The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas

John Reders awakens handcuffed to a school desk alongside a room full of terrified strangers, with no memory of how he got there or why. But confusion quickly gives way to horror when a routine “tornado drill” becomes a deadly survival test, forcing ... more

After miners uncover a mysterious barricade deep underground, Professor Greg Darwin is called in to investigate strange symbols and growing rumors of creatures lurking beneath the tunnels. But when the excavation team becomes trapped inside an ancien... more

Unable to provide for his starving family, Abdu eagerly accepts an offer of shelter and food from an elderly woman who claims to be his cousin. But after overhearing the woman reveal sinister intentions in the barn, Abdu’s wife becomes convinced they... more

When a strange, featureless figure begins appearing outside his window night after night, a terrified narrator initially assumes it’s some kind of cruel prank. But as the entity continues watching him with impossible persistence, he realizes the thin... more

Exhausted by the overwhelming burden of maintaining his enormous farm, Richard Mayes believes his troubles are finally easing when a plague begins thinning his livestock. But after his wife becomes pregnant, a horrifying new problem emerges as the un... more

While spending a summer night near a lonely cornfield, two boys encounter a horrifying figure lurking in the darkness—something that appears neither fully human nor entirely dead. After the creature attacks Trevor, a mysterious infection begins sprea... more

Heather’s afternoon visit to her friend Jenny’s house takes a disturbing turn when a doll in the next room seems to fix its gaze on them, no matter how many times they try to shut it away. As doors open on their own and the doll refuses to stay where... more

Lost in the depths of a sprawling forest, a weary hunter seeks shelter for the night in an abandoned cabin hidden among the trees. Inside, he discovers the walls covered with unsettling portraits whose hateful expressions seem fixed directly on him, ... more