The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas

The Children in My House’s Walls

Sadie Chen remembers a father who checked her homework, worried about her friends, and made their quiet suburban house feel safe. When children disappeared from the neigh

The Visitor

A Thanksgiving dinner, a story about a haunted grave, and a drive through the snow. Cliff and Brooke Morgan expect their holiday visit to end with a quiet night at a rela

R.I.P. Ellen

Ellen Morgan has no intention of growing old quietly. With sixty-three approaching, she has traded caution for roller coasters, bungee jumps, and close encounters with sh

I've Been Banned From Calling 911

Thirty-six nights. Thirty-one calls to 911. And no one has caught the man who keeps coming back. For one divorced mother, an evening alone becomes the beginning of a rele

Memoir of a Murderer

Geoff Sturtevant has a reputation to defend, a literary masterpiece to write, and an explanation for how he ended up behind bars. According to Geoff, the explanation is p

The Witch

After weeks of therapy, Christopher remembers his fifth birthday—and the night his grandmother sat beside his bed and told him something he would spend years trying to fo

Never Play a Game Called Corpse Hold

In a small Arkansas town, the older kids tell a story about a body beneath a secluded pond. They say it never decays. They say touching it can change your luck. To claim

The Worst Haunted House

The Death House has terrible props, predictable scares, and a seven-dollar admission fee that barely seems worth paying. For David and his friends, making fun of it is pr

Mickey's Not So Scary

The posters promise one night of Halloween fun: a parade, a stage show, hypnotism, and fireworks. Nobody in Wabeno seems to know who’s organizing it. Everybody seems dete

Worth the Having

The night before Halloween, a boy takes a familiar shortcut through a neighbor’s backyard—and sees something he cannot explain. Before he can escape, it notices him. The

The Halloween Funeral

Nicholas Saint loved Halloween—the costumes, the ghost stories, the pleasure of giving someone a good scare. When he dies just days before his favorite holiday, his sibli

The Last Halloween

Everyone in Hollisfield loves Granny Clark. Will knows he should, too, but something about visiting her little green house at the edge of the woods has always made him un

The Halloween Mask

Ben Breslaw wants this year’s neighborhood Halloween party to be unforgettable. He has spent hundreds on decorations, and the white mask he ordered should provide the fin

Quick Question: Do You Love Animals?

After a long day asking strangers to care, Amelia wants a quiet ride home. Her driver wants to talk. At first, the questions are ordinary: where she studies, what music s

The Plague Ship

Off Florida’s Forgotten Coast, a stranded shrimp trawler promises Jonah Daughtrey the payday he has spent years chasing. Its hull appears intact, its cargo remains aboard

Drip

In 1994, the Lechtler family checked into room thirteen at the White Valley Hotel. By morning, both parents and their two children had vanished. The investigation yielded

Their Souls Speak Through Fire

An evening meant to bring a husband and wife closer ends with the loss of their infant daughter. In the months that follow, he struggles to reach Beth through her grief w

Side Effects May Include

SmallDoc promises to make routine doctor visits a thing of the past. One simple injection puts microscopic medical machines to work inside the body, treating illness befo

Before the Zero

At a small-town Florida carnival, the Ferris wheel stands still, the concession stalls sit abandoned, and something is growing where it should not. Detectives Dachery and

The Scarecrow Corpse (feat. Markiplier)

FEATURING GUEST NARRATOR MARK "MARKIPLIER" FISCHBACH! For a coroner-in-training in Washington, D.C., a call to the Metro should be another opportunity to learn. An uniden