Short horror story ideas

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How to write creepy/horror stories

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Creepy stories, urban legends, and ghost tales that will make you jump. Scary stories that will keep you up all night. Dark creepy stories that will make you question everything. Haunted house stories that will make you never want to go inside again. #scarystories

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Creepy scary horror stories, urban legends, and ghost tales that will make you jump.

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Short horror story

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Want to get into the spooky mood for Halloween? Aside from marathoning horror movies or trick-or-treating with friends, why not try your hand at writing a scary story of your own? Spooks incoming; here are 6 tips on how to write a spine-chilling short horror story!

Short Stories collected from Reddit and a now defunct website Non of these stories are written by me

Friends Two friends, Mike and Jim were hanging out at Jim's house one day. Mike got up to use the bathroom. While he was gone Jim heard & loud crash of breaking glass from inside the bathroom. He asked Mike what had happened and heard him friend's voice reply "nothing I'm fine“. When Mike came out of the bathroom he told Jim he had to leave. As he was leaving Jim noticed something strange. The lettering on Mike's shirt appeared to be written backwards. Thinking nothing of it, Jim walked...