Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Buried beneath the moon’s far side lies a forgotten temple built by humanity’s lost ancestors—where ancient minds still whisper through cursed relics, and the reawakening of a cosmic engine threatens to shatter the Earth itself.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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What started as a routine patrol through an abandoned desert city spirals into a desperate last stand as a team of soldiers uncover a decaying hospital, a forgotten experiment—and the infection that was never meant to escape.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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A mysterious, rapidly growing child born amid death and black goo leaves a trail of devastation as he wanders a dying world, clinging to his only friend—an ordinary rock.

Author: Jake Bible

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Haunted since childhood by an entity that only appears in photos, a famed paranormal photographer finds himself pulled into a secret network of similarly afflicted souls—only to discover that his own “Shroud” is not a curse, but a ravenous apex predator with a taste for death, loyalty, and escalating chaos.

Author: Jake Bible

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Haunted since childhood by an entity that only appears in photos, a famed paranormal photographer finds himself pulled into a secret network of similarly afflicted souls—only to discover that his own “Shroud” is not a curse, but a ravenous apex predator with a taste for death, loyalty, and escalating chaos.

Author: Jake Bible

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In a dystopian future where convicts are leased to BigMart as human security for Black Friday, two inmates must survive a corporate bloodbath of weaponized consumer chaos, flesh-hungry mobs, and a retail system that values loyalty only slightly more than life itself.

Author: Jake Bible

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A grieving salesman receives an email from a company claiming to bring the dead back to life—and when his wife starts speaking to him through a tablet, he must decide how far he’ll go, and what he’s willing to lose, to keep her voice from fading forever.

Author: Jake Bible

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At a pawn shop that only opens after midnight, every broken item hides a secret—and when a meth-addicted vampire pawns the wrong artifact, it draws the wrath of something far worse than death.

Author: Jake Bible

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A hard-nosed NSA agent boards a mysterious flight to tail a suspect—only to discover the plane isn’t bound for any place on Earth… and he may never leave it.

Author: Jake Bible

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A hard-nosed NSA agent boards a mysterious flight to tail a suspect—only to discover the plane isn’t bound for any place on Earth… and he may never leave it.

Author: Jake Bible

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An old man watches proudly as his homeschooled grandson hauls rope, bloodied tools, and body parts through the woods—proof that all those lessons in field dressing, deception, and quiet killing are finally paying off.

Author: Jake Bible

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At the Midnight Diner, the rules keep the chaos in check—until a new hire with a monstrous secret breaks them one bite at a time.

Author: Jake Bible

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At the Midnight Diner, the rules keep the chaos in check—until a new hire with a monstrous secret breaks them one bite at a time.

Author: Jake Bible

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They call him the Cookie Monster—a scarred beast who slips from the woods at night, whispering lullabies and childhood horrors to the children he pins down… just before he drags them into the dark to never be seen again.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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During a live-streamed interview with the world’s richest tech mogul, a new brain-linked transmission meant to reveal ultimate truth is activated—plunging billions into madness as people begin to kill themselves en masse, unable to withstand what the machine has shown them.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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Beneath the surface of classified documents and abandoned bunkers lies a terrifying truth—some conspiracies aren’t theories, they’re warnings we were never meant to hear.

Author: Jake Bible

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It was supposed to be a simple camping trip—just six of us, some cheap beer, and a weekend off the grid. But deep in those woods, we found something that shouldn’t have been there. An old cabin, a set of keys, and a locked book that didn’t want to stay shut. We didn’t know what we were waking up… until it was far too late to stop it.

Author: Jake Bible

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When a lonely serial killer's alibi bro bails on murder night for a date, Quincy downloads a dating app for killers—only to find himself falling for a legendary murderess in a whirlwind night of blood, bonding, and the most romantic dismemberment Portland’s ever seen.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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A grocery boy’s summer job delivering to remote cabins turns into a lifelong brush with an ancient evil—one only kept at bay by a small, black-and-red stone and the quiet sacrifices of those who know its price.

Author: Jake Bible

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She said she needed a ride—alone, soaked, and shivering on the roadside—but by the time I realized she wasn’t running from a monster… she was one, and I was already part of her twisted collection.

