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Book / Horror

December 12, 2024

Reads: 262

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Carter Laslo hadn’t intended to kill anyone, but desperation did strange things to people. He simply had nothing left to lose. Read More

Tags: dark, horror, death, murder, occult

Life begins anew when the soul enters a body. It is the foundation of our beings. However, when a soul causes the world to shift, and chaos ensues, only those responsible can correct it. This story follows Caleb Aris, a young son of a notable noble. His journey starts at… Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, romance, drama, long-running

This is no story of good. There is no hero. Just the life or an Half-Orc who loves nature and hates Humans. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark

In a world cloaked in unending darkness and rampant chaos, Mother, the merciless queen of shadows, has unleashed a devastating plague that spells doom for all living beings. Her sinister machinations have turned the chosen few into her undead minions-Awoken by a forbidden spell, imbued with the lethal power to… Read More

Tags: dark, romance, adventure, lgbt, arranged-marriage

In 2158, global tensions between Arga and Yuropa push the world to the brink of the Third Territorial War. But before conflict can erupt, an apocalyptic event splits the planet in half, wiping out half of humanity, restricting the alive to go and access the resources on the other side… Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, military, war, science-fiction

Book / Other

November 24, 2024

Reads: 2013

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

'This world is sick. And we are nothing more than mere symptoms.' Over four centuries ago the sun set - and never rose again, plunging the world into eternal darkness. Now vampires reign supreme, enslaving the almost exctinct humans for their blood, treating them like mere cattle. Among the oppressed,… Read More

Tags: dark, vampire, erotica, nsfw, bloodslave

A Vision I had. Read More

Tags: dark, horror, death, poetry, beauty

Book / Romance

November 18, 2024

Reads: 5287

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

All the pups start their training and they all have their assignments. Eclipse is always picking on the other young wolves. They all deal with their own issues and learn things about themselves. Will they let their issues get in the way of what they want, or will they listen… Read More

Tags: love, dark, light, wolves

Poem / Poetry

November 17, 2024

"If love is blind, it cannot hit the mark." — Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" Read More

Tags: dark, death, poetry, poem, sad

Short Story / Mystery and Crime /

November 16, 2024

Reads: 74

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

There is a pool by the lighthouse. A dark, deep, dangerous, pool. A pool where the dancers go to die. Lighthouse - from Is It Today? Be scared! Be very scared! Featuring astonishing Linnea as The Girl... Read More

Tags: dark, girl, light, dream, lighthouse

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"I love the juxtaposition of this piece: above and below the water, like a mirror--yet not, light vs dark, life vs death, the yin and the yang." Read More

Short Story / Horror

November 14, 2024

Reads: 103

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

They are the spirits of violent death, and if they come for you it means that you are already dead. (A Grim Hellenic Tale) #flashfictionfun Read More

Tags: dark, horror, death, mythology, flashfictionfun

Poem regarding the fate of death- first seen in The Poetry Box: Dark & Horror Poetry, 2014 TRIGGER WARNING***- VERY dark. Suicide/death discussed at length. Read More

Tags: dark, horror, death, suicide, darkpoetry

Tags: dark, faith, darkness, light, power

Nuntaya and her companions go on a quest to conquer the demon world. The sequel to Twin Souls. Read More

Tags: dark, nsfw

The story of 8 people on a Friday night for about 10 years. The decision game Read More

Tags: love, dark, affair, dance, friends

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, shadows linger in the corners of abandoned places, and whispers of the past echo through the streets. When journalist Sarah Hastings uncovers the dark legend of the Whitmore house—where the eccentric inventor Arthur Whitmore vanished along with several townsfolk—her curiosity turns into obsession.… Read More

Tags: dark, psychological, gory

Short Story / Horror

October 31, 2024

Reads: 116

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

There are dark places where dark creatures dwell. Some of them even exist outside our own tortured minds. (A Grim Hellenic Tale) Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, horror, sad, desire

A short poem to usher in the spooky season. #flashfictionfun Read More

Tags: dark, creepy, scary, poem, flashfictionfun

These are writings found amongst several deceased people from the last century. I rewrote them, and only now realised what they really are... Read More

Tags: dark, horror, evil, blood, demon

"As time passed, I grew weaker and weaker, and my body got paler and paler. I thought I would die! It was a grey and rainy day when I was lying on my bed, thinking that I was breathing my last breaths, and writing a goodbye letter to anyone who… Read More

Tags: dark, horror, scary, evil, gory

A man that hates people suddenly finds himself in the middle of a desert. There he meets a stranger, that later on reveals that the man is most likely alone and deserted. But his fate may be way worse... Read More

Tags: dark, horror, scary, evil, gory

Book / Fantasy

October 20, 2024

Reads: 801

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: fantasy, dark, horror

A group of teens find themselves trapped in a house of horrors, fighting for their lives. May add more, may just leave it depending if anyone wants me to continue. Read More

Tags: dark, death, creepy, monsters

a trapped girl, will she drown? or will she get out? or will something bring her out? Read More

Tags: dark, creepy, unfinished, work-in-progress

**Blurb for *Drowned Secrets*** Claire Winters has just escaped months of captivity, but her nightmare is far from over. With no memory of who held her or why, she returns to a world that feels familiar yet foreign. Her family and friends tread carefully around her, whispering secrets they won’t… Read More

Tags: dark, psychological, gory

When Jacob receives a strange music box, he finds out that because of his party, he is a sitting duck. Only then he gets to know the gory secrets of the woods... Read More

Tags: dark, horror, scary, monster, woods

Book / Poetry

September 26, 2024

Silent Screams: Voices of the Voiceless Silent Screams is a powerful collection of poems that gives voice to the unheard and the unseen. Each verse resonates with the struggles of those who face life’s challenges in silence—whether battling personal demons, enduring social injustices, or confronting environmental devastation. Through eight deeply… Read More

Tags: dark, emotional, deep, real, resilience

It is a tall creature, looks like a person, it has a pale face with two pale eyes, and if those eyes see a kid who cries, they look at you. Make no blink, because then it sows your eyes with a thread that’s pink. Read More

Tags: dark, horror, scary, paranormal, kids

Poem / Romance

September 25, 2024

Tags: love, dark, sadness, fear

Short Story / Horror

September 23, 2024

Reads: 59

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

And swans upon the still, deep lake, Glide softly for eternity's sake, While whispers brush against my ear, Of things too soft for one to hear. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, gothic, decadent, weird-fiction

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