ancient bones—not living, breathing relics of prehistory. A startling discovery has been made deep in an underground cave system: signs that Neanderthals may not be extinct after all. But these aren’t the primitive people history remembers. They’re stronger. Smarter. And they’ve survived in isolation for thousands of years. As Lux and her team navigate the maze-like tunnels, they find themselves caught between scientific curiosity and a growing ...

Ten stories. One thin line between what happened—and what followed you home. Near Enough to Kill Me is a chilling collection of first-person supernatural encounters that feel too real to dismiss—but just strange enough to doubt. Told with confessional honesty and raw psychological detail, each tale slips quietly from reality into something far darker. From haunted motel rooms and vanishing children to phone calls from the dead and the thing that waits beneath your bed, these “true-ish” stories draw from urban legends, addiction recovery, liminal horror, and the quiet dread of being ...

After thirty-four years in the same weatherworn farmhouse on Dagger Lane, Tommy Hearst thought he knew every creak and whisper the old place could conjure. But when he uncovers a rotting corpse sealed behind wallpaper and hears his dead mother's voice carved into mirrors, he realizes the house isn't haunted—it's alive. As the walls breathe and whisper secrets long buried, Tommy is pulled into a horrifying family legacy—one bound in blood, sealed with silence, and broken by his very birth. Something ancient stirs beneath the floorboards. Something that has been waiting. Watching. ...

On a secluded bluff overlooking the ocean sits a Victorian house, lavender with gingerbread trim, a home that contains a century’s worth of secrets. By the time Jane Flanagan discovers the house as a teenager, it has long been abandoned. The place is an irresistible mystery to Jane. There are still clothes in the closets, marbles rolling across the floors, and dishes in the cupboards, even though no one has set foot there in decades. The house becomes a hideaway for Jane, a place to escape her volatile mother.

Prepare to lose sleep with this chilling collection of modern horror stories that will make you think twice about what lurks in the shadows. "Night Terrors" presents three bone-chilling tales that tap into our deepest fears - from a relentless supernatural stalker and sinister Halloween encounters to a terrifying late-night drive that will make you afraid to travel alone. This collection includes: "He Will Follow You" - A couple's innocent exploration of an old mansion unleashes an ancient evil that refuses to let them escape "Trick or Treat" - A seemingly normal Halloween night turns into ...

WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Things in Midian, Tennessee are just going straight to hell. Demons rise, allies fall, and some prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.

They Were Watching Me: True Encounters with the Digital Abyss is a chilling anthology of first-person horror stories from those who wandered too deep into the code, clicked the wrong link, or accepted the wrong friend request. Told with eerie realism and paranoid intimacy, these tales of online stalker cults, cursed livestreams, and identity-fracturing AI blur the line between digital safety and modern damnation. What begins as a DM, a strange forum invite, or an archived username quickly unravels into something far more sinister—something watching. Something remembering. Something ...

He came to bury a grandmother he barely knew. He found himself unearthing a war he never believed in. Alex Rivers, a cynical journalist whose career was built on debunking the very idea of the supernatural, arrives in the dust-choked, forgotten Texas border town of Hopewell with one goal: settle the affairs of his estranged grandmother, Ada, and get back to civilization. Ada was the family enigma, a reclusive herbalist whispered to be a "Hedge Witch," her isolated adobe house a testament to a life lived on the fringes of reality. Alex expects to find a few quirky antiques and a lot of dust....

Some legends live in the shadows. Others wait in the snow. When Lux Branson receives a mysterious invitation to investigate strange sightings in the Arctic Circle, she expects another Sasquatch-style hoax. What she finds is far more chilling—a remote outpost cut off by blizzards, a team of researchers too scared to speak, and whispers of towering, white-furred giants stalking the ice. As the temperatures drop and tensions rise, Lux and her team uncover evidence of an ancient race long believed to be extinct… or entirely mythical. But up here, nothing stays buried for long. Trapped in a ...

Seven Rooms. Seven Rules. One Book You Won’t Forget. The Seventh Room and Other Hauntings is a chilling collection of modern horror stories where nothing is as it seems, and the echoes of the past refuse to stay silent. From cursed architecture to sentient towns, haunted seas to fractured reflections, these tales explore the places we aren’t meant to go—and the things that wait for us there. Step aboard a derelict vessel that rewrites the names of its crew. Stand beneath a nesting tree that feeds on grief. Explore a collector’s basement where stories aren’t written in ink. Stare ...

Something Watched the Baby Monitor by G.J. Fene When Marlene Grace moved into her quiet suburban home with her newborn daughter, she thought the scariest thing she’d face would be sleepless nights and teething pain. But then the baby monitor began whispering. At first, it was just faint static. A rhythm. A hum. Then words—spoken in no language Marlene knew. Then Leah, her six-month-old daughter, began humming it back. As strange lights flicker outside the nursery window and scorched circles appear in the lawn, Marlene begins to realize: the monitor isn’t picking up interference. ...

Echoes You Can’t Ignore is a chilling collection of unforgettable encounters, each tale unraveling the thin boundary between the known and the unknowable. From haunted signals and whispered names to photographs that rewrite memory, this anthology drags the eerie into your everyday—and dares you to keep reading. Told in gripping first-person accounts, these modern horror stories are not about monsters under the bed. They’re about the ones that sit beside you. They’re the dreams you didn’t have. The voice in the vent. The shadow in the last frame. And once you meet them, they never ...

Don’t Share This Link: Creepypastas You’ll Wish You Never Read You clicked. You shouldn’t have. From haunted apps and cursed livestreams to group chats that resurrect the dead, this collection of digital-age horror stories will make you double-check every notification—and regret every click. Inside these thirteen terrifying tales, you’ll meet: A gamer whose face begins showing up in other people’s videos—smiling in places he’s never been. A girl who dreams of her favorite sleep streamer’s bedroom—until he starts dreaming of her too. A friend group haunted by an AI ...

The time is the early '80s. The characters go to the same schools and eat at the same restaurants. Their voices enfold us as seamlessly as those of DJs heard over a car radio. They have sex with the same boys and girls and buy from the same dealers. In short, they are connected in the only way people can be in that city.

It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day. But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door—a girl who has never seen a Rubik’s Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd.

12 short stories of terror. Demons from hell. Gods and Devils. Unspeakable monstrosities. Humans with a taste for flesh. An upscale clothing store in the middle of New York City that offers its customers more than they bargained for. A prodigal son returns home for his aunt’s funeral, only to discover that an ancient entity awaits. A town shelters against the first snow, and the evil it brings. A mad king. A hired assassin. A world in the balance and an eternal force manipulating all of them. And seven other tales of horror that will forever change the way you experience the holiday ...

This short story by Edogawa Rampo, published in 1929, is about the life of a former heroic soldier who has lost his limbs, hearing, and speech ability due to war and his former faithful wife who has come to take pleasure in tormenting him. This work was censored by the government in 1939, and The Caterpillar depicts the perverted sexual life of a man who has lost his limbs and becomes mute due to war with his wife. Although this work does not go as far as to be anti-war or to express a dislike of war, it does portray the tragic physical condition of a disabled soldier grotesquely. This is ...

Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.

A Collection of Short Tales is an anthology of unique stories that will capture one's imagination. Characters that you might cheer or jeer for are woven into these stories. Maybe... just maybe you will get lost within a tale and emerge a new person. Or maybe... just maybe you will have a good laugh. Either way dive into this compilation of distinctive stories and have fun.