Author: John Simpson

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Time travel was supposed to be our greatest breakthrough, but every jump twisted reality a little more—now the timelines are bleeding together, something ancient is watching from the cracks, and each return leaves a piece of us behind.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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Stranded on a rusted space cruise with a dead senator, a disgraced detective must unmask the killer among nine bitter passengers—until he realizes the murderer isn't human.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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A stoner trapped in his mother's basement discovers a cursed VHS tape that shows his own bloody fate—just moments before it begins to unfold in real life.

Author: Jake Bible

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When his six-year-old daughter begins revealing secrets only his victims should know, a contract killer realizes her imaginary friend might not be imaginary—or human—at all.

Author: Jake Bible

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A reclusive writer returns to his ancestral coastal home seeking inspiration—only to find himself entangled in a chilling ritual that has waited generations for his blood.

Author: Jake Bible

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A reclusive writer returns to his ancestral coastal home seeking inspiration—only to find himself entangled in a chilling ritual that has waited generations for his blood.

Author: Jake Bible

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A desperate wreck diver recovering a mysterious coffin from a sunken yacht discovers too late that some things buried in the deep were never meant to be brought back to the surface.

Author: John Simpson

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In the sweltering heat of a cursed summer, a boy seeks escape from the violence at home—only to discover that some places trap more than just your body.

Author: Jake Bible

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A burned-out city official investigating a string of tourist disappearances checks into a bland, forgettable rental apartment—only to discover a shifting, infinite labyrinth that feeds on its guests, and the only way out… is to lure someone else in.

Author: John Simpson

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In the town of Bishop’s Hollow, the criminally insane are cloned, killed, and resurrected for the twisted entertainment of wealthy clients—but JL, a dangerously unhinged wildcard with a love for PowerPoint and grape soda, might just be the chaos this brutal system never saw coming.

Author: Jake Bible

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In the town of Bishop’s Hollow, the criminally insane are cloned, killed, and resurrected for the twisted entertainment of wealthy clients—but JL, a dangerously unhinged wildcard with a love for PowerPoint and grape soda, might just be the chaos this brutal system never saw coming.

Author: Jake Bible

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In the town of Bishop’s Hollow, the criminally insane are cloned, killed, and resurrected for the twisted entertainment of wealthy clients—but JL, a dangerously unhinged wildcard with a love for PowerPoint and grape soda, might just be the chaos this brutal system never saw coming.

Author: Jake Bible

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After the death of his mother, a grieving recluse makes a pact with a sadistic djinn to bring her back—only to be cast into a century of isolation where his mind unravels, memories distort, and the boundary between reality and madness shatters forever.

Author: Jude Irons

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After the death of his mother, a grieving recluse makes a pact with a sadistic djinn to bring her back—only to be cast into a century of isolation where his mind unravels, memories distort, and the boundary between reality and madness shatters forever.

Author: Jude Irons

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When a washed-up private eye takes a late-night case involving a movie star's bizarre behavior, he uncovers a cosmic conspiracy, a poorly disguised alien impersonator, and an ancient, interstellar predator with an appetite for Earth’s last refugees—himself included.

Author: Dave Kavanaugh

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When Tony Pritchard lands a job as an elevator operator at the mysterious Third Arms, he thinks he’s finally caught a break—until a forbidden button appears, and he’s pulled into a nightmare of monsters, secrets, and a debt that threatens to consume his very soul.

Author: Jake Bible

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When Tony Pritchard lands a job as an elevator operator at the mysterious Third Arms, he thinks he’s finally caught a break—until a forbidden button appears, and he’s pulled into a nightmare of monsters, secrets, and a debt that threatens to consume his very soul.

Author: Jake Bible

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When Tony Pritchard lands a job as an elevator operator at the mysterious Third Arms, he thinks he’s finally caught a break—until a forbidden button appears, and he’s pulled into a nightmare of monsters, secrets, and a debt that threatens to consume his very soul.

Author: Jake Bible

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When a cantankerous drunk drowns beneath the ice, his beer-thirsty ghost returns to harass the living—one six-pack at a time.

Author: Jake Bible

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When a quiet funeral home begins to fill with the dead—and something far worse—a loyal custodian uncovers a horrifying truth: the real burial is just the beginning.

Author: Jake Bible

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