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SMM 2017 Halloween Writing Contest: Diary of Sarah Richards

October 23, 2017 // 12 Comments

An excerpt from the diary of Sarah Richards September 11, 1692 My dear sister presented me today, my birthday, with a lovely leather bound diary! It is so lovely and she is such a sweet sister, I shall write as often as I can! How wonderful it will be to look back upon my life when [Click Here & Be Scared!]

SMM EVENT: Write a Halloween Themed Haiku

October 20, 2017 // 39 Comments

Halloween’s ghoulish fingers are wiggling through the ground—soon the dark spirit will once again rise from the dead. You still haven’t stabbed an innocent pumpkin? Ye gads! SMM’s goblins are here to solve your squishy dilemma. Aw, look at that! All this candy is affecting your [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Raise the Dead: Enter into the SMM 2017 Halloween Horror Writing Contest

October 2, 2017 // 8 Comments

Stuff a plastic chomper into your mouth—the SMM 2017 Halloween Writing Contest is currently open to receive public horror story submissions. Ghosts, ghouls and goblins are encouraged to submit their bite-sized horror stories. Cash prizes will be awarded to the Darkest Darlings, so dip your quill [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Bloodizabeth’s Meat & Greet Dinner Party

September 30, 2017 // 31 Comments

Do you smell that? The Dark Darlings are here, and they want to eat you. I’m sorry. Meet you. They want to meet you. Really. They do. Don’t just stand there! Pull up a chair and join my dinner party. Put on that black bib, you filthy monster, or those fangs may puncture an [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Dark History: Victorian Coffin Bells

September 25, 2017 // 17 Comments

Have you ever been buried alive? Being dead is no fun, especially if you have to experience it while you’re alive. Victorian coffin bells allowed the living to rest in peace—these morbid inventions were created by individuals who suffered from a primitive form of paranoia which [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Fifty-Word Story: Rice

September 22, 2017 // 16 Comments

Jessie sat upright on the chair. I didn’t want to stand by him. “He’s your brother, Mary. Do as I ask.” “Dad, Jessie’s got rice on his face!” “It’s okay. We’re gonna take one picture.” Jessie didn’t complain, but the rice on [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Slasher Theory: Flip the Switch

September 18, 2017 // 16 Comments

The chainsaw spews oily saliva. And it’s hungry. What are you going to do? Let the jagged teeth eat you alive? When you’re reading a horror story, or perhaps watching a scary movie, someone will most likely bite the BIG one. It sort of goes without saying—death is the gooey butter [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Tattooed Blonde

September 13, 2017 // 6 Comments

I’m neither here nor there, Half asleep or half awake. Not quite conscious, Like a drifting snowflake. Sinking through a prism, Where I fantasize and over-achieve. Seeing a blonde haired vixen, Thinking I’ve seen her tats before. I’m retreating, hiding, From her beckoning embraces. My [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Journey of the Zombie

September 11, 2017 // 22 Comments

Wandering, wandering, wandering I’m searching, I am searching for any sign, a scent of blood, or taste of meat, to sate this driving, driving hungry pining state. Roaming, roaming, roaming desolate waste. Wanting, desiring an unknown place. Nothing is known by me, or seen or said, for I am—I [Click Here & Be Scared!]

SMM Event: Create Your Own Horror Nursery Rhyme

September 8, 2017 // 28 Comments

Gather ’round, for it’s time for an SMM horror nursery rhyme sleepover. Dead Donovan’s werewolf doll ran into the woods, and now he can’t sleep. Would you read some terror-filled stories or poems to him? He’s addicted to disturbing and gruesome nightmares. Slip [Click Here & Be Scared!]