Where the Hell Is Amy? by Joseph Cusumano
Amy watched her cat, Milo, approach the latest acquisition, an antique three-panel mirror which...
Free Horror Short Stories and Dark Poetry
Read 187 free horror stories, flash fiction pieces, and dark poems from all nine issues of Jitter Press. Start with our editors selected scares, explore fiction and verse, or browse every published work in the Complete Archive.
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The Lines by Frank Coffman
The Lines “But it now struck me for the first time that there must be one great and ruling...
The Recipe by Kelly Stolle
I lick the tip of my fingers watching that water boil, and the oil as it starts to simmer....
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Jitter Issue #1
Jitter Press proudly presents “Jitter” issue #1. Guaranteed to scare the hell out of...
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Can You Hear the Silence of a Corpse? by John McKernan
The pull of the chainsaw Whirr of the sawmill blade Boot click against spade edge Suck of red clay...
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Curse of the Deadly Moth by Aurora Lewis
Playing alone in flowered fields among brightly coloredbutterflies and daffodils, her childish...
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A Feast of Flesh by J. W. Parr
A scream cried out through the house, but the guests paid very little attention. It was, after...
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Untitled by Simon Perchik
Untitled You walk past as if the first death was a bird –enormous feathers half stone, half...
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Madness by Jo Carroll
Madness They told me he was mad when they took him And locked him up away somewhere for good, And...
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The Monster Outside the Closet by Luke Evans
The Monster Outside the Closet The monster in the closet is little. He hides in my shoes...
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The Eyeless Girl by Kevin Andersen
A little girl stands by the foot of my bedblood dripping on my floor from the holes in her headthe...
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The Dogs Are in the Alley Again by Philip Athans
The TV news anchor sounded strange when he said, “We’re getting scattered reports of disturbances...
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Chain Letter by Zoё Woodard
Chain Letter Anton Deveau had a schedule. 6:00 a.m.—start the day, hot shower, shave,...
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The Vampyre by Joseph Rubas
The Vampyre James Peadon woke from a dreadful nightmare on the morning of January 6, his heart...
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