Young Adult (YA) Stories
Explore our collection of 20 amazing stories tagged with young adult (ya). Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
The Caller in the Static
Author:Lloyd Pierce
For Liam, it was just a tacky old phone, a relic from his grandmother's demolished house. An orange plastic eyesore nailed to the kitchen wall, completely unplugged. But then it started ringing. At first, it was a strange family joke. Then Liam answered, and he heard the whispers—faint, childlike murmurs no one else could hear. Now, the calls are becoming more frequent, the whispers more insistent, and the voice on the other end knows his name. The thing that haunted his childhood home has followed him, and it's using this dead line to reach out and drag him back into the darkness.
The Glitch in the Terminus
Author:Duane Chapman
A late-night dare turns into a descent into madness when two teenagers play a mysterious online ritual called "The Subway Game." One vanishes, erased from time itself. The other is thrown into a world where reality is a half-finished canvas, painted by a god-like entity of impossible geometry. Now, he's back in his own world, but it's changing, becoming the nightmare he escaped. And the Game isn't finished with him yet.
The Memory Eater of Mountain Rim
Author:Corbin Slate
In a town where nothing changes, a mysterious movie called 'A Good Film' offers the ultimate escape—by erasing itself from your memory. Everyone thinks it's a harmless gimmick, a quirky magic trick. But when seventeen-year-old Percy refuses to forget, he peels back the silver screen to find a ravenous horror feeding on his town's placid ignorance. By choosing to remember, he becomes the sole target of the thing that crawled out of the film, and the smiling, unblinking man who wants to ensure he enjoys the final show.
The Special Blend
Author:Jonas Blackwood
In a small town obsessed with the local McDonald's, 18-year-old Leo takes a job to support his ailing mother. But his simple desire for a paycheck plunges him into a nightmare lurking beneath the Golden Arches. A forbidden basement, a missing employee, and a horrifying secret about the restaurant's famous burgers reveal a monstrous truth: the town's happiness is paid for in blood and souls. Leo must uncover the pact that binds his town to the darkness before he becomes the next secret ingredient in The Special Blend.
The Locker That Hungers
Author:Corvus Thorne
A forgotten locker with no number holds a town's darkest secret. When newcomer Alex befriends the haunted Jason, he learns the locker is more than a legend—it's a gateway. A year ago, it claimed Jason's sister. Now, the two boys have made a pact to sneak back into the old gym and expose the truth. But the locker is always hungry, and the man who tends to it is waiting for them.
Sorrow's Ridge
Author:Thorne Croft
To escape the ghost of a horrific car crash that claimed his sister, seventeen-year-old Leo and his father move to the idyllic town of Old Ridge for a fresh start. But their new home offers a sinister cure for grief. A neighbor's cryptic warning becomes a terrifying reality as Leo discovers the town doesn't just welcome the brokenhearted—it feeds on their sorrow. They are not residents; they are prey in a place where forgetting comes at the price of your soul.
The Whisperwood Pact
Author:Elias Thorne
A text from a friend. A sleepover. A shortcut through the woods. Chloe thought it was a normal Saturday, but she was wrong. Lured into an ancient forest by something wearing her friend's identity, she's now hunted by creatures that live in the silence between heartbeats. Trapped, with her phone's battery dying, she finds only one way out: a horrifying choice. She must tell her story, and whoever reads it... is next. This isn't just a novel; it's a warning.
The Locker That Forgets
Author:P. L. Thorne
When twelve-year-old Alex moves to a dying town, his only escape is a decrepit gym with a dark secret: a numberless locker. The local legend says it's a gateway to hell, but the truth is far worse. It's a place where things go to be forgotten. First, it's a gym bag. Then a treasured possession. Soon, it's memories. And when Alex's only friend becomes its next target, he must uncover the gym's terrifying history before the locker forgets his friend out of existence entirely.
My Shadow's Smile
Author:Roland Allen
A boy is haunted by a smiling, childlike shadow that only he can see. To fight back, he discovers a horrifying ritual in his dreams: by mutilating himself in the dream world, he can inflict real pain on the creature. But every victory brings him closer to a terrifying truth, and the shadow's final, widest smile promises a fate worse than death. He thought he was hurting his tormentor, but he was only feeding it, piece by piece.
The Final Pin
Author:M.R. Kaine
To fit in, high school student Alex lets his friends play a dark game on his computer. They pin his apartment on a mysterious website mapping real-life suicides. When a ghostly girl appears outside his 14th-floor window demanding his death, Alex discovers the horrifying truth: he can't delete the pin, only move it. To save his family, he must choose who dies in their place. Now, trapped in a deadly digital game of cat-and-mouse, Alex must become a monster to survive the curse of The Final Pin.
The Glitch in His Empire
Author:Kenzi Hughes
When a privileged town bully costs him everything, tech prodigy Leo gets his hands on the bully's brand-new smartphone. What starts as a simple prank escalates into a full-blown digital war. With his friends, Leo uncovers a web of corruption protecting the bully and his powerful father. They have the skills to tear the entire empire down from the inside, but one wrong move could land them in jail—or worse. This isn't just about getting even; it's about a total system reboot.
The River's Hunger
Author:Carole Pearson
An innocent night by the river turns into a desperate fight for survival when 18-year-old Arjun and his friends witness a terrifying figure emerge from the water. It doesn't want to kill them, not yet. It wants to feed. An ancient hunger has latched onto Arjun, manifesting as an irresistible craving for fried food. His mother’s cryptic warnings about hungry ghosts are his only guide. But as his friends are picked off one by one and the creature’s influence grows, Arjun must uncover the river's dark history before he is consumed by a hunger that will swallow his soul whole.