![]() ![]() ![]() Neewollah then shows the boy a whole collection of eyeball marbles, grabs two, and runs back up the stairs. Neewollah takes his arm, ostensibly to keep him from falling, but, from the picture, he's pulling on him so hard that he's actually likely to make him fall. ![]() Neewollah *down* the stairs (apparently there is a level below the basement that wasn't previously pictured?). Apparently never having heard of child predators, the boy follows Mr. Neewollah, who offers to show him even more "interesting" things. But not so much in a scary sort of way, but in a don't-leave-the-children-alone-with-weird-Uncle-Roger-if-you-know-what-I-mean sort of way. Neewollah face-to-face, and he is indeed creepy. Once we're in the basement with the boy, we see a staircase going up, but the light is coming from up the stairs, not in the basement itself. Neewollah's basement, so he leans in to get a better look - and promptly falls through the window into the basement. The boy is so bothered that he can't fall asleep until he returns it, so he creeps out of the house at midnight to do so, the thought of which has to be rather disconcerting to parents of five- or six-year-old children. The boy pockets the marble and runs home to look at it, where he discovers that it looks like an eyeball. Neewollah" who has moved to the house next door. As the story proper opens, the boy finds a "marble" that bounces away from "Mr. The story never says how old he was, but the pictures make him look to be about five, maybe six at the oldest. One of the first things that struck me about this story is how young the boy looks. Unfortunately, it didn't work out too well. At a cursory glance, the pictures appeared appropriately creepy and very well done. I liked the idea of the narrator pausing to ask if the story was getting to scary. So who knows? You might just discover the next Stephen King.I've been searching for stories for my four- and six-year-old daughters that are exactly what the title of this story claims: scary, but not too scary. 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 … 255 Next › Last » The Best Horror Short Stories ![]()
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