Horror Stories

For Halloween: By long custom, Siberian Prince Mikhail Melikov has been accorded the privilege of being offered a young man for his permanent service on All Hallows' Eve from one of the towns, in succession, in his nineteenth-century Russian princedom. Prince Melikov has received this privilege for centuries. The young, to-the-manor-born Alexei is this year's offering and Prince Melikov has come to take delivery.

A story in the Beyond the Wall of Sleep Universe
Part of Gothic Horror Challenge
A Holocaust survivor is haunted by guilt. His great granddaughter is haunted, by something else!

Science has brought mankind to new heights. Science is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. Sometimes unlocking those mysteries are not always a good thing.

A Swarm Cycle Story
As soon as the Marines announced it was a pickup, dozens of armed people jumped up. As fast as the Marines were, they did not have time to get a shot off. Sadly, that was not the only excitement in store for the new colonists. This story is a wartime story with a horror code, be forewarned.

Poor, sweet Emily. Sometimes she gets the salad; sometimes the salad gets her. The sequel to "Adventures in Horticulture".

What would you do to obtain perfection? Would you go to any lengths to do so?

Cheaters beware the witch of the great lakes

In this third part of the FMSK series we see things from Alexander's point of view. Just as he is going to make a meal of his sister someone else ruins his plans while being on the run from her own brother. Now Alexander seeks to make her pay, pound for pound of flesh. (please mind the tags. This is the 'fixed' re-posting)

With a wrecked car and no cellphone reception, Freddy seeks help in the only place he can, a run-down mansion that looks long abandoned. To his surprise, he finds a strange woman living there alone, but there's an ulterior motive to her gracious hospitality. (Spider woman/monstergirl Halloween story)