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...
Lake Wrenwood by Jeff Metzler
The sand of the beach curves like a crescent moon, touching the lapping water of the lake as if...
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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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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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Vacation by Leslie Bohem
Vacation David was the first. At least he was the first that I noticed. We were on vacation. The...
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The Abandoned by S. Alessandro Martinez
The Abandoned Right into here? My full name? Okay, sure. Cassandra Evangeline Stoica....
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The Landlord by Lamont A. Turner
The day was grey and windless and, although not a drop had fallen, the smell of rain filled the...
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Mephistopheles & Faust by Frank Coffman
“Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.” [It is a solace of the wretched to have companions in...
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The Horror in the Cavern by Robert Hale
I will take you down there to show youBut we must take careSee how deep is this cavernSee how it...
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Wendigo by H.B. Diaz
The old man lowered his gaze to the fire and poked at the simmering coals with the steal toe of...
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The Eyeless Girl by Kevin Andersen
A little girl stands by the foot of my bedblood dripping on my floor from the holes in her headthe...
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The Choosing by Gogi Hale
The valley lay below, misty fog shifting like a marshmallow cloud, sticking to my skin. The smell...
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The Moat by Samantha Curreli
Thick mud oozed through the window sill while Joey slept. The palm trees danced in the heavy air...
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