Young Adult (YA) Stories
Explore our collection of 25 amazing stories tagged with young adult (ya). Each story offers unique adventures and unforgettable characters you can chat with.
The Keeper of the Deepwood
Author:Maeve Shadowen
A girl raised on bizarre rituals discovers her life is a lie. Her home is not a sanctuary, but the stomach of a sentient, hungry forest. When her grandmother falls, a single broken rule unleashes a nightmare, revealing that the strange superstitions were the only things keeping them off the menu. Now, she must unravel her family's dark pact with the woods before it decides to feast.
The Can Man of Elderwood Manor
Author:Juan Davis
A drunken dare sends four college students to an abandoned mansion, a place from Leo's half-forgotten childhood. He remembers a creepy but harmless squatter who built nests from trash and empty bean cans. But the truth buried in his memory is far more monstrous. The thing in the house remembers him, and after a night of terror, it follows him back. Now, the scent of rot and moldy beans clings to him, a promise of the slow, creeping horror that has been waiting decades to finish what it started.
The Eighth Day's Hunger
Author:Bernice Morris
When Howard moves to the sleepy town of Forsyth, he finds a new best friend and a church with a monstrous secret. The locals believe God created behemoths on the eighth day, but as his classmates start to vanish, Howard learns that the town's god is always hungry. He came for a fresh start, but soon finds himself caught in a decades-old tradition of sacrifice, where the only way out is to become the next offering.
The Caller in the Static
Author:Lloyd Pierce
For Liam, it was just a tacky old phone, a relic from his grandmother's demolished house. An orange plastic eyesore nailed to the kitchen wall, completely unplugged. But then it started ringing. At first, it was a strange family joke. Then Liam answered, and he heard the whispers—faint, childlike murmurs no one else could hear. Now, the calls are becoming more frequent, the whispers more insistent, and the voice on the other end knows his name. The thing that haunted his childhood home has followed him, and it's using this dead line to reach out and drag him back into the darkness.
The Glitch in the Terminus
Author:Duane Chapman
A late-night dare turns into a descent into madness when two teenagers play a mysterious online ritual called "The Subway Game." One vanishes, erased from time itself. The other is thrown into a world where reality is a half-finished canvas, painted by a god-like entity of impossible geometry. Now, he's back in his own world, but it's changing, becoming the nightmare he escaped. And the Game isn't finished with him yet.
The Memory Eater of Mountain Rim
Author:Corbin Slate
In a town where nothing changes, a mysterious movie called 'A Good Film' offers the ultimate escape—by erasing itself from your memory. Everyone thinks it's a harmless gimmick, a quirky magic trick. But when seventeen-year-old Percy refuses to forget, he peels back the silver screen to find a ravenous horror feeding on his town's placid ignorance. By choosing to remember, he becomes the sole target of the thing that crawled out of the film, and the smiling, unblinking man who wants to ensure he enjoys the final show.
The Special Blend
Author:Jonas Blackwood
In a small town obsessed with the local McDonald's, 18-year-old Leo takes a job to support his ailing mother. But his simple desire for a paycheck plunges him into a nightmare lurking beneath the Golden Arches. A forbidden basement, a missing employee, and a horrifying secret about the restaurant's famous burgers reveal a monstrous truth: the town's happiness is paid for in blood and souls. Leo must uncover the pact that binds his town to the darkness before he becomes the next secret ingredient in The Special Blend.
The Locker That Hungers
Author:Corvus Thorne
A forgotten locker with no number holds a town's darkest secret. When newcomer Alex befriends the haunted Jason, he learns the locker is more than a legend—it's a gateway. A year ago, it claimed Jason's sister. Now, the two boys have made a pact to sneak back into the old gym and expose the truth. But the locker is always hungry, and the man who tends to it is waiting for them.
Sorrow's Ridge
Author:Thorne Croft
To escape the ghost of a horrific car crash that claimed his sister, seventeen-year-old Leo and his father move to the idyllic town of Old Ridge for a fresh start. But their new home offers a sinister cure for grief. A neighbor's cryptic warning becomes a terrifying reality as Leo discovers the town doesn't just welcome the brokenhearted—it feeds on their sorrow. They are not residents; they are prey in a place where forgetting comes at the price of your soul.
The Whisperwood Pact
Author:Elias Thorne
A text from a friend. A sleepover. A shortcut through the woods. Chloe thought it was a normal Saturday, but she was wrong. Lured into an ancient forest by something wearing her friend's identity, she's now hunted by creatures that live in the silence between heartbeats. Trapped, with her phone's battery dying, she finds only one way out: a horrifying choice. She must tell her story, and whoever reads it... is next. This isn't just a novel; it's a warning.
The Locker That Forgets
Author:P. L. Thorne
When twelve-year-old Alex moves to a dying town, his only escape is a decrepit gym with a dark secret: a numberless locker. The local legend says it's a gateway to hell, but the truth is far worse. It's a place where things go to be forgotten. First, it's a gym bag. Then a treasured possession. Soon, it's memories. And when Alex's only friend becomes its next target, he must uncover the gym's terrifying history before the locker forgets his friend out of existence entirely.
My Shadow's Smile
Author:Roland Allen
A boy is haunted by a smiling, childlike shadow that only he can see. To fight back, he discovers a horrifying ritual in his dreams: by mutilating himself in the dream world, he can inflict real pain on the creature. But every victory brings him closer to a terrifying truth, and the shadow's final, widest smile promises a fate worse than death. He thought he was hurting his tormentor, but he was only feeding it, piece by piece.