Thriller Stories
Explore our collection of 500 amazing stories tagged with thriller. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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The Veridian Curse
Author:Zoe Howard
In Veridian Bluffs, a child vanishes every summer solstice. They call it the Selection. My sister Amelia was the last. They say it’s an honor, a communion with nature. But I found her hidden journal, filled with sketches of a maggot god and a town built on a bedrock of lies. Now, the whispers have started in my head, the ticks are gathering at my door, and the town elders are watching me. They think I'm next. I'm not waiting to be Selected. I'm going into the dark to uncover the truth Amelia died for, even if it means facing the mother of all horrors.
The Upside-Down Grin
Author:Elias Thorne
I used to joke with the ghosts I thought were watching me. Then one night, one of them showed itself—an upside-down girl with bloodshot eyes grinning from under my bed. My mother warned me that belief can make things real. Now, I'm trapped in a nightmare of my own making, hunted by a creature that feeds on my fear. To survive, I have to un-believe it, but how do you kill a thought that's already looking right at you?
Par for the Damned
Author:Felix Willis
A nostalgic trip to a closing mini-golf course turns into a nightmare when five friends are trapped by its sinister mascot. Forced into a deadly game where every stroke is a matter of life or death, one man must unravel the secrets of the cursed grounds before he and his friends become permanent attractions. The only rule is to get a hole-in-one. The only prize for winning is another game.
The Echo Chamber
Author:Julian Blackwood
Elias Vance lives a life of sterile precision, a fortress against memories he can't recall. But his fortress is cracking. Whispers of 'Zero' bleed from the walls, and cryptic photos appear, showing a hallway he's never seen. As reality dissolves, he's dragged into a breathing labyrinth of infinite doors, each a portal to a buried fragment of his past. He soon discovers he is not just a prisoner in this mental asylum; he is its architect. And its first patient, a shadowy warden, is determined to make him remember every last scream.
The Sorrow Eater
Author:Marek Thorne
When a suicidal man's cry for oblivion is answered by a thing lurking in the woods, he discovers there are fates far worse than death. A creature born of shadow and despair hears his wish and offers a trade: his body for its existence. Now, he must fight a war within his own mind against the predator that wants to wear his skin, or become another silent statistic in a town that feeds on misery.
The Last Showbiz
Author:Barnaby Grimm
Leo took a job at the last Showbiz Pizza to reconnect with a piece of his childhood. He loved the old animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion. But the childhood icons he remembered are gone, replaced by something starving for attention. Now, locked inside after closing, Leo discovers the show isn't over. The band demands an audience, and they'll create one from the screams and broken bodies of anyone who dares to forget them. He was their biggest fan; now he's their unwilling warden.
The Un-Becoming
Author:Terrance Morales
The sky didn't fall. It peeled open, bleeding a colorless color that unmade reality. As the world dissolves into beautiful, maddening patterns, astrophysicist Elias Thorne must save his younger sister from the creeping cosmic horror. But the entity invading their world isn't an enemy—it's a new form of existence. To fight it is to fight reality itself, and Elias can feel his own mind, his very soul, beginning to fray and find peace in the ruin.
Echoes in the Holler
Author:Tyrone Andrews
A family's idyllic summer retreat to a remote Appalachian cabin descends into a nightmare of impossible geography and terrifying encounters. When the woods begin to warp reality itself, they discover the true horror isn't just the creatures that stalk the trees, but the ones that can wear the faces of those they love. They thought they were escaping the city, but they only escaped the familiar. What the mountain wants, the mountain keeps.
The Operator's Call
Author:Meghan Harper
A man haunted by guilt discovers a series of phantom payphones appearing throughout his city. Each time one is answered, the caller is driven to a horrific, public suicide. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, he devises a plan to hear the deadly message without falling prey to its curse. But the voice on the other end isn't a monster—it's something far more personal and insidious, a whisper of regret that promises an eternity of silence. He sought an answer, but all he found was a slow, agonizing dial tone to his own demise.
The Sins of the Eyetooth
Author:James Stanley
When Dahlia's adoptive mother dies, she leaves behind a horrifying inheritance: a letter detailing a demonic pact and a dental plate fitted with enchanted teeth. Dahlia's biological parents sold her soul as an infant, and a supernatural clock is ticking down to the moment she'll be collected. To survive, she must follow her mother's last, desperate instruction: find her parents and bite back. But severing one dark contract might just attract the attention of the cosmic horror who wrote it in the first place.
The Funny Story
Author:Rafael Rogers
When his best friend sends him a link to a cryptic website, college student Alex Vance is dragged into a terrifying game orchestrated by a ghost from his past. A mysterious entity is rewriting his memories, haunting his technology, and isolating him from everyone he loves. To survive, he must return to the haunted woods of his childhood and confront the horrific truth behind his brother's death—a truth that is not only still alive, but wants to play again.
Messy Hands
Author:Rhys Macabre
Every Tuesday, five friends gathered for game night. It was their sacred ritual, a refuge from adult life. But one night, a new game appears—a dusty, forgotten box from an attic called 'Messy Hands.' The rules are simple: draw a card, do the dare. But when the basement door seals itself with solid stone and the dares turn from childish pranks to brutal acts of self-mutilation and betrayal, they realize this is no ordinary game. To survive, they must play. To win, they must destroy each other. Because in the game of Messy Hands, the only thing messier than your hands is your conscience.