The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas

Lost in the depths of a sprawling forest, a weary hunter seeks shelter for the night in an abandoned cabin…

Heather’s afternoon visit to her friend Jenny’s house takes a disturbing turn when a doll in the next room…

While spending a summer night near a lonely cornfield, two boys encounter a horrifying figure lurking in the…

Exhausted by the overwhelming burden of maintaining his enormous farm, Richard Mayes believes his troubles…

After suffering a horrifying nightmare about a giant white wolf killing her while her parents are away…

When a strange, featureless figure begins appearing outside his window night after night, a terrified…

Unable to provide for his starving family, Abdu eagerly accepts an offer of shelter and food from an elderly…

After miners uncover a mysterious barricade deep underground, Professor Greg Darwin is called in to…

John Reders awakens handcuffed to a school desk alongside a room full of terrified strangers, with no memory…

What begins as a strange late-night knocking at the door quickly spirals into a waking nightmare when a…

After miners uncover a mysterious barricade deep underground, Professor Greg Darwin is called in to…

Deep in a lonely cabin north of Charleston, two lifelong friends struggle through a bitter season of illness…

Deep beside a lonely lake sits an old house burdened by a terrible secret—one whispered through generations…

Thirteen-year-old Madeline Rapaport is a gifted piano prodigy struggling with violent intrusive thoughts and…

Kevin McMillan has spent years as the invisible janitor at a struggling television station, scrubbing…

During a freezing walk home after a New Year’s party, a group of college students spots what appears to be a…

Everyone has seen those chain messages online.

A once-respected artist insists he is not insane, even as terrifying nightmares and waking hallucinations…

After her father leaves for war, a young girl is entrusted with a strange responsibility hidden beneath…

Father McSweeny was a devoted priest who spent his life faithfully serving the town where he was born, yet…

Tad O’Cain has spent his life drinking, gambling, and wasting the fortune his wealthy father worked so hard…

Every night, she returns.

Every night, she returns.

In a quiet Alabama village, a mysterious young woman in a gray dress begins appearing at the local general…

Stranded during a violent thunderstorm on a desolate stretch of back road, Susan and Ned find themselves…

Ever since hearing a handful of frightening stories, young Tillie has become terrified of bedtime.

Life on an isolated farm takes a disturbing turn when the hay bales scattered around the property begin…

In a quiet village where every resident obeys an unspoken rule, the streets fall empty each night before…

Trapped at the bottom of a ravine after a failed kidnapping, a badly injured man clings to life while…

For years, the noises coming from the apartment next door were little more than an annoyance—scraping…

When eleven-year-old Jesse befriends a strange new transfer student named Stan, his mother initially assumes…

What begins as a carefree summer camping trip quickly takes a sinister turn when four friends discover a…

Alone in a creaking countryside home during the height of the First World War, a young woman spends her…