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Horror Stories: The Complete LiveLore Library

Every horror story published on LiveLore, in one place. They are free to read online and no account is needed. Some are complete in a single sitting; others are serial chapters where readers vote on the next turn. Stories are AI-assisted fiction, and each story page states its editorial status and whether it has had human review.

Noctur: Wednesday Night Horror Stories

The weekly serial. New chapters arrive on Wednesdays, and readers vote on what happens next. About Noctur →

A campfire glowing beside dark trees at nightThe Lantern Across the Lake

Dana returns to the campsite with her father, but something has learned his voice. A free continuation of the Fallow Lake campfire tale.

11 min
A wet woman in a pale wedding dress sits in the third wooden pew of an abandoned churchThe Woman in the Third Pew

A scary ghost story you can finish in 10 minutes: a locked church, a wet pew, a buried crime, and the woman who returns at 2:14 a.m. Read it free.

10 min
An old weatherboard family house at blue hour with an amber bedroom window and mist along its foundationsThe House That Breathes

A living house draws a family into its breathing rhythm. Read Chapter One of this slow-burn haunted-house story, with a choice that changes their home forever.

11 min
An isolated timber cabin with one amber window among misty pine trees at nightThe Cabin That Knows Your Name

The guest book has your signature. You haven’t been here before. A creepy forest story with an ending you decide.

9 min

Campfire Tales to Read Aloud

Written to be read aloud in the dark, with friends close and the fire low.

Orange campfire flames and drifting embers surrounded by a pitch-dark pine forestCampfire Scary Stories

Five short campfire scary stories to tell aloud, each with a twist ending. Written for teens and adults, free to read. Vote for the one you want continued.

10 min
An Appalachian timber lean-to beside a small campfire, with a distant fourth silhouette at the dark tree lineWhat We Heard at Mile 9

Three hikers, one mountain lean-to, and a voice in the trees that counts them at mile 9. A scary camping story my uncle told only twice. Free to read.

9 min
Orange campfire flames and drifting embers surrounded by a pitch-dark pine forestThe Fourth Voice

A scary Halloween story for adults: three old friends camp the weekend before Halloween, and a fourth voice joins their stories. Don’t count. Free to read.

9 min

Bedtime Horror

Quiet rooms, night shifts and familiar voices that should not be there.

A neatly tucked empty child’s bed in a blue-dark bedroom with an adult woman’s shadow in the doorwayShe Tucks You In

A scary bedtime story for adults, not children. In Chapter One, Mia’s dead mother returns each night, and staying safe means choosing what to lose.

12 min
A dim abandoned motel corridor with a red door under a warm tungsten lightRoom 309 Is Calling

A scary short story about a motel night shift: the phone keeps ringing from room 309, on a floor that doesn’t exist. Answer before the fourth ring. Free.

9 min

Halloween Nights

October stories for porch lights, costumes and the house nobody visits.

A fogbound Victorian house at the end of Maple Street on Halloween, lit by a jack-o-lantern and an open amber doorwayThe Last House on Maple Street

Every kid on Maple Street knows the rule: never knock on the last house. Lily, new in town, needs one more piece of candy. A Halloween scary story, free.

9 min

Standalone Tales and a Mystery Pilot

Standalone stories, story collections and our interactive mystery pilot.

The Last Collection

A free mystery short story: a museum registrar finds a missing letter listed in tomorrow’s auction. Read the opening, then vote on how she exposes the theft.

8 min
A porcelain doll in a faded blue dress sitting alone in a cardboard donation box with handwritten notes pinned to her dress in a dim thrift-store back roomThe Doll in the Donation Bin

A scary story about dolls: every week the same porcelain doll comes back to the thrift store donation bin, with a new note pinned to her dress. Free to read.

11 min

Browse by Reader and Theme

Looking for something specific? Try scary stories for adults, scary stories for teens, famous ghost stories, scary urban legends or Japanese urban legends. Counting down to October 31? Read 31 days of Halloween, one tiny story a night, the longer Halloween countdown stories for the final week, or some true creepy facts and creepy animal facts. Telling stories out loud? Start with sleepover scary stories. Writing your own? Read how to write a horror story.