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 Scarecrow by Phillip Englund
The older teenagers clustered up to the door of the house and rang the bell while Matthew kept...
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Heads by Alan Meyrowitz
Heads Much has been said about the horrors of war. I have learned firsthand there are horrors...
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The Hunted by Dylan Dickens
Entomology is a peculiar hobby of mine. I’ve always had a fascination for the macabre, and an eye...
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Revoluta Revolution by Gabrielle Bleu
Clare bought the sago palm hoping it would survive her black thumb. All her plants shriveled and...
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The Abandoned by S. Alessandro Martinez
The Abandoned Right into here? My full name? Okay, sure. Cassandra Evangeline Stoica....
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Cul-de-Sac by Edward Ahern
I was driving Newfoundland route 480 that winter night. Crested a hill, slightly airborne, when I...
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The Decision by C.J. Carter-Stephenson
I’m in love with a girl called Alice, but don’t know what to do about it. Asking her out is...
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Deserted By James Harris
Paul clamped onto his thumb, the only one he had left, and took a deep breath in. Snot and sweat...
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Jitter Issue #2
Jitter Press proudly presents “Jitter” issue #2. Guaranteed to scare the hell out of...
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The Horror in the Cavern by Robert Hale
I will take you down there to show youBut we must take careSee how deep is this cavernSee how it...
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Liquid Darkness by DJ Tyrer
Liquid Darkness A darkness immune to light To the stabbing beams of a torch Black and glistening...
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Stained Glass by C L Killgore
Nell tucked the phone between her ear and shoulder, “No, you’re not interrupting anything, I’m...
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