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...
My Fear by Jon Simmons
My Fear Terrifying specters writhed all around me I did not run or call for help Their...
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All Dolled Up by Kristi Petersen Schoonover
Nobody really believes in haunted dolls. Least of all me—after all, I got paid to ghostwrite...
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Ferry Boats by Michael Estabrook
Ferry Boats Dusk, I fall into dark freezing waters between two ferry boats — those great...
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Iron Eyes by Myke Edwards
Cold steel rang dull in the dusky sky. Milo’s shovel hit something hard. Multiple thumps...
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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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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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In Emulation of Gretel by Thomas Kleaton
In Emulation of Gretel Where had the time gone? Edmund sat on his mother’s weathered iron bench...
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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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Mephistopheles & Faust by Frank Coffman
“Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.” [It is a solace of the wretched to have companions in...
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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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Shadow Intrudes by Jon Simmons
Shadow Intrudes A sound a scratching tapping then a knocking then banging at the door...
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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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