Horror
FICTION / The veil of shadow
He had consistently disregarded the villagers' accounts of bhoot-prets as local folklore. To him, they were just stories to scare the gullible
FICTION / Trapped in the bite
I woke up with the taste of blood in my mouth
POETRY / The ghost of Arun Das
Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,
FICTION / VAMP
Anyone could see that they were a couple very much in love. Always laughing at each other’s jokes. Finishing each other’s sentences. Name the cliché and you’ll find them living up to it without question.
BOI MELA 2024 / Trends in horror and graphic novels at this year’s Boi Mela
According to the publishers, the classic horror books are among their best selling novels this year.
FICTION / Screams and Schadenfreude
TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, death, and gore.
FICTION / White-eyed Corpse
The beast bellowed below Mushfiq’s bedroom window, propelling rushes of tingles within him. He smiled.
ESSAY / On the many flavours of horror in children’s literature
What do we make of the mysterious thread that connects these stories not by genre, but by an imagination so wondrous they leave room for an underlying horror, and the many things that can mean?
The Screaming Shorts / Hunt
Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature.
They came out at sunset
The deeper the night, the louder the sound.
Rapture
“Rapture’s coming, son. We best be happy when we embrace the Lord,” was all I heard him say as he pushed a needle into my arm.
Game
My mother took me on her horse and started to ride south. I clutched my bleeding arm, the pain snapping me fully awake.
The cabin
If you're Red-marked, you may be forever scarred.
1 new message
'1 new message' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the two-sentence fiction category.
New home
'New home' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the 100 word fiction category.
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Last visit
'Last visit' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.
Midnight visitor
'Midnight visitor' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.
3 hours past midnight
As she looked up, Rukhsana noticed her eyeballs missing.