horror

You dream in a circle of light and with every night it gets smaller. The brightness that had almost blinded you once upon a time is nothing more than a soft haze of a gas lamp by now. The shadows cling to the wavering line on the sand with a ferocity of starving beast. You could almost see the...

Chapter 1: The Shadow over Nevesk Our last horse froze to death the night before we reached Nevesk. In hindsight, I should have taken it as the ill omen it was. At the time, it seemed another reminder that this world seemed to harbor a special hatred for mankind. I and my two companions...

Chapter One - To the Bosom of Mother Irizah The barge heaved like a living thing, sides gleaming like the shell of an obscure sea-creature, the stacks like primordial pillars at the bottom of the ocean. In one direction, the two-yet-one city. In the other, a city where gods ride men like...

Hi, ThunderOwl here. I´ve always been a fan of zombies, and as such I´ve always wanted to write a zombies quest. However, instead of the typical zombie virus we have seen in all shapes and sizes, I´ve wanted to take it in a more supernatural direction. My main quest is still going to be Loyalty...

The year is 1921, and there's a stormy breeze on the wind. The gales of change continue to blow, making you drift along from town to town, like many others. Jobs are few and far between, at least ones that don't involve dangerous work and horrible pay. Something in this world has always felt...

The Girl Across the Street A young boy looked strangely at his parents as they were lightly arguing with each other about something. He was confused as well, knowing that this was all so unexpected brought a form of curiosity to his senses given his mom was so adamant that they all went...

Chapter One The Court of Ivory was as sealed as a bank vault, as quiet as the grave, and as dusty as a desert. If it was abandoned, most people wouldn't even notice that something had changed. The same gates would remain closed, because all the scholars went by other passages - their eyes...

mildly surprised no one had done this yet, y'all know what the drill is though, talk about the show and the latest episode, and put spoilers in a spoiler box. Playlist link. Already lost most of my shit over episode 7, so for those of you that haven't found a good place to do so, do it here...

I don't care if it's on the record; no, I do not sympathize with the 100-year-old man we found in Theater 5. A lot of my coworkers have labeled me 'rude', or 'heartless', or 'ugly' - not true and doesn't have anything to do with the story - and I want to explain my point of view. Before you...

Winter decamps the land of Eldthorn like a traveling jeweler closing up at the end of a fair. All of the shiny baubles and trinkets that glittered so prettily in the wan sunlight are packed away with assurances that next year's will be totally different and just as beautiful. From the southern...

=}+{= =} Clouded Dreams {= =} Neo-Okinawa 04.10.2179 {= OC "[…] all powers granted to a corporation or to the management of a corporation, or to any group within the corporation, whether derived from statute or charter or both, are necessarily and at all times exercisable only for the...

I'm putting all this online so there's at least some record of what's going on at my posting. I don't want to think that the culture shock and stress of being so far from home is making me lose my goddamn mind. Who knows, I might even get a few answers to what in the holy name of John Moses...

In a time long ago, when I was three, I met a girl who took to me. Her hair was dark; her eyes were bright, We sat and played until the night. That evening in bed, when sweet dreams came, Quite glad I was to know her name! Taylor and I would surely be The best of friends the world would...

Chapter One: “So what are your plans for the night?” Asks one of the two men, boys really, in a small college dorm room. He glances at his roommate and studies the unfortunately stereotypical-looking nerd. The boy’s roommate is a somewhat larger student who is dressed in clothes that are...

=}+{= =} Clouded Dreams {= IC Thread Discord Link =} Neo-Okinawa {= Heat, thin air and spores that get into lungs and mechanical systems. In many ways Neo-Okinawa is the kind of planet that would be nothing more than a navigational note in the steady expansion of humanity and its both...

In Exordia, Seth Dickinson's new novel, Anna Sinjari, a Kurdish refugee who is now working a 9-5 job in New York, is fired from her job, breaks up with her boyfriend, and meets a snake lady space alien who tells her that heaven and hell are real, souls exist, and also God's true name is Godd...

RAT-TAT-TAT The burst of my heavy stubber bit my hands, not even the callouses on them able to take the rattle of the gun from painful to merely stinging. The stink of hot metal pierced through the haze of powder and smoke, blood and puke, shit and piss, a smell that I never thought would ever...

So, firstly, I will say that this story will contain massive, extensive, unmarked spoilers for Slay the Princess. It's really good. Go play it. Honestly, I'll wait. Secondly, while I am posting this story here, the definitive version of this story will be on AO3, where the CSS allows the...

When Greg Veder woke up, he felt numb, his muscles ached, and his chest burned, especially in the stomach area. He got up, removing the debris on top of him, wincing from the effort. He tried to remember what had happened to him and why he was waking up in so much pain all over his body, but...

The train is late, and the whole world may as well be ending. Pearl checks her pocket watch again. Two hours, now, since she was scheduled to depart. She runs her tongue over her teeth. Foolish of her to leave her dentistry bag with the railway's stitched, alongside the rest of her luggage...

First quest on this website. Writing this for the New Year New Chapter Quest. I hope this quest won't be dead. Edit: Okay, never mind. I can't sleep overnight to fulfill the deadline here. I'm still going to continue this Quest. I think this can be a fun past time! Edit 2: Okay, turns out I...

You admire a picture of yourself and the Fazbear Gang, smiling together. You turn to Freddy, who is powered down, and ask, "My daughter really is an artist, huh?" Freddy of course doesn't respond. Freddy Fazbear is a symbol, an icon of the grandest idea since McDonald's. While Fredbear was the...

Prologue: The Occult Killer I've always admired villains. They are the driving force of every story. Heroes won't exist without villains and villains won't shine without heroes opposing them. Most stories always start with villains threatening the peace of the world and heroes rose up to...

The classroom buzzed with the chatter of students pairing off for the group assignment. Voices overlapped, laughter echoed, and yet, I stood there — alone. Every gaze that met mine darted away instantly, as if I were a taboo they shouldn't indulge in. "Come on, guys, find your partners quickly...

"I think it's from the meat." "What?" "From the meat. Like, the blood from the meat, uh, evaporates and then floats up there." "I don't think that's how it works. I don't think that's how anything works." "Hold on let me look it up." Your name is AMANDA MOORE. You are a normal person. You...