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Most recently published stories in Horror.
The Terrifying House. Content Warning.
By Ayesha Firdous, Karachi Hamid, Haris, and Maria were three siblings who shared a strong bond with one another. They were adventurous by nature and deeply interested in traveling to unusual places. More than anything else, they loved reading and listening to horror stories. Tales of abandoned houses, haunted places, and mysterious creatures fascinated them, and they often imagined what it would be like to experience such fear themselves.
By Sudais Zakwan2 months ago in Horror
The Wronged Ghost
The Wronged Ghost In the middle of a vast open field outside a small town stood a massive gray fortress. No one dared to enter it. Everyone knew the castle was haunted, even though it was also known that no living person resided within its walls. At night, faint, frightened voices echoed from its deserted halls. Occasionally, flames burst from the chimneys, forming the shape of a fiery ghost that rose into the dark sky and vanished.
By Sudais Zakwan2 months ago in Horror
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Death Jamil Khan, the village chieftain, had always disliked dogs. He found them irritating and believed they were unclean. However, quite suddenly and without any obvious reason, his attitude changed. He began to admire dogs and even developed a strong fondness for them. At his command, his estate manager placed advertisements in newspapers for a dog of an excellent breed. Jamil Khan wanted a dog that would remain with him at all times and understand his gestures without words.
By Sudais Zakwan2 months ago in Horror
The Living Ghost
Bahadur Khan was a wealthy landowner, known in his village for his large estates and the fertile lands he irrigated through a small canal. After his marriage, his responsibilities increased, so he hired a farmhand to help manage his crops. When harvest time arrived, both Bahadur Khan and his farmhand would sleep in the fields to guard the crops from thieves.
By Sudais Zakwan2 months ago in Horror
Blood Lust: Hybridity and Heteroglossia of Vampires
Mikhail Bakhtin: The Heteroglossia of Gothic Tales Bakhtin (1895 - 1975), the Russian literary theorist and linguistic rhetor, contends that within any text, there exists a multitude of social voices, often contradicting voices entangled in dialogue: the writer's, the reader's, and other cultural voices. Meaning is found or lost in the rhetorical act found between the two or multitude of speakers. This heteroglossia (Discourse in the Novel) presents a problem because we often miss the plurality of sounds and only notice the sound of Butoh Dancers of death and vampire leaders who suck our blood and taxes.
By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS2 months ago in Horror
The Zodiac Killer: Randomness as Rehearsal?
California, late 1960s... The country was loud. Televisions glowed late into the night. Radios carried voices across highways and into homes. America was watching itself, war overseas, unrest in the streets, optimism colliding with anxiety in real time. And in that noise, something learned how to whisper.
By Veil of Shadows2 months ago in Horror
