by Peter Chiykowski
A lot of you will know that I developed The Story Engine Deck of writing prompts while I was writing weekly "postcard" stories for my microfiction project, The Shortest Story. Many of these stories are in The Story Engine Anthology, and some have even gone viral on TikTok.
My writing covers all genres, but some of my absolute favs to work on were the horror shorts. To get you hyped for Halloween, I thought I'd round up my 12 best horror short stories for your enjoyment, many of which were prompted using the Horror Writing Prompts Expansion, or which inspired cards that went into the set.
A few stories were narrated by Cecil Baldwin (the voice of Welcome to Night Vale), Jonathan Sims (the voice of The Magnus Archives), or other voice guests!
The Welcome

The Fog

The Intersection

Heartbeats

The Black Beacon
The Lights of Earth's Cities Go Out

The Prison of Forgetting

When Life Gives You Demons

Don't Open Your Eyes

The Night of the Red Sails

Your Body in the Churchyard

The Town With No Name

Want to get in the mood for Halloween with some horror stories of your own? Check out the Horror Writing Prompts Expansion in the shop! It's a fabulous resource for prompting ideas for creepy stories like these!
