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...
The Storm by Kirk Eckstine
The Storm The storm looms heavy on the horizon. Its thunder is the beating of the...
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Sequence of Sixteen Events by Nikhil Tiwari
Sequence of Sixteen Events First, he confesses to himself that it’s wrong He would pray,...
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Revoluta Revolution by Gabrielle Bleu
Clare bought the sago palm hoping it would survive her black thumb. All her plants shriveled and...
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Bedbug by Luke Foster
The book fell with a thud, but failed to kill anything. “Crap!” Kayla Swanson shouted as the...
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This Happens When Your Lover Leaves by Christopher Stolle
This Happens When Your Lover Leaves Deep down—somewhere on an inner surface— fear seeps from an...
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Minotaur by Michael Estabrook
Minotaur Asterion minotaurus My mother Pasiphaë satisfied her unquenchable lust (damn Aphrodite),...
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Beat Cop by John Reilly
I didn’t realize how nervous I was until I stepped out of my squad car. When my feet were on the...
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Curse of the Deadly Moth by Aurora Lewis
Playing alone in flowered fields among brightly coloredbutterflies and daffodils, her childish...
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The Path by Jeff Dosser
Dust swirled around the Jeep in a gray tornado as Tanner’s Cherokee bounded into the gravel...
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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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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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The Cook by Kristyl Gravina
The Cook The cool breeze that evening was quite a contrast to the warmth of the day. July was one...
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