#creepy tales

[jodirizzotto]

Creepy Holiday Stories to Keep You Up at Night

As if worrying about the Christmas feast and visiting relatives wasn’t enough, you can cuddle up by that fireplace and read some creepy short stories from another great anthology edited by Knight Publishing. My story, “Homeless for the Holidays,” is included: What would a homeless man do when he realizes he’s an exiled faery who needs to complete a heroic task to regain admittance to the Winter…

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#Christmas #creepy tales #faery tales #holiday stories #horror #scary #short stories

[angiefoxy]

Creepy Tale 2 #2

#creepy tale #creepy tale 2 #creepy_tale #creepy tales #creepy_tale_2

[nicholasandriani]

Exploring Earth-Centered Folklore and Contemporary Witchcraft: An Interview with Ani Drina

Welcome, readers! I am thrilled to announce an upcoming interview with the incredible Ani Drina, a folklorist and comparative media scholar who has dedicated her life to exploring the world of folklore, urban legends, and fables from across the globe. In her forthcoming book on the Kangawoolf, Ani dives deep into the urban legends surrounding the mysterious creature and its origins. As someone…

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#Ani Drina #creepy tales #cryptids #ethnography #folklore #horror fiction #interview #Kangawoolf #legends #midwest #myths #nicholas andriani #occult #urban legends #weird tales #witchcraft

[basementofthebizarre]

Robert the Doll: The Haunted Tale of Key West's Most Infamous Toy

In the realm of haunted objects, few tales capture the imagination quite like that of Robert the Doll. Situated in the historical hub of Key West, Florida, Robert’s story weaves together elements of folklore, paranormal encounters, and a hint of childhood innocence gone awry. What began as a simple handmade doll has evolved into a symbol of supernatural intrigue, captivating visitors and locals…

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#creepy tales #curiosities #Florida #ghosts #paranormal encounters #Robert the Doll

[enchantingepics]

Story Prompt 76

"What do you mean they're all dead, I was having fun," exclaimed the figure, their voice dripping with disbelief and a hint of amusement.

The scene unfolded amidst the ruins of a once bustling village, now reduced to smoldering debris and echoing with the distant cries of survivors. The figure, clad in battle-worn armor, surveyed the aftermath with a twisted grin, their eyes alight with a strange fervor.

A fellow soldier approached cautiously, his expression a mix of horror and uncertainty. "Sir, we… we didn't realize… the extent…"

The figure waved a dismissive hand, cutting off the soldier mid-sentence. "Does it matter?" they scoffed. "We came to conquer, didn't we? To assert our dominance, to show them who holds the power."

The soldier swallowed hard, his gaze flickering nervously to the lifeless bodies strewn across the ground. "But… but they were unarmed civilians," he stammered. "Women, children… we… we slaughtered them."

A dark chuckle escaped the figure's lips, sending shivers down the soldier's spine. "War is not for the faint of heart, my friend," they replied, their tone chillingly casual. "In the end, it's survival of the fittest. They were weak, and we… we showed them the consequences."

As the reality of their actions began to sink in, the soldier recoiled, his hands trembling with a mixture of fear and remorse. "I can't… I can't do this anymore," he whispered, his voice barely above a whisper. "I won't be part of this madness."

But the figure merely shrugged, their eyes cold and unfeeling. "Suit yourself," they replied, turning away from the soldier and disappearing into the smoke-filled horizon.

#story prompts #writing prompt #creative writing #fiction ideas #horror story #tw: war crimes #dark tales #writing inspiration #nightmares fuel #plot ideas #twisted plots #creepy tales #macabre thoughts #tw: bloody scenes #nightmarish worlds #evil intentions #siniste rplots #horror prompt #tw: war atrocities #story seeds #chilling plots #grim tales #disturbed minds #fiction prompts #twisted stories #tw: horrific scenes #dark fiction #war prompt #nightmare fuel #morally ambiguous

[amythystraine]

PODCAST Audio Blog ~ Premonitions: Impending Death, Recognizing Its Salutation

Have you ever experienced a premonition of an impending death? I have. These are my experiences, this is what it's like for me. And at the end of the podcast, I ask the question: So, this ability to "know" when someone is going to die... Is it a blessing, or a curse?

#youtube #tarot parlour podcast #tarot and spirituality #bump in the night #premonitions #scary stories #creepy tales

[lotsumy]

Creepy showers

I was taking a shower at the gym today and all of a sudden it became a horror scene when the old lady next to me started humming a song with her shaking voice and the cleaning staff started to open violently all empty showers to clean them. I was washing my hair at that moment. If I were blonde, the combo would be completed.

#story time #creepy tales #shower time #shower thoughts #blog post #life update #random stuff #happens to me all the time #send asks #chihuahua tales

[roadtripnewengland]

Edgar Allan Poe based the macabre short story, The Cask of Amontillado, on a legend he heard while serving in a fort in Boston Harbor. Fifty years after he published the story, evidence surfaced that it wasn’t just a legend.

