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...
Jitter Issue #2
Jitter Press proudly presents “Jitter” issue #2. Guaranteed to scare the hell out of...
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Untitled by Simon Perchik
Untitled As if a rope, half bone half pulled from your chest the way this dead branch tells you...
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Quiet Moments by Les Bohem
Annie woke up screaming this morning and it was her screaming that woke me up. I had been...
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Ferry Boats by Michael Estabrook
Ferry Boats Dusk, I fall into dark freezing waters between two ferry boats — those great...
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Reaper Inversed by Willow Schafer
Doctor Reaper very much enjoyed his job until he came across the dead woman nailed to a wooden...
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A Test of the Emergency Alert System by Christa Planko
Crash! When the shrill alarm startled Willard Jenkins out of his sleep, he jumped from his...
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Among the Cypress Trees by Edmund Stone
Among the Cypress Trees Along this dark and craggy path of dirt and stone, strewn among...
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Zipperface by Edward Turner III
His eyes were right there, right where they were supposed to be. They looked wrong, everything...
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Hello Randy by Mike Coste
The room was gray on black canvas, illuminated only by the moonlight entering the window, save the...
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The Back-Door Man by Christa Planko
Mildred opened the back door and smiled into the burnt-orange glow that pooled behind the melting...
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Johnny by Arthur Walterson
Johnny Johnny wanted a doll. You know the kind, the kind that acts and sounds and looks like a...
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My Fear by Jon Simmons
My Fear Terrifying specters writhed all around me I did not run or call for help Their...
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