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 adult fear Arkansas, United States Horror The school pick-up line was long, moving slowly enough to make even the most docile soccer mom rage. It was the first Friday of the school year, and Johnette Braxton was doing her best to get herself and her five year-old daughter Aria settled into their new house. The loss of her husband Stephen...
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adult fear Ontario, Canada Horror Glow DarklyThe moon seems to glow a little darker…The twilight and the syrupy mist merge, refracting a pulsating glow. The dim effervescence of the mid-ground allows you to see without seeing… well… anything. It’s all just uniform and slightly lit around the edge. The dank breeze...
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 adult fear California, United States Horror I walk through a long corridor that goes on foreverI’m about to give up but then suddenly, I see the end of this long walkAt the end lies stairs that goes to the basement floorAs I step on these steep stairs I feel as if I’m entering a deep voidOne that seems consuming in which I’ll never come back...
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 teens fearless North Carolina, United States Fantasy Battleborn The Dawn of Li “RUN!!” Someone shrieks. I risk a quick glance to my right trying to discern what was the cause for such a panic-stricken yell. All around me the sound of weapons ring aloud amongst the growls and snarls of the quite aptly named Hellhounds...
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 teens fear Ontario, Canada Horror Hey.. have you ever experienced a dark, feeling or presence ? Well I’m about to tell you a story that some of you might or might not relate to *ahem * as I was saying it all begins with something like this . I went to see this movie called smile now some of you might know it but others...
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adult fear Colorado, United States Horror content warning: Described Blood, Graphic Physical Violence It’s after me. I run through the hallways of the building, the sound of my quick footsteps pounding into the brick floor. I’m sure it can hear me. All I can do is try to run from it. The walls pass by me in a blur, terrible artwork of the unskilled knockoffs like a sea of unrecognizable colors...
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teens fear California, United States Horror What hides under your bed? Most people think of clowns, devils, or even maybe a zombie but mine was the women who made me breakfast in my morning, mine was the one who took me to school in the morning, The monster hiding under my bed was the women who gave birth to me, the women who was supposed to...
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youth fear Iowa, United States Horror It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s petrifying. You can’t see a single thing. The sound of heaving breathing echoes off the walls and fills the empty room, but it’s not your own. No. It’s something else. Something that can only be an entity of the darkest, deepest, and most demonic corners of the world....
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 teens fearless California, United States Fantasy Violet and RileyHer- Crash.I watch the tall, clear bottle hit the wall and the last remains of the alcohol that once filled it drips down the wall.“I-I’m sorry” I mutter, sitting in the corner, hugging my knees while tears rush down my cheeks. “I didn’t mean to-” but I’m cut off when a...
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youth fear Ontario, Canada Fantasy The rabbit's desolate room consisted of three brick walls he stared at while the wolves delivered his toy for that week. He turned around when he was told he could. In front of the fourth, flat, grey wall was a small yellow ball, still rocking on the floor. He picked it up and threw it. He watched...
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teens fear New York, United States Horror This isn’t the first time it’s happened. There have been multiple occurrences similar to this one, but they only seem to be getting worse as time goes on; in spooky season no less. It’s just so strange to me, it seems rather cliché, like something that would happen in a classic scary movie or...
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adult fear Virginia, United States Fantasy The sound echoed throughout the dimly lit cellar. A scraping, almost dragging shriek, similar to a metal chair being pulled over linoleum, followed with a heavy rhythmic thump that reverberated over the entire ceiling.He cursed and ran his hands through his sweat matted hair. They shook...
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adult fear Louisiana, United States Horror Nothing was more terrifying to me than to be stuck still dating at this age, but here I am… well, scratch that. There’s only one thing more terrifying than dating at 40–not being able to find my phone. Sure, I have other gadgets that can assist with life, but the phone is the heartbeat of it all,...
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youth fearless Montana, United States Horror The wolf eats everyone he loves in the end.The big bad wolf is what they all called him. A beast so many feared but so many adored. And I was practically nothing, just a scared girl shivering in her boots. I wanted nothing more than to be loved, and seeing the first sign of affection from a...
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youth fear Tennessee, United States Horror “Mum, could I please go out and play?” a little boy pleaded to his mother. “You must finish your dinner first, dear,” the mother said, patting her son on the head, giving him a pleasant smile. “But, Mum, the sun is going to set at any time now. I wish to play before the sun leaves us for the...
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youth fear Ontario, Canada Horror It had been a year since the air had been permanently knocked out of my lungs. Of course I missed Anya so much that sometimes I couldn’t stomach it, she was my best friend after all. But if I had to go back I wouldn’t change a thing. In the midst of the memories, there was a knock on my front door...
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adult fear Massachusetts, United States Fantasy The Shield is Gone There it was. Looming over me. This large beast that somehow knew so much about me. His scales glistened in the moonlight as I was forced to fight against this dragon. I felt groggy. I think I had just been hit hard by the magnificent monster's tail. As I stood up, the...
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 teens fear California, United States Horror They always thought they were sneaky. It was a moody storm… gray and dark. You wouldn’t know it but this was the calm before the storm. His boat was sturdy and broad. It was humongous! The land was only a couple of miles away from where he came from but he stopped. It was a small isle and...
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