The Dark Side

Name: The Dark Side
Author: Fridous

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The Lost Boys of Direhaven

A ‘choose your own mystery’ ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with CHOICES, CLUES, VISUALS & SOUND. Solve for Cold Case 174: an unknown horror surrounding 7 boys who were gone for months in the [REDACTED] Conservation Site and came back forever changed after interacting with [REDACTED]. (CURRENTLY ADDING MORE CHOICE CHAPTERS BETWEEN CLUES!)

Tamer

When the circus comes to town, Lulu isn’t interested in the bearded lady or the alligator man. She’s interested in the normal-looking boy locked in a cage. She brings him food, gives him a name, and eventually helps him escape, not knowing exactly what she’s set loose. A simple act of kindness will change both of their lives forever. A gothic romance that asks if love can tame all beasts.

26:22

The following case files contain reports of unexplained incidents across Japan. No one knows who started collecting these stories. Some were found on forgotten forums. Some were copied from police reports that no longer exist. Others were written by people who disappeared before they could explain what happened. Each file ends with a choice. The choice is yours. Choose carefully. Updated whenever the spookiness hits me Why 26:22? It’s a time in Japan. (02:22am)

The Weeping Jackal

It was common for veiled-born children of the gods to die— not that Heba Badran knew that. On her 16th birthday, her divine heart matures and kills her mortal body. Now, she’s stuck at The House of the Second Measure; a half-way house for dangerous demigods caught between life and death. Surrounded by heart-eating monsters, battle-scarred wardens, and undead teenagers, Heba must discover her identity and find her way home. 🖤DARK URBAN FANTASY 🖤ARAB AND EGYPTIAN CULTURE INSPO ON HIATUS

Apartment 404

When Nia Carter moves into the affordable Ashcroft Apartments, she thinks she’s finally getting a fresh start. But every night at exactly 12:04 a.m., a mysterious door labeled Apartment 404 appears between two apartments where no door should exist. Drawn inside, she uncovers a nightmare of vanished tenants, shifting hallways, and a building that feeds on fear, regret, and loneliness. To escape, Nia must uncover the truth before the apartment decides she’s its next permanent resident.

Nightmare

Deep in the forest, something is awakening. Something old. It will grab you. It won’t let go until you give up.

Death

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Museum of Forgotten Stories

Welcome to the Museum of Forgotten Stories! Within these galleries rest the memories of our subjects, and the horrors they have endured; we hope you enjoy your visit! After all... once you enter the Museum, you can never leave.

Hell is Arcane

"Do not be deceived!! There is no glory in this path you choose. No songs will be sung for you, no ballads or laurels with your name. But remember this." “When the demons charge at you. When you walk through the valley of death. When the devil stands guard against you.” “Remember you do not fight for yourself alone! You fight for all of us! You fight for the Citadel!” A thousand men struck their chest in unison as their voice shook the halls. “We die for the citadel!!”

ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ.⋆♱[ꜱᴛᴀʀᴅᴇᴡ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄ]

Valley Shadow is a Stardew Valley fanfic that challenges the game’s cozy atmosphere, delivering a dark psychological drama that follows two broken souls—a boy mourning a girl he thought he lost, and a vampire desperate to uncover the deadly conspiracy behind her own murder.

Easter egg hunt

It was only supposed to be a normal easter egg hunt but really it was a test to see who lives or dies. A detective who was sent by a nearby town went to investigate the missing children in the town of Achel. Achel is a town with nothing but serial killers. Their favorite time of the year is Easter.

Don't Answer The Phone

A new house. A quiet start. A phone that shouldn’t work. Hayley answers. No one else hears. Shadows follow. Her brother disappears. The house is hiding a decades-old obsession, grief, and a voice that crossed over. One person survived it before. Barely. To get her brother back, Hayley has to pick up again.

She Waits by The Sea

A structural engineer and his partner travel to a haunted clifftop chapel in Goa to fix its crumbling foundations — and discover it's haunted by a woman abandoned at the altar in 1845, who's now fixated on keeping him for herself. To save their relationship and free her spirit, they must find her hidden grave and finally lay her to rest.

Beyond all realms

after a mysterious accident. Returning to school, she becomes the centre of cruel rumours while being haunted by visions of a faceless girl and a name—Velmora—that appears only for her before vanishing. As she investigates her forgotten past, she discovers that everyone at school is hiding pieces of the truth. But the closer she gets to remembering Velmora, the more dangerous those memories become.

The Last Amen

In a decaying Southern Gothic church, a zealous exorcist battles his own violent demons and sinful lust. When a heretical bishop and a mad psychiatrist challenge his sacred duty, his faith shatters, forcing him to confront the darkness within or be consumed by it. "We are legion, for we are many."

Molded

Children have been disappearing in asphalt hollow for decades.When one of them vanishes , eli is pulled into a mystery where reality itself begins to twist , and the closer he gets to the truth , the less he can trust what he sees.

Last Christmas

At All Saints High, the girls are done. Juliet has survived school by keeping her head down. Bethany has survived by being adored. Amber is done surviving. Soon a boy-free movement spreads through their school, but with the Christmas disco days away, tensions rise, lines are drawn, and by the time the music starts, the boys won't be the same again. And the girls wonder just what they'll do to survive. STORY STATUS - COMPLETE TROPES: Zombies (ish) LGBT themes Girl Rivals

Creepy Tales from Corpse Town

My original anthology of unsettling flash fiction. Short and 'sickly'-sweet chapters. COMPLETE. Stories range from: ✓ ageless Russian high schoolers, ✓ a guy that dies every time he travels between dimensions ✓ star-walkers who wear the dead, and ✓ a bio-tech virus that 'hacks' animals and humans.

Clowns of francesswan

Imagine you just got into a car crash and when you wake up you are forced to play games of life and death, this story is heavily inspired by squid game. I wrote this when i was younger and my writing has inproved after a while so thats why the storys writing is kinda bad

Shadows of a Bleeding Soul

I don’t know how much [REDACTED]. It’s [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] gave both [REDACTED] back their [REDACTED]. They’re [REDACTED]. Not true. I don’t know if anyone will ever read this. But I need to get the [REDACTED] out. Please forgive me. Please. Please.

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Hell is Arcane

ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ.⋆♱[ꜱᴛᴀʀᴅᴇᴡ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄ]

Easter egg hunt

Don't Answer The Phone

She Waits by The Sea

Beyond all realms

The Last Amen

Molded

Last Christmas

Creepy Tales from Corpse Town

Clowns of francesswan

Shadows of a Bleeding Soul