Supernatural thriller | Rising fashion influencer Rhea is gearing up for her runway debut, but her perfect world is upended when she finds herself haunted by a ghostly doppelganger. ***** Twenty-four-year-old Rhea Patel has it all-the career in fashion, the handsome boyfriend-slash-manager, and a rapidly approaching r...
[ Former Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice] [2019 ONC Ambassador Pick] [Open Novella Contest Longlist] [Completed] Moriah Hanlon is a new, biracial girl in Pachuck, Oklahoma trying to come to terms with her twin sister's death while also adjusting to her mom's psychotic episodes. When a foreign exchange student goes mis...
Is it possible to die, but not move on? What happens when a scarecrow does more than just chase away the crows? How likely is it to find love during a zombie apocalypse? Want to know the answers? This is a collection of short stories I write whenever I need a break from the longer ones. Some are silly, some are distu...
ON A BLACK MOON SEA is a Halloween-themed anthology featuring stories of dark waters and strange creatures. We set sail on November 1st! Each day brings a new treasure. Join us on this journey, and do mind what lurks beneath the waves.
This is a FREE STORY with one paid bonus chapter! Once the sunlight goes to bed, that's when darkness wakes the dead. When a series of grisly deaths devastate 19th-century New England, sixteen-year-old farm girl Faith must outsmart the Undead to keep herself - and her family - alive. (Longer description inside.) ...
After uncovering a sinister ritual in an abandoned factory, Jay and his friends are the only hope to save their small town from the supernatural forces brewing there. Season 1 of Mezzanine ***** When Jay moves to Sycamore Falls at the beginning of h...
The place was desolate and the weather was dark and low, but the only sound that echoed was the laugh of a CROW. The CRYPTIC presents a fresh set of blood curdling stories, penned down by some of the most exquisite, famed and award winning authors of Wattpad to celebrate the festival we all love, HALLOWEEN! Dipped in...
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz...
Jack Price, a small-town public defender living in Coles Creek, Mississippi, gets more than he bargains for when he's appointed to represent Lester Crowe, a mysterious drifter charged with the murder of local high school girl Amanda Dunbar. Jack soon finds out Lester Crowe is no ordinary client; he just might be the...
They come from an alternate dimension. They are empty. They are soulless. They have no stomachs, but they are carnivorous. They are called Cavae Oculos. And they reside in abandoned laundromats. Theo Letterman denies Their existence. He does not believe in monsters. When his friends dare him to spend an entire night...
This Jack the Ripper inspired short story was the winning entry for Shaun Allan's "Jack" Writing Contest. It was published on Halloween, 2017 in the Jack Anthology. I had a great deal of fun writing it. Hope you enjoy it.
Step right up and see the miraculous cure for what haunts you! The short story collection featuring a mysterious carnival ride, romantic cannibalism, a ghostly hitman, a vengeful voodoo priestess, and a new twist on a Mexican urban legend. Includes contest winners and previous anthology exclusives such as: The Marbury...
Do you know Jack? The Ripper? Saucy Jack? Leather Apron? The most infamous serial killer in history has long been fodder for the imagination of authors and artists alike, but his true identity remains an enigma to this day. Take a fresh look at the notorious Murderer of Whitechapel through the eyes and quills of Wattp...
Having unanswered questions about her past, Aubrey has grown into a bitter and distant teenager. Nevertheless, she lives her life by the rules as her community expects a respectable young lady to behave. But when she finds a wooden box that belonged to her late mother, she starts to experience another voice inside her...
[ONC2020 Shortlister / A Featured Story on Wattpad Low Fantasy] You can't outrun the past. Hattie Newfield is a fake medium who makes a living off pretending to speak with the dead. But Hattie has a real psychic gift--she can "read" people's memories. When Hattie is approached by a stranger with an intriguing job pr...
Fitness-trainer Winston settled in Corbeau Woods for a quiet life with his husband, free of the superstition and madness of his childhood. When a mysterious statue of an eye circulates the town, people go missing and he and his husband make a shocking discovery about their neighbour's inexplicable fate. After the stat...
A mysterious statue of an eye appears in the sleepy town of Kessington, New York. It changes locations every night, with no way to trace how or why it moves. On the eighth day of its arrival, Andrea Miller wakes up to find it right on her front porch; the closet it's gotten to anyone yet. ... On the outside of the tow...
"It's true what they say about you, isn't it? You really did sip tea and smile as you watched humanity fall apart." "Nope," he said. "I sipped whiskey." Eight years into the Infection, a spunky idealist convinces a hardened recluse to help him save humanity. --- For eight years, Zafaru has fought to survive the freezi...
Ilda goes to dinner at her girlfriend's house and is drawn into a plot of cannibalism and immortality.
They said the house at the end of the dirt road was haunted. They were right. But Kenzie Ryan and her friends are about to find out the hard way and it could cost them their lives. Kady Cross, author of SISTERS OF BLOOD AND SPIRIT, puts a new spin on the classic story of teens staying overnight in a haunted house, and...
Meredith Mitchell agreed to help her mother with one last renovation project before starting her new job in California. What she didn't agree to was the paranormal investigators who are filming alongside her mother's fixer upper show. Now she's stuck with a very cute, but broody parapsychologist while trying to play m...
Published and available on Amazon! Deep in the heart of the Manning forest lies Salvation, a town closed off from the rest of the world. Cara Jackson has always kept her head down, terrified of breaking the rules that have been in place since long before she was born. But, as her birthday approaches, a new rule is ins...
The Cartwright clan has worked the farm for almost a century. On the surface, they are prosperous pillars of the community. But once a generation, a wicked harvest must be reaped, to ensure that the family never falls. The appointed time for Joshua Cartwright's offspring approaches. He has to remind himself that we al...
*#PIPMC Contest Winner #1* Supernatural Horror Is it an old wives tale or is the horror of 30 years ago real? Luke has just moved to the town of Hollow Oak. Being the new kid he needs to make friends, or so he is told. So when the opportunity of befriending Chrissy, the popular girl next door presents itself, he has...
Featured on WattpadShortStory Spine Tinglers, these one-shots promise goosebumps in under 2000 words. Explore a memory care facility, a petting zoo, a fancy restaurant, a quaint cottage, and a professor's suburban home -- each hiding a dark secret. See the first chapter for a blurb on each story included! 🥇First plac...
[ONC 2020 Shortlister] Something evil dwells in the black lake by the misty woods, something that will claim the souls of those who dare to dive into its realm. Lynn Morris is ready to enjoy some well-deserved holidays in the company of her closest friends. And that house on the lakeshore looks like a dream come tru...
This book will be a collection of short stories, one shots and contest entries, mainly for the PIPBK mini awards. If you're looking for some quick horror and thriller shorts, you've come to the right place!
Surviving in juvenile prison? Tough. Surviving in juvenile prison with the added bonus of seeing ghosts? Tougher. Bailey has a sixth sense, a criminal record and no appetite for trouble; serving a year-long prison sentence already sucks enough in and of itself. If only the spirits would leave her in peace. A strange w...
