20 Feb

Posted at 20:00h in Bargains and Deals, Beings and Entities, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals, Survival Horror, Torture and Cannibalism, Urban Legends

In a secluded mountain town, a dark tradition dictates that every summer solstice, a human sacrifice is made to an ancient beast lurking beneath the earth. For a fifteen-year-old boy, the truth behind the town’s rituals is revealed, and he is forced to partake in...

08 Feb

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Despair and Depression, Dreams and Nightmares, Family and Generational Horror, Fantasy, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Illness and Injuries, Isolation and Loneliness, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Strange and Unexplained

Eliza Harper is drowning in grief, her life reduced to routine and isolation after losing her father, uncle, and sister. But when she discovers a mysterious seed in her greenhouse lab, everything changes. By morning, a vine has erupted through her apartment ceiling, stretching into...

06 Feb

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror and Lovecraftian Stories, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Nature and the Outdoors, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

Eleanor Voss thought a quiet retreat to the coastal town of Blackridge would be the perfect place to reignite her singing career. But when she begins to hear a haunting melody beneath her own voice, she is pulled into a dark and ancient legacy tied...

05 Feb

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Ghosts and Spirits, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals

Every year, Sam Guidry casts his line into the bayou where his grandfather disappeared decades ago. It’s a ritual, a quiet act of remembrance for the man the water never gave back. But when Sam hooks something unnatural—something that refuses to let go—he finds himself...

03 Feb

Posted at 11:00h in Beings and Entities, Curses and Cursed Objects, Dreams and Nightmares, Family and Generational Horror, Ghosts and Spirits, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Psychological Horror, Strange and Unexplained, Survival Horror, Suspense and Thrillers

After forty years away, Hank Walker returns to his childhood home, only to find something that shouldn’t exist: the toolshed he tore down decades ago, standing whole as if it had never been touched. At first, he tells himself it’s exhaustion playing tricks on his...

01 Feb

Posted at 20:00h in Beings and Entities, Body Horror, Children and Childhood, Despair and Depression, Family and Generational Horror, Ghosts and Spirits, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Psychological Horror, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

As a child, she found solace in her imaginary friend, Fred—a constant companion who listened, laughed, and protected her. But Fred’s idea of protection came with a body count, and as she grew older, his presence turned from comforting to monstrous. Now an adult, she...

30 Jan

Posted at 20:00h in Beings and Entities, Children and Childhood, Domestic Life and Relationships, Dreams and Nightmares, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Hauntings and Haunted Locations, Isolation and Loneliness, Psychological Horror, Strange and Unexplained, Suspense and Thrillers

Part I I drove slowly down Maple Crescent, trying to ignore the tightness in my chest. Every house looked the same—two-story colonials painted in varying shades of beige, gray, and white, all with manicured lawns and identical mailboxes perched at the curb. It was the kind...

21 Oct

Posted at 11:00h in Bargains and Deals, Curses and Cursed Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Family and Generational Horror, Folklore, Folktales, and Superstition, Strange and Unexplained

The Peddler Man, The Peddler Man Could Bring You Delights or an Old Tin Can There Will Be Nothing to Lack When the Peddler Man Opens His Sack My grandfather was the first to encounter The Peddler Man.  He would often tell us stories of sitting on his porch,...

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