Where the Hell Is Amy? by Joseph Cusumano
Amy watched her cat, Milo, approach the latest acquisition, an antique three-panel mirror which...
Free Horror Short Stories and Dark Poetry
Read 187 free horror stories, flash fiction pieces, and dark poems from all nine issues of Jitter Press. Start with our editors selected scares, explore fiction and verse, or browse every published work in the Complete Archive.
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The Lines by Frank Coffman
The Lines “But it now struck me for the first time that there must be one great and ruling...
Hide and Seek by Shannon Thompson
Branches snap— A whisper of a shadow Darting from the corner Of my unseeing eye. I freeze in place...
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Jitter Issue #2
Jitter Press proudly presents “Jitter” issue #2. Guaranteed to scare the hell out of...
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Mr. Madfhy by Dan Thorn
Mr. Madfhy Day 1 Locked outside in a vicious hailstorm, Brett senses something in the living room...
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Mausoleum 13 by Gerri R. Gray
The rusted hinges of the iron cemetery gate screamed out like a bird of prey in the moonlit night...
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Dance of the Death by Megha Sood
The clutching bonesmakes the rattling soundand that grim reaper makes hiseerie presencefelt around...
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The Return by Maria DePaul
Rubbish strewn boneyardNeglected family plotFallen fiancé Abandoned farmhouseWebs span shattered...
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A Cellar of Assassins by Harris Coverley
They send one every year or so And I’ve not yet made light work of him Or her Smashing them with a...
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Somewhere Inside by Susan Snyder
I’ve spilled blood. I’ve carved flesh.Never questioned why. Until now. People talk about a...
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Mr. Wooffles by Jason R. Barden
Dr. Simon Peterson has a big secret. An awful secret. Its name is Mr. Wooffles. Simon is a...
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The Recipe by Kelly Stolle
I lick the tip of my fingers watching that water boil, and the oil as it starts to simmer....
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Angelface by Kevin Andersen
Angelface First time I saw her, my heart skipped a beat the most beautiful girl I could...
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Of Grubkins by Andrew Potter
A mother sets her child upon her knee. “It is time I told you about the grubkins,” she says to the...
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