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Twisted Horror Stories by Matthew Tonks

Twisted Horror Stories by Matthew Tonks

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  • 2020SUX – A Foot on the Other Shoe – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
    April 29, 2026

    2020SUX – A Foot on the Other Shoe – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

    A broadcast breaks open in the dark as a young leader pushes through a speech he can no longer control,… Read More

  • The Confession Engine – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
    February 27, 2026

    The Confession Engine – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

    A machine that lets you hear everyone else’s secrets demands one thing in return—your own. Read More

  • I Dragged Your Arse Along, Because You Belong – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
    December 7, 2025

    I Dragged Your Arse Along, Because You Belong – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

    At a family Christmas, a man realises his apologies became a chain that will not loosen—past confessions bind him to… Read More

  • To Think Silly So – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 6, 2025

    To Think Silly So – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A private doubt becomes a widening shadow and a camera’s unblinking eye keeps score—grief that never belonged to the speaker… Read More

  • A View Given to Something Sold – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 5, 2025

    A View Given to Something Sold – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    Painted smiles disinfect the memory but scar the body—redemption is sold on cracked stones and the stories we tell become… Read More

  • A Call Into My Own Arms – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 4, 2025

    A Call Into My Own Arms – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    Time collapses inward and memory answers like tide—each return bends the self until the speaker stands folded inside a call… Read More

  • Explode, Explode, Explode – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 3, 2025

    Explode, Explode, Explode – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A failing mind rattles with small detonations, old comforts turning to fractures until identity bursts and only grey eyes and… Read More

  • Through the Eyes of Tired Souls – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 2, 2025

    Through the Eyes of Tired Souls – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A looping sorrow tightens the throat as time folds back on itself—tired eyes watch patterns unravel and the body remembers… Read More

  • A Pleb of Broken Skin – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    December 1, 2025

    A Pleb of Broken Skin – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A self peels away under watchful eyes—portraits and bodies frame a once life while the speaker begs for sight and… Read More

  • A Hole Not Even for One – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
    November 30, 2025

    A Hole Not Even for One – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

    At dawn a man sits in his truck with soil on his hands and a memory that refuses to stay… Read More

  • Let the Deciding Be – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 29, 2025

    Let the Deciding Be – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A wish that wandered beyond mercy becomes a mirror for the things we dread—what comes back keeps the shape but… Read More

  • Masks That Stole the Shadow of Reflection – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 28, 2025

    Masks That Stole the Shadow of Reflection – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    Masks that steal the shadow of reflection turn memory into appetite—look long enough and the mirror keeps more than truth,… Read More

  • Years of an Eternity Swimming – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 27, 2025

    Years of an Eternity Swimming – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A ruined dollhouse becomes the architecture of endless time—broken windows and fallen toys stretch a single moment across a million… Read More

  • Bound by the Womb – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 26, 2025

    Bound by the Womb – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A tender prayer becomes a binding memory—this verse traces a grief that repeats itself like a cradle and shows how… Read More

  • A Sound That Was Always a Name – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 25, 2025

    A Sound That Was Always a Name – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A name first learned in the dark becomes a memory that hardens into a carving — this short verse traces… Read More

  • I Saw the Image of Your Reflection – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 24, 2025

    I Saw the Image of Your Reflection – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A shattered reflection multiplies the self into wrong versions that call for completeness—each mirrored mistake pulls the speaker toward a… Read More

  • Send What You Can’t and I’ll Show You His Name – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
    November 23, 2025

    Send What You Can’t and I’ll Show You His Name – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

    A televangelist’s promise of salvation curdles into a public rite of blood and worship when a stranger exposes the lie.… Read More

  • Soundless Places Lost Inside – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 22, 2025

    Soundless Places Lost Inside – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A dizzying, violent lullaby where mirrors tear and the merry-go-round never stops—this verse drags the speaker through a blooded loop… Read More

  • Moulded Out of Recycled Waste – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 21, 2025

    Moulded Out of Recycled Waste – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A body made from discarded plastics and screens starts to remember and then to answer back—manufactured images claim more than… Read More

  • A Me Before the Mirrored Sea – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks
    November 20, 2025

    A Me Before the Mirrored Sea – A Twisted Verse by Matthew Tonks

    A piano on the edge of wakefulness trims memory into fragments—seasons and echoes circle and the self becomes a garment… Read More

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Twisted Horror Stories by Matthew Tonks

Welcome to Twisted Roads

A collection of horror fiction by Matthew Tonks

Stories that bleed. Paragraphs that scream.

These short horrors don’t wait to be invited in—they twist the handle, slip through the cracks, and whisper while you read.

You’ll find no mercy here. Just tales sharpened on bone, flash fiction that claws at the surface, and reviews that strip stories down to the screaming parts.

Looped screams, liminal traps, or something cosmic and broken wearing your face—if it bleeds, it belongs.

 

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