#edgar allen poe #poe #horror story #horror #creepy tales #poe story #castle island #cask of amontillado #books #history

[asyayordanova]

#dark fantasy #dark art #witch #spooky art #creepy art #witchy art #eerie art #weird art #digital art #noai #no ai art #little witch #creepy girl #witchy aesthetic #spooky vibes #creepy kid #creepy but cute #weird but cute #dark aesthetic #dark fairy tale #dark fairytale #dark cottagecore #infinite painter art #procreateart #procreate #antlers art #wendigo

[ghost-bxrd]

I’ve been getting really into magical stuff recently and also DC so I’m just gonna drop this here:

Fae Dick Grayson

F A E

okay so fae stories are special to me because I grew up on hearing pagan folklore and fairytales about fae and fae adjacent creatures as good night stories so hooo boy yes I adore that trope! (I mean, I made Dick a Banshee in my fic Shuck so… hehe)

Anyway, Fae Dick Grayson! There’s just so many things you can do with it ✨

Robin appears from one day to the next, following in Batman’s shadow like a mischievous sprite, so honestly rumors have been going wild about him since day one. Robin actually being something non-human doesn’t really come as a surprise!

The fae folk are known for being awfully good at blending in with regular humans when they put their mind to it, the only thing that puts them apart (in most stories) is their otherworldly beauty, and Dick Grayson? Well, he’s definitely got that in abundance.

Just sometimes, when the light reflects off a surface in just the right way, when someone pours a glass of water and you happen to look right through the spray, or when you think you catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of your eye and you spin around— but there’s only Dick Grayson, even if a second ago you could have sworn you saw eyes where there weren’t supposed to be any; colors that aren’t supposed to exist; feathers where only skin has any right to be.

And, gods, all the talking. Dick is terrifyingly good at talking to people without actually saying anything, to the point where you walk away from the conversation feeling utterly drained after spilling your entire life story but when you think back on it— you can’t remember him ever telling you anything about himself. You know there were the usual pleasantries of “hi” and “nice to meet you” and “how are you doing?” but anything beyond that just kinda… seemed to spill out of you? It’s very strange. It’s very unnerving. By the end of the evening you other convince yourself you’re overreacting or you simply push the incident out of your mind altogether.

And there’s another thing about Dick. His name.

He only ever introduces himself as Dick Grayson/Robin. Never Richard. Never. Especially not Richard John. Names are sacred for the fae folk, names have power, so while Richard John Grayson may not be Dick’s true name, he treats it as such to honor his parents. None are allowed to use it. None except Bruce or Alfred on special occasion.

Of course, Dick’s “true” name isn’t exactly a secret so when someone does happen to use it… well, Dick may be… other… but he’s still intrinsically good in a way many of his kind don’t have the patience to be. Dick judges on a case by case basis, just like his parents and Bruce taught him. And usually people do not mean it maliciously when they use his name so he kindly corrects them and that’s that. But oh man, if they still insist on calling him “Richard”? Well..

“Oh no, it seems your credit card is being declined, sir!”

“Sheesh, you tripped over a root? In Gotham?!”

“What do you mean ten birds flew into your window last night? You live on floor level!”

“Dude I’m telling you that rash doesn’t look normal.”

“I… don’t think crows are supposed to follow you like that.”

It’s little things (most of the time, unless you really pissed Dick off) but they keep piling up, slowly driving you insane. You feel like you’re being watched, but it’s just a bird sitting on the window sill again. You feel like someone moved all your furniture just slightly to the right even tho you checked all the cameras.

The fae are kind, but they are also vindictive when crossed.

(Thanks to Bruce, however, I think Dick’s bouts of “vengeance” rarely go much farther than that though.)

Dang ok that ended up being an entire rant… wow. Anyway, yeah. Fae.

#look growing up in the middle of the woods just does something to you #my entire family told us tales about the creatures in the woods #looking back on it now a lot of them were fairly creepy #but my cousin and I always went looking for the one who ‘swayed the trees’ #there’s not a good translation for it but it sounds pretty cool in my language #and also slightly gruesome #double meaning and all that #then again our idea of fun was traipsing into the moors and finding ways through it without getting stuck so idk #wow ok that reads like a bit of a horror story but I swear it was great #anyway #ghost talks #fae dick Grayson #dick grayson #nightwing #Robin

[iknaenmal]

#bluey balloon on my roof #this looks kinda creepy sorry idk how to tale pictures #ikna talks

[feelo-fick]

WELCOME TO PHIO'S EXTREMELY SELF INDULGENT AU HOUR!!!

"Oh, FINALLY, another visitor! It's so quiet in here, it's unnerving..."

