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Dead School

When Erin survives a tragic car accident that kills her parents, wrestling with grief, her aunt offers no love. Instead, she sends Erin off to boarding school. Ticket in hand, Erin boards an unusua...

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Beauty and Her Beast

Anna wished more than anything that her father could find it in his heart to love her. Christian wanted someone to love him despite his monstrous appearance. What will happen Anna's father sells...

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Vampire's Pet

I was one of the lucky ones. Was. It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Now this is my life. Now I am just a pet. The wor...

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The spiders Bride

wren, is a lone witch without a coven who has been searching her whole life for a place she could belong, but during one unfortunate evening after being attacked by a cat monster she stumbles into ...

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They Claimed She Was His Offering, Until She Became His Eternal Queen

Every thirty years, the village sends a girl to the castle on the mountain. None have ever returned. When Elara Voss is chosen as the offering, she expects death. Instead, the moment the ancient va...

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Southern Bite

Emmaline Withers is eyeballs deep in student loan debt, and days away from eviction. So, she jumps on the first job she can find as a maid in a gothic estate with room and board included. It fe...

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Three Frontier Husbands #1 - Spring

When Freya's moment of passion with Daniel Goss becomes a public scandal, she's forced to marry all three Goss brothers and establish a homestead in zombie-infested territory. What starts as surviv...

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The Emperor's Gift

Mara was a successful top model, enjoying the best phase of her life professionally and romantically, until she was abducted by aliens. Taken to an intergalactic brothel, she must fight for her sur...

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Killer

Panting she runs at full speed. Her heart was drumming in her ears with full force as if it will burst out of her rib cage any moment. She heard those dreading footsteps getting closer. Taking a t...

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In Between Two Alphas

Cassidy moved into a new town when she turned 18 because her parents feared that living in the city would uncover her secret. In no time, she gets involved in the rivalry between Layton and Zeverus...

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Darkwood Falls Paranormal Investigators: The Dead Truth

There was a point in Shawn Nelson's life when she felt she lost everything. She was 26 years old and lost her job, broke up with her douche-bag boyfriend, and moved in with her neurotic cousin, Br...

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Vacation Identity

When a "too good to be true" vacation turns out to be just that, Greg and Olivia are thrown into a world where they must now set their fear aside and fight with everything the have. Greg and Olivia...

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The Vendeleer Brothers

Ian and Roderick Vendeleer don’t believe in ghosts. That is, until they are hired to solve a case in a mysterious town out in the desert called Pinnacle Gulch. While people disappear and a group of...

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Black Virus: Outbreak

With a viral outbreak looming and horrors around every corner, Captain Kara Piers and her team must find a way to save the citizens of New Candor City from a horrible fate. Will they survive? When ...

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CAGED

Kidnapped and drugged, Sofia Morales wakes in an underground lab to learn she’s been experimented on. As the newest breeding partner for a crazed, inhuman beast, her body and mind are at war, battl...

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Tight Spot

When Tight was released it was to be the superdrug to cure all. Women took it for the perfect body, Men for the perfect sex drive. A year has past, everything has changed. Humanity is in a Tight S...

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Vampyre | Book I of Bloodlines

When her beloved father’s unexpected death suddenly shatters Viola’s world, she has no choice but to accept the marriage proposal of the handsome and charming Lord William Spencer. Although beauti...

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Mr.Grumpy's Little Criminal

A young convicted serial killer is forced into a shady contract to avoid facing the death penalty. Where werewolves are tasked with humanizing dangerous criminals into unstoppable soldiers. But w...

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The Bloody mountains

Della and Brie are sisters, but not by blood. After their parents died they set off for a winter wonderland getaway. Despite the tranquility of the place, wild mountain lions roam. Two rangers on s...

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Lycan Soulmates #3: The Lycan of Wisteria Falls [18+]

Drema has just graduated high school, after being bullied severely all through her final years by Mae, who made Drema the target of her cruel games... Drema finally wants to take control on graduat...

What defines a horror story on Inkitt?

Horror stories are meant to thrill and terrify, often exploring fear, the unknown, and dark imagination.

Can anyone post horror stories on Inkitt?

Yes user-submitted horror stories range from psychological chills to supernatural terrors.

What are common themes in Inkitt horror?

Paranormal forces, haunted spaces, twisted minds, and suspenseful dread.

Is there adult content in horror stories?

Some may include mature content; readers can check story tags for themes and warnings.

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