Small Town Stories
Explore our collection of 131 amazing stories tagged with small town. Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
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Echoes in the Holler
Author:Tyrone Andrews
A family's idyllic summer retreat to a remote Appalachian cabin descends into a nightmare of impossible geography and terrifying encounters. When the woods begin to warp reality itself, they discover the true horror isn't just the creatures that stalk the trees, but the ones that can wear the faces of those they love. They thought they were escaping the city, but they only escaped the familiar. What the mountain wants, the mountain keeps.
The Funny Story
Author:Rafael Rogers
When his best friend sends him a link to a cryptic website, college student Alex Vance is dragged into a terrifying game orchestrated by a ghost from his past. A mysterious entity is rewriting his memories, haunting his technology, and isolating him from everyone he loves. To survive, he must return to the haunted woods of his childhood and confront the horrific truth behind his brother's death—a truth that is not only still alive, but wants to play again.
The Blinkville Exterminator
Author:Corvin Grimm
In the eerily quiet town of Blinkville, exterminator Jack Carter takes on jobs that go far beyond rats and termites. His latest call is for a simple roach infestation, but he soon finds the lonely homeowner is nurturing a horrifying secret. She believes a giant cockroach is the reincarnation of her dead ex-husband, and it's growing. As delusion turns to body horror, Jack realizes he's not just fighting a pest—he's fighting an ancient entity with a parasitic hold on his client, and the entire house is its nest.
The Heartbreak Burger
Author:Eleanor Carver
To escape her desolate life, Caroline takes a job at a women-run burger bar, a supposed sanctuary. She finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Brenda and the diner's charismatic owner, Miranda. But belonging to this 'family' comes at a price. The secret to their famous burger is hidden in the basement, a secret of fresh meat, a humming grinder, and the people who disappear in their small Texas town. As obsession and horror intertwine, Caroline learns that some ingredients are to die for.
The Solenvol Ritual
Author:Levi Simmmons
My grandmother left me a single, terrifying story: a town that celebrates Christmas every day, a gift of socks from a thing called the Merry Man, and the price my great-aunt paid for forgetting her gift—her own severed legs. Now, I'm going back to that town, Solenvol, a place erased from every map. They say a ritual keeps them safe. I think it's what's keeping them prisoner. And I'm about to find out what happens when you tell the Merry Man you don't want his gifts anymore.
The Umbral Plate
Author:Caleb Shade
Pressured to be the perfect son, Li Wei discovers the horrifying secret behind his flawless rival's success: a strange artifact that can shatter a soul into infinite reflections. He seizes this power for himself, creating duplicates to live his life for him. But as his true body withers away in darkness, he learns that the price of perfection is his own humanity, and that some secrets are not just buried, but waiting to wear your skin.
The Siren's Abyss
Author:Evan Hernandez
An illicit dive into a forbidden spring costs Elara her partner and her sanity. Dragged from the crushing depths by the very creature that hunted them, she's left with an impossible choice: flee and be branded a killer, or return to the abyss to uncover the truth about her monstrous saviour and the dark secrets the town would kill to protect.
He Who Watches
Author:Silas Thorne
My six-year-old brother's imaginary friend, Joseph, was our family's charming little secret. We played along, packing him extra snacks and asking about their adventures. But when boys in our town started vanishing, Leo’s stories turned dark. Now, the shadow he calls Joseph has stepped out of the woods. He’s real, he’s in our house, and I've just discovered that his games were never about my brother. They were always about me.
Echoes in the Glass
Author:Silas Thorne
Every night at 2:37 AM, Liam wakes to the memory of the crash that killed his wife. But she isn't gone. He sees her in the mirrors, her face a mask of terror. To escape the ghost that haunts him, he covers every reflective surface in his home. But when he finally gathers the courage to look again, he sees nothing. Not his wife, not the ghost, not even his own reflection. Something far worse than grief is staring back from the glass, and it knows he was not alone on the road that night.
The Song That Stole Summer
Author:Melody Blackwood
In the sweltering summer of 1988, a flash of impossible lightning rips open the sky above Havenwood, Idaho. For four teenagers, it's a moment that changes everything, granting them the ability to see the horrifying truth beneath their town's idyllic surface. A hypnotic, otherworldly song begins to play from every radio, lulling the adults into a strange trance, their eyes glowing with an alien light. As their families and neighbors are slowly replaced by creatures of nightmare, the four friends must harness their new powers to fight the insidious magic that is stealing their world, note by note.
The Art of Neighborly Warfare
Author:Clara Sterling
Her dream of a quiet suburban life is shattered by nightmare neighbors and their aggressive, out-of-control dogs. When polite requests and expensive compromises fail, Elara Vance turns her home into a fortress of surveillance, gathering irrefutable evidence. Pushed to the brink, she orchestrates a meticulous and public revenge, proving that the quietest neighbor can wage the most devastating war, armed with nothing but Wi-Fi and a thirst for justice.
Echoes of the Grave Tide
Author:Sergio Phillips
Murdered and forgotten, Lyra claws her way back from the Underworld with a seven-day deadline to find her killer. But her sleepy hometown is now a neon-lit hub of supernatural secrets, her friends are strangers guarding dark truths, and a relentless hunter is determined to send her back to her grave. Armed with the power to see emotional echoes of the past, she must unravel a two-decade-old conspiracy before her borrowed time runs out and her soul is forfeit forever.