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EVERY WEDNESDAY · AFTER DARK

Noctur — Wednesday Night Horror

A weekly appointment with the dark. Read our original short horror stories, then help write what comes next.

This Week's Story

3 STORIES · FREE TO READ
A wet woman in a pale wedding dress sits in the third wooden pew of an abandoned church
NOCTUR
The Woman in the Third Pew

A church janitor keeps finding the same woman in the third pew — after the church closed for good. A free creepy short ghost story. You vote what happens next.

10 min read · Chapter one

More Noctur stories

An old weatherboard family house at blue hour with an amber bedroom window and mist along its foundations
NOCTUR
The House That Breathes

Every house settles — this one breathes. When the Forrester family moves in, the walls inhale at night. A slow-burn scary story to read with the lights on. Vote the ending.

9 min read · Chapter one
A neatly tucked empty child’s bed in a blue-dark bedroom with an adult woman’s shadow in the doorway
BEDTIME STORIES
She Tucks You In

Every night Mom tucks Mia in and kisses her forehead. Every night — even though Mom has been gone for a year. A quiet, creeping bedtime story, free to read. Vote the ending.

9 min read · Chapter one

How voting works

Read the full story for free, then choose the branch you want. No account needed. Voting closes Wednesday at 9 PM ET; results appear 24 hours later.