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This AU was meant to be posted on halloween but eh.... Happy Thanksgiving? HAHAHHA

still dont have a name for it, but basically, back in october i was suddenly hit with the need to have a halloween au, so now we have ghost-ified prismo and vampire/witch-ified scarab :D ( although didnt finish the scarab reference spread in time because uh, school and i lost motivation unfortunately )

au synopsis and rambling below the cut!!

the premise of this au is simple : scarab is a real estate agent whos known for his manners ( never barges in, always waits to be invited! though it is a little weird how he keeps asking to be let inside even if they already agreed that he was going to come over... ) and efficiency at his job - that is, convincing people to buy high-end housing for a good price. although his social skills need some... work, his ability to persuade people isnt something to be laughed at.

unfortunately for him, persuading the higher-ups is a completely different story - which he learned the hard way after flunking something big for the company. they dont choose to fire him, no. instead, they put him through a trial, assigning him to sell their most unprofitable property : the mansion in a small town locally known for being haunted by an "evil spirit". if scarab manages to sell it (for good profit) within six months, he is excused and is able to go on with his job. if not... well, best not to think about it, yes? after all, he'll succeed with ease - all he has to do is dispel any worries about some fake "ghost" that only exists as a result of filthy rumors. maybe clean up the place. not too hard, right?

meanwhile, stuck inside said mansion is an extremely bored prismo. hes been hangin around this place for like... how many years now? forty? a hundred? meh, all the same, lately the place has been quieter than usual. i mean- of course people dont just walk into a creepy mansion every day, but there would usually be at least a few bold kids or vloggers coming in now and then for him to entertain but even then they wouldn't stay long ( for obvious reasons ). and now, just some unbound spirits or dumb animals would pass by and thats about it. a guy can only entertain himself for so long, yknow?

that is, until today. when some posh-looking business man entered the premises and started snooping around ( whats the deal with that, by the way?? ). must be prismo's lucky day!! this is the perfect chance to pull out all the stops and play the FUNNIEST prank ever! hah!

... oh. looks like things've gotten a little out of hand.

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WOOT WOOT WOOTTTTTTTTTTT!!! im so so happy to finish this because ohhhhh my god this has taken ages for no reason other than the fact that ive been really dragging myself to make presentable art JSNDJSJXNSJX.... i realize that i have never worked in real estate ( or at all ) which means i have probably fucked something up but uhh um ill deal with the backlash later :"D im also realizing how many odd unanswered bits and bobs this au is going to have in the future, which... i am ignoring for the most part for now, but there are SOME things that i DO have figured out like ghost lore... but thats for another time, for now i leave you with this >:)

#again i do apologize for not including scarabs reference SOB it was taking so looooong and if i didnt finish it by now i wouldve just never #posted it at ALL so im glad im able to get this out now #again still dont have a name... but would love suggestions if people have any :D #ive been thinking so hard about the name and havent landed on aaaanything dude #creepy crawlies? tell-tale?? witching hour?? GAHH THERES SO MANY OPTIONS AND I DONT KNOW WHETHER I WANT TO GO WITH SYMBOLISM OR SILLY SIMPL #but anyways time for real tags #prohibitedwish #prismo the wishmaster #scarab the god auditor #uhh idk what else to put HAHAHHA #dont wanna tag fionna and cake cause i feel like thats just a lie idk #ACKKK I CANT BELIEVE IM FINALLY POSTING THIS I AM. SO NERVOUS MY HANDS ARE SO SWEATY YOU DOTN EVEN KNOW #okay okay. sending post now oh god

[angiefoxy]

Creepy Tale 2 #1

#creepy tale #creepy_tale #creepy tales #creepy tale 2 #creepy_tale_2 #lars

[tyiart]

✨ instagram | carrd ✨

#gloomy #gloomy art #spooky #spooky art #princess #nature art #castle #eerie aesthetic #digital art #illustration #original #original art #my art #drawing #eeriecore #creepy #dark #creepy aesthetic #fairy tale vibes #spooky aesthetic

[narsh-poptarts]

SOMETIMES YOU MAKE A NEW CHARACTER FOR MONSTER OF THE WEEK AND YOU GET A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH THEM

This is Wesley Bernavelli (he/him) !!!! he's a Hex cowboy witch B))))) think anathema device or perhaps shrink and forcible from coraline, that brand of witchy

he's perhaps.... a little weird...

#monster of the week #motw #The Hex #cowboy #witch #cowboy witch #Wesley Bernavelli #original character #oc #my oc #eye contact #dnd character #i'll be playing him in a campaign my friends are playing with me and im so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #my art #he's like #he's normal in a weird way in that he's passionate about the rotes and other spells he does and will happily talk about them #and spin a tale #you know. the works #but!!! he's still kinda creepy and secretive and will look off into the horizon sometimes where you're sure he's seeing something you're no #and say some cryptic shit that you just have to deal with #also his eyes glow a little bit but just in that way cats' eyes reflect #i didn't design a face for him at first but i like him <3333333333333 #he both has no face and has a face and that's wonderful

[3lmtree]

I’ve been sick for about a week and now I’m just dumping everything I’ve drawn whilst sitting in bed so that explains the constant flow of uploads lol.

Emilie has got to be the most interesting character, she’s so creepy I just love her. I wondered what she would look like in my version of a painting of her and here she is in all her creepiness.

Also thanks @mirrorroad for the inspo to develop her character more on my part, the dress is also kinda inspired by one of your comics haha.

The comic in question:

#unfortunately she has an incurable case of side part #miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous redesign #emilie agreste #horror Emilie #peacock miraculous #Emilie peacock holder #digital art #miraculous cat noir #she’s so creepy I love it