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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Gothic Horror Short Stories - Page 2

Read a collection of Gothic Horror short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project. (Page 2)

Spring Gothic Horror Short Stories - Page 2

9 Titles
Forever is a Trapdoor

Forever is a Trapdoor

by Tony Eetak

The ink bled down the velvet walls, smelling of cheap musk and the heavy rot of thirty years.

Romance Read →
From a Golden to Bruised Violet

Spring melt on Lake of the Woods reveals more than just mud as a flower-faced horror demands its payment.

Thriller Read →
Limestone Lung

Limestone Lung

by Jamie F. Bell

Renee paints the city's lungs while a bureaucrat freezing in a blizzard discovers the human cost of his spreadsheets.

Literary Fiction Read →
Old Iron Thimble

Old Iron Thimble

by Eva Suluk

The snow fell in the shape of human teeth, white and hard, clicking against the silver frozen ground.

Literary Fiction Read →
Signal Rot

Signal Rot

by Leaf Richards

The radio spat a burst of white noise, followed by a voice Ella hadn’t heard since the funeral.

Horror Read →
Silver Scales

Silver Scales

by Leaf Richards

Wally discovers the spring runoff fish are arranged like ancient runes while the depot party turns into a nightmare.

Thriller Read →
Silver Thorns and Sunlight

A scout discovers that the monsters in the briars are actually guardians of a spring that never ends.

Utopian Read →
Smashed Carbon Blocks

Smashed Carbon Blocks

by Jamie F. Bell

The spring thaw did not bring life to the valley. It only uncovered what the snow had killed.

Dystopian Read →
T-Rex Bone Dust

T-Rex Bone Dust

by Tony Eetak

Jay discovers his inflatable dinosaur suit is fusing to his body as the House Hippos begin their dark feast.

Horror Read →

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