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Stories in Horror that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.

Lupine Feast
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. The sign was posted above the frame. Huge letters -crimson, black. Smeared, grainy; indelible. My erstwhile host had disappeared. Like a phantasm he had appeared in the forest just as I thought I would surely die in this god forsaken wilderness.
By Andrew C McDonaldabout a year ago in Horror
The Final Nail
There was only one rule: Don’t open the door. I repeated that warning in my mind, as I wandered through the moldy tunnels of the dark wine cellar. Stagnant water slowly dripped from moss-shrouded ceilings, pooling in the cracks between the slick stone walkways. The only sounds were the echoes of my footsteps and the never-ending plop, plop, plop of dripping water.
By Tina D'Angeloabout a year ago in Horror
Deliver Us
“There was only one rule: don’t open the door,” the boy said. “Why Charlie?” Jon bent down, “Why can’t I open it?” Charlie’s eyes walked to the door; his voice became very small, “You ever been touched by evil, mister?”
By R. B. Boothabout a year ago in Horror
Escape Rooms Halloween Special
There was only one rule: don’t open the door… until the buzzer sounds. This rule was printed in yellow on the door itself, along with the following:
By Sam Spinelliabout a year ago in Horror
Noxious
“There was only one rule: don’t open the door.” “You made that up,” spits Harry, snatching my shirt collar and twisting the material round my throat. “Just because you’re scared.”
By Caroline Cravenabout a year ago in Horror
Fresh Cookies
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Creak… A subtle waft of fresh baked cookies permeated the hallway. It was weirdly nostalgic. Only thing is, Natalie couldn’t remember her mother ever baking.
By Mo Darasiabout a year ago in Horror
Charlotte
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Charlotte's nursery was in the room furthest from the door: up many stairs and down a long hall. There, she spent her early days keeping her nurses busy, filling diapers, throwing toys, screaming, and biting. But no number of stairs, length of halls, or thickness of doors could keep the music from reaching her ears. Fortunately, infants don't know what a door is, much less how to open one.
By Rebekah Conardabout a year ago in Horror
Red Door
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. The foreboding directive invaded like a mephitic odor. Dahlia didn’t understand. What the hell was behind the red door?
By Cindy Calderabout a year ago in Horror
Invaded
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Now here Nicki was, trying to open said black door with a large keyhole, in sharp contrast to the rest of the white house. Harsh footsteps and loud clashes continued behind her, evidence that the robbers were still in the house.
By Rebecca Pattonabout a year ago in Horror
Leave The Little Door Be
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. It wasn’t a door she would need to open; had she not been told to leave it be, she might never have fiddled with the knob. But as it stood, there was something gnawing away at her about the little wooden door to the immaculately crafted dollhouse that she had been tasked to tending. It wasn’t just the dollhouse under her charge, it was the whole of the nearly forgotten manor, but extra care had been instructed to the dollhouse.
By Connieabout a year ago in Horror
The Angelic Beast. Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. The words blared through Shawna’s mind as she watched an all-white, angelic being become covered in dark red blood as it feasted on her husband. Hiding behind the pantry door, she couldn’t look away as she saw her husband slowly dying in torment.
By Marysol Ramosabout a year ago in Horror
On a Wing and a Prayer. Content Warning.
I started writing this as an entry into the SpookyMicro Challenge but soon surpassed the 300-word limit. I don't feel as though I can do it much justice if I slice and dice it down to qualify, though I might yet give it a go. So, here it is, in its original glory.
By Sian N. Cluttonabout a year ago in Horror