In addition, the woman who she is currently robbing cheated people in her life by selling snake meat and claiming it was fish. He is furious with the woman.īut the old woman tells him that she steals hair to make wigs, so she can survive. He is disgusted, and decides then that he would rather take the path of righteousness even if it meant starvation. He goes upstairs, after noticing some firelight there, and encounters a woman who is stealing hair from the dead bodies on the second floor. The man, a lowly servant recently fired, is contemplating whether to starve to death or to become a thief to survive in the barren times. The current name of the gate in the story, but not the plot, comes from the Noh play Rashōmon (c. So who knows? You might just discover the next Stephen King.The story recounts the encounter between a servant and an old woman in the dilapidated Rashōmon, the southern gate of the then-ruined city of Kyoto, where unclaimed corpses were sometimes dumped.

Lots of promising new writers have emerged from this collection, deftly creating atmosphere and building that all-important suspense. And at the top of the page, is the cream of the crop: horror stories that have either won our competition or been shortlisted.

Here we’ve gathered together all the scary stories that made us want to lock our laptops in a cupboard and hide under the blankets. If you’re into creepy stories that keep you awake at night, then look no further than our collection of short horror stories, compiled from submissions to our weekly writing contest. Looking for some spine-chilling horror stories? The kind of thing that, if you’re brave enough, you’d tell your friends around a campfire - a torch casting spooky shadows on your face. Tales that climb steadily towards a dark and horrific denouement.

Lovecraft: some of their best horrors take the form of a short story. And, as all the best horror story writers will tell you, the cause of this feeling isn’t just the presence of a monster, but the creation of suspense. You know the feeling: your skin crawls, your heart pounds, a shiver runs down your spine. Or perhaps it’s psychopaths, serial killers, and struggling writers driven mad by a deserted hotel? Whatever it is, there’s one thing that unites you and every other horror lover out there - adrenaline. What is it that you think of first? Maybe it’s malevolent, otherworldly spirits. 2 … 209 Next › Last » The Best Horror Short Stories

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