Local Hauntings1 min read · Original fiction
The House on Weaver Hill
Every autumn, the lights return to the old Weaver place — even though the power was cut forty years ago.
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All Stories & Folklore
Every tale here is original fiction, written to be read aloud by candlelight.
Ghost Stories1 min read · Original fiction
The Librarian of Ravenwood
In the oldest wing of Ravenwood Library, a reader is never truly alone.
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Urban Legends1 min read · Original fiction
The Hitchhiker of Route 9
She asks for a ride to the old cemetery. By morning, the seat beside you is empty — but your car is not.
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Supernatural Creatures1 min read · Original fiction
The Beast of Black Pine
Hunters in Black Pine Forest speak of a creature that walks on two legs and leaves no tracks.
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Local Hauntings1 min read · Original fiction
The Mirror of Mrs. Calloway
A gilt mirror in a forgotten attic reflects more than the room behind you.
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Urban Legends2 min read · Original fiction
The Last Train to Dunwich
A train that no longer runs still arrives at the old Dunwich station at 11:11 p.m.
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Ghost Stories9 min read · Original fiction
The Lantern Keeper of Hollowmere
A drowned village, a light that answers from beneath the water, and a keeper who has been counting the dead for sixty years. Our longest tale — settle in.
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Ghost Stories8 min read · Original fiction
The Night Operator of Cold Spring
For thirty years, the switchboard at Cold Spring connected calls that nobody living had placed — and one operator wrote down every single one.
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Local Hauntings7 min read · Original fiction
The Orchard That Counted
The Ballard orchard gives one hundred and nine bushels every autumn — never more, never less. The family has spent four generations learning why they must not take the last one.
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Ghost Stories9 min read · Original fiction
The Fourth Floor of the Marrowbone
A grand winter hotel closes for the season with one caretaker, one guest, and a floor that the elevator refuses to acknowledge.
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Local Hauntings9 min read · Original fiction
The Oyster Stakes at Shivering Reach
Twice a day the tide goes out at Shivering Reach and uncovers a hundred wooden stakes. The families who set them know exactly how many there should be.
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Urban Legends10 min read · Original fiction
The Second Feature at the Alcazar
The Alcazar picture house burned in 1961 with the projector running. Everyone who has snuck into the ruin since agrees on what is showing.
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Local Hauntings11 min read · Original fiction
The Roll Call at Miller's Ford School
A one-room schoolhouse closed in 1938. Every autumn since, somebody has taken attendance in it — and the names have not changed.
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Supernatural Creatures11 min read · Original fiction
The Knockers of Briar Hollow
Cornish miners brought them across the water: small, unseen, and knocking. In Briar Hollow No. 4, the knocking was the only warning anyone ever got.
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Urban Legends9 min read · Original fiction
The Eleventh Tent at Crowder Brothers
A ten-tent carnival that played county fairs for forty years. Every town it left behind remembers eleven.
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Ghost Stories9 min read · Original fiction
The Covered Bridge at Hare Mill
A hundred and forty feet of dark timber over a slow river. You go in wet and come out dry, or the other way about.
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Local Hauntings10 min read · Original fiction
The Lock-Keeper of Shipley Flight
The canal has been dry since 1889. The lock at Shipley still fills at four in the morning, and something still walks the beam.
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