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Short horror stories from Tasmania. Ordinary lives, broken certainty, and roads that should never have been followed.
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY
Every story. Every road.
More than a decade of nightmares, gathered in one place. Browse the full archive below—every published story remains here, and every new one joins it automatically.
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That Was Never Given Words
A fortune told in a tent rewinds a life and leaves a tune lodged inside the throat—an intimate glimpse that unravels a man’s future…
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Friend Group Soup
A man’s conviction hardens into a machine that boils friends into a smiling answer. By the time the churn stops you may no longer…
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Silence Instead of a Beat
A smile masks terror as Cassandra tumbles into a shifting nightmare of fields, fire, and decay. Whispers taunt her with truths she cannot trust—until…
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Call It by Name and It Will Follow You
A night-stretched street folds and a woman’s hurried steps draw a terrible attention. When voices on the line and a laughing figure in the…
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Where the Reel Really Stops
A filmmaker rewinds his own death until film and flesh blur and the dark in the room prefers reruns to mercy—each playback peels him…
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All Your Screams Are Prerecorded
A room wired with cameras, a woman chained, and a voice that only speaks in prerecorded nightmares. In a world where screams are scripted,…
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In the End Five Minutes Is Too Long – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
A public execution frays into ritual terror when the condemned refuses to stay dead and the witnesses become part of the sentence—five minutes of…
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A Curve Is Still a Straight Line – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
Obsession becomes ritual, and love is reduced to blood and dirt. When devotion curdles into madness, a man carves a path between life and…
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It Wasn’t Real Until I Dragged It From My Dream – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
Andrew wakes from a nightmare, but the dream refuses to let him go. A painted figure with a sledgehammer steps across the threshold between…
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Through a Glowing Hole My Screen Screamed – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
A body horror / psychological horror short story by Matthew Tonks. “The screen flickers—the image collapses into static—then a voice begs for attention.” What…
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Room to Wait as Time Slides – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
A man trapped in a room where time fractures discovers shadows that never blink, a woman who knows too much, and a doorway that…
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A Few Minutes to Spend While the End Descends – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
David demands the truth behind the illusion, but time itself fractures around him. As reality unwinds and repeats, the line between survival and annihilation…
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One More Padlock to Be Safe – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
Duncan’s grief is chained in the dark, padlocked behind doors his family can’t see. But hope is a cruel thing—especially when it wears the…
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A Humming Breath Calls to the Dead – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks
A humming that never stops. A room where breath becomes a song, and infection sings through flesh. When voices join in chorus, terror spreads…
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Sold My Scars for Free – A Short Horror Story #Debut #ShortStory
He tears through flesh and memory, carving truth from agony—summoning something ancient with blood, scars, and a shard of broken glass.
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On the Backs of Spiders – A Short Horror Story #Debut #ShortStory
A woman awakens to a strange web of threads connecting her to everything around her, unraveling a terrifying mystery.
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In the Storm’s Eye It Dwells #Debut #ShortStory
A desperate driver escapes a storm—only to find himself trapped in something far worse. The girl knows why. He won’t listen.
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What a Whale Hides #Debut #ShortStory
A detective unravels a grisly mystery as decaying whales and corpses hide something far more terrifying.
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Doors Are Sometimes Holes #Debut #ShortStory
A man faces an unsettling guide after death, discovering the truth about himself and the doorways we fear.
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A Mirror Reflected from Inside #Debut #ShortStory
The fragile line between reality and imagination shatters as desperation leads to betrayal, violence, and dark revelations.
THE ROAD DOESN’T END HERE