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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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Day 56 – Pay Day – Short Story
“It’s perfect,” she says as she takes a step back and looks at the painting. “I love it,” she says turning to him, he…
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Day 55 – The Line – YouChallenge Short Story
He sits in the examination room and runs a hand over his clean shaven head, and slaps it down over his skull, using it…
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Day 54 – Dilation – Short Story
He falls back into the seat as the needle drops to the floor and the drug rushes through his blood system like a rocket,…
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Day 53 – Bad Day II The Goodnight Kiss- Short Story
Kildone is a fucking piece of shit, that’s what he is, I knew I should’ve just put a bullet in his head then and…
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Day 52 – Jump To The Beat – Short Story
“It’s all going to be okay, you just have to trust me and we’ll all make it out, okay?” he says as he holds…
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Day 51 – Summit – Short Story
Simon looked down over the growing pool of black liquid that ran towards him, moving like a snake. He feels his body stiffen as…
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Day 50 – Last Call – Short Story
Sammy didn’t know how to take what Jake had just told him, this man who has been almost like a brother to him for…
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Day 49 – Get Away – Short Story
He stares into her fear filled eyes and feels the pain stab into his chest, he grips tightly around her wrists as she dangles…
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Day 48 – Jeremiah – YouChallenge Short Story
They gather around the nastily dug hole in the ground with bowed heads and closed eyes, as today, this family buries it patriarch, a…
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Day 47 -Ticky Ricky – Short Story
“Sticky icky, yucky ducky,” those were the last words my brother sent to me in a message, before he vanished off the face of…
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Day 46 – Vermin – Short Story
“Stay true to who you are my flower,” Lance says as he slumps backwards in the chair, his eyes lifeless, she grips his hand…
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Day 44 – Price Paid – Short Story
He looks up into their faces through his one good eye, the other a mess of puss and blood and clenches his teeth as…
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Day 43 – Skillet – Short Story
He leaps from his bed, still half asleep, as the banging that is coming from beyond the bed room, from somewhere else within the house,…
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Day 41 – Infection – YouChallenge Short Story
He sits back in the chair as the light blindly shines into his eyes, and he puts his arm up to shield them. “Please…
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Day 40 – Bitch Please – Short Story
“That’s it, that’s my catchphrase,” he says as he looks down on her naked, sweaty body, as he grips her breasts and continues to…
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Day 39 – Bad Day – Short Story
I guess you could say timing is everything, or nothing, really I guess it’s relative to what you want it to be, for me…
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Day 37 – The Call – Short Story
He picks up the phone and stares at the dial for a few moments before wiping the sweat from his brow and dialing the…
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Day 36 – What The Flesh Wants – Short Story
The two girls sit in the pool of blood, staring at each other, looking deeply into each other’s eyes, and no words are said.…
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Day 34 – Hour Glass – YouChallenge Short Story
She moves through the little shop slowly, taking her time to look over each of the items with old, experienced eyes, until finally she…
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Day 33 – Full Deck – Short Story
The wind blows through the deserted streets fiercely, pushing, shaking, and tearing at anything that gets in its way, Joel peers out of the…
THE ROAD DOESN’T END HERE