Category: Short Stories

  • Hollow Creek House

    Hollow Creek House

    Once upon a time, in a small town nestled between the mountains and the sea, there stood an old mansion known as the Hollow Creek House. The mansion had been abandoned for years and was reputed to be haunted. Rumor had it that the original owner, a wealthy businessman named Edward Holloway, had lost his…

  • The Shadow Laughs

    The Shadow Laughs

    I lie awake, staring at the silent shadow across the room. I can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching me. I try to convince myself it’s just my imagination, but I can’t stop the cold dread from creeping up my spine. I sit up and scan the dark room, but there’s nothing there. Just…

  • Playing Music With a Dead Man’s Finger

    Playing Music With a Dead Man’s Finger

    I couldn’t believe my eyes as I watched him pick up the guitar. His long, slender fingers ran along the strings, and a beautiful melody filled the air. I knew those fingers – they were cold and lifeless now, but I could still remember how they felt on mine. He had been dead for months…

  • The Danger Of Playing Dead Man’s Finger Musical Chance Cards (Part One)

    The Danger Of Playing Dead Man’s Finger Musical Chance Cards (Part One)

    I never played dead man’s finger music cards again. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget the look on my grandpa’s face when he caught me. He was so disappointed – in me, and in himself for ever teaching me how to play the game in the first place. I remember being fascinated…

  • I Never Played Dead Man’s Finger Again

    I Never Played Dead Man’s Finger Again

    I was at a friend’s house playing Dead Man’s Finger, a game I had never played before. It sounded simple enough: you pick a card and then put your finger on the dead man’s finger on the card. The first person to lose all of their fingers loses the game. I was getting really into…

  • Grandpa’s Legendary Dead Man’s Finger

    Grandpa’s Legendary Dead Man’s Finger

    Grandpa was out walking in the woods when he came across a dead man’s finger. At first, he was scared, but then he decided to take the finger home with him. He showed it to everyone in the family and even put it on display in his house. People would come from all over to…

  • It Was Alive

    It Was Alive

    Once upon a time, there was a dead man’s finger. It was lying on the ground, all alone and forgotten. But then, one day, a little girl came along and saw it. She picked it up and took it home with her. The little girl played with the finger all day long. She made it…