In Her Arms – A Flash Horror Story
Jason only needed a place to stay. Something cheap and close to work. So when kindly old Mrs. Thurber offered him a room in her weathered house, it felt like a lucky break. Sure, the place is dark. The curtains are always drawn. The TV is always on. And the last tenant? Vanished without packing a thing. But it’s just for a little while… right? Then come the thuds beneath the floor.
The Meat Sweats – A Flash Biotech-Horror Story
Dr. Claire Sanchez has spent years chasing the holy grail of sustainable beef production. Her answer? AlgeaForge—a bioengineered algae feed that promises to grow cattle faster, cleaner, and cheaper than ever before. Today, she’s presenting it to a panel of investors who could take her innovation global. But as the pitch unfolds, the pressure mounts—and not just from the conference call. There’s a heat she can’t escape. Noises she can’t ignore. Sensations she can’t explain.
Mathematically Sound – A Liminal Horror Flash Short Story
Lost in the labyrinth of numbers, lost in time, lost in space. Somewhere in the white noise, a pattern is waiting to be solved. A young mathematician, jet-lagged and disoriented after a flight to Tokyo, checks into a capsule hotel for what should be a simple overnight stay before an academic conference. But in this hotel’s endless corridors of identical sleeping pods, something about the geometry just doesn’t add up.
The Devil Walketh About – A Supernatural Horror Short Story
In 1956, the Bakers settle into their idyllic suburban home, eager to raise their young twins in peace. But something is wrong behind the neatly trimmed hedges and friendly smiles. A creeping presence begins to unravel the seams of their perfect life—turning warmth into unease, and love into something colder.
Sixty-eight years later, newlyweds Elisa and Matthew move into the same house, unaware of its history.
A Tempting Offer – A Horror Short Story
At the edge of a crumbling strip mall, a desperate woman steps into a strange dental office—the receptionist is long gone, and the other patients look a bit… off. As twilight bleeds into night, and the walls around her begin to shift, she realizes too late that she’s entered a place where something waits. Something that sees her deepest disappointments. Her wasted potential. Her quiet, gnawing fears. And it offers her a choice. One she might not be able to refuse.
First Love Everlasting – A Techno-Horror Short Story
Robert is finally happy. Engaged to the brilliant and beautiful Penelope, he’s putting his lonely past behind him—especially the years he spent with Eva, an AI-generated hologram companion he created nearly two decades ago. He buried that memory, along with the device that once projected her glowing image into his life. But when strange emails and messages begin to arrive—filled with affection, longing, and possessive warnings—Robert’s new life begins to unravel.
Sugar and Spite – A Workplace Horror Flash Story
Lola has spent years being the quiet one in the office, enduring mockery, laughter, and snide remarks from her coworkers. But a small, stolen moment changes everything.
Operation Sunrise – A Flash Story
(The English translation of the Afrikaans story “Charlie”)
Paul has waited a long time for this moment—an escape planned down to the finest detail. With Charlie, a hardened war veteran in a wheelchair, leading the way, freedom is finally within reach. But as the plan unfolds, the lines between reality and illusion begin to blur…
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