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My Plane Crashed and I Went to Hell

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A man, after being in a plane crash, finds himself in hell. Reading time: 11 minutes. A little announcement, or maybe two. We achieved two milestones in the last week. First of all, XTales.net has been featured in the list of world’s top 80 horror blogs by Feedspot. Make sure to check out their list. https://blog.feedspot.com/horror_blogs/ And second, the previous story, ‘The Letter to My Other Self’ was published on world’s most popular horror-fiction platform creepypasta.com. Head over there to read it and vote. https://www.creepypasta.com/the-letter-to-my-other-self/ And now… My Plane Crashed and I Went to Hell D o you know about fear when you are walking down a lonely road all by yourself in the middle of the night? You are scared as hell but when you are with friends walking down the same road, it’s not that scary. Everything changes when you are not alone. So maybe it’s not the darkness you are afraid of. Maybe it’s the loneliness. I just thought of that because I was walking
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The Letter to My Other Self

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A thriller short story. Reading time: 23 minutes. Also featured on world's largest horror-fiction platform creepypasta.com , click here to head over to the page and vote. The Letter to My Other Self 1. I had woken up after a very long time. It almost felt like an eternity. I opened my eyes and there it was, the night, my lost love. I was so happy, so excited to see the night that I didn't even move for a full minute after waking up. I just stayed in bed looking at the beautiful darkness and listening to the melodious silence. It was breathtaking, the moment. I was so happy that I didn't even realise that I was smiling, from ear to ear, lying in my bed, staring into the darkness. I got out of the bed and hurdled towards the kitchen to get a bottle out of the fridge. I turned on the light, opened the fridge, grabbed a bottle, shut the fridge, and there it was—a tiny piece of orange paper stuck on the door. I carelessly pulled it and looked at the words 'Buy milk
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Beneath the Surface

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Arjun goes to a town to solve another mystery which allegedly involves Shapeshifters but this time he has to work on his own without any help from Mansi. Reading time: 44 minutes. Previously : The Companion - A seven years old boy finds a doppelganger of him while playing in his backyard and he does the worst he could've done, he brings him home. & The Krovosos Family - Arjun tries to solve the mystery of bloodless bodies which everyone at first thought was the work of vampires but turns out to be something else. ( Click here to see Arjun's whole chronology. ) Thanks to Mansi, a dear friend of mine. Without her help, this story wouldn't have been what it is. Make sure to check out her page on Instagram, just_another_wannabewriter . In memory of my loving mother, Suman Lata (1975-2021). Beneath the Surface 1 J oseph grabbed his glass half-filled with alcohol and walked past the kitchen counter on a silent night that spread across a small town. When he sat on the co
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The Companion

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A seven years old boy finds a doppelganger of him while playing in his backyard and he does the worst he could've done, he brings him home. Reading time: 23.93 minutes. Chapter One Changed Plan I had been watching him for a few days now. He was seven. Only child. I had learnt his routine. Six hours in the school, rest in the house, secure and out of reach. The only time he would come out was just a little before sunset, to play in his backyard. I watched him play all by himself, alone. I pitied him. He had no one to play with but that was ideal for me. This was the perfect time to strike. So I made a plan.  The next evening, when he was playing in the backyard, throwing a big ball around, I approached him from the bushes. He heard me and got alerted. He was looking in the bushes and then without any prompt, he threw the ball at me. I caught it. He knew that it wasn’t an animal. He knew that whoever was in there, it had hands. He took a few steps backwards. “Who
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Killer vs Killer

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When a serial killer breaks into a house then begins the chase of cat and mouse, the game of a predator and the prey. Reading time: 12 minutes. Now also available on Wattpad. (Ranked no.1 under #shorthorrorstories)( https://www.wattpad.com/story/270886777 ) Alternatively, you could listen to it on YouTube channel Dr. Creepen. While you are there, give this video a like and share. Subscribe to the channel to listen to more stories. Chapter One - The Chances T here was something eerie about that evening. The wind was witnessing the gloom that covered the city. Street lights were trying to light up every dark corner as if they were afraid that if they didn’t, something sinister might develop. A stray dog was lurking in the street, looking for something to eat, it stopped to smell a piece of garbage beside the pedestrian path. It was trying to decide if the piece was edible just when its eyes lit up, and its head jerked up in response to the sudden movement. I turned on
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Keepers of the Knowledge

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A strange tale of an alien, a time travelling woman and a man with a library of hidden knowledge, the tale of their adventure through a desert when they are chased by a mysterious phantom. Reading time: 15 minutes 25 seconds. Previously - An Evoking from the Stars – An alien lands in ancient Egypt and walks across the middle east following a signal, looking for someone. & The Creator and the Creation – Bela decides to fix the time machine that she found in her basement to go meet her father who went missing before she was born. Chapter One T he dry and hot desert was unwelcoming. The scorching heat was like hell-fire. The sun may as well have sucked the life out of any inhabitants right way instead of drying them up bit by bit. The hot winds were no comfort either. Every gust was like a slap to the face. Every shrug was a decree of death to the ears. The hot sand covered the land that one could see from their feet to the horizon. There was not a single tree in sight, a petty littl
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Bloodsuckers

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A college senior suspects that vampires are behind the recent disappearances but his roommate is too busy with his girlfriend to pay attention so he decides to solve the mystery by himself. Reading time: 14 minutes 13 seconds. Chapter One O ctober had arrived. The wind had a hint of the approaching winter. The days had started to fall short. People had not yet started to react to this change but the sun went down as early as five o’clock and it was almost at the horizon that day when Ahmed, Vikram and Nina were sitting in a restaurant killing their time. Ahmed Qureshi and Vikram Singh were college seniors, roommates and best friends. They were going to be graduates that year. Nina Krovosos was Vikram's girlfriend. She wasn't from college. Vikram had met her in a club that Ahmed had taken him to. Vikram was an orphan. He had managed to get a scholarship to go to college but there was no way he could afford a livelihood like that but Ahmed always forced him to come with him. He h
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Masks

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A man, fed up of his life walks out at night to end it, instead ends up in a secret place where his life changes forever. Reading time: 20.895 minutes. Chapter One  Not Allowed to be Normal  “S o got any plans for tonight?” asked Charlie. “Nah, just the usual. Falling asleep on the couch in front of the TV,” Stanley replied in a tired voice. “Come on,” said Charlie picking up a king and placing it on an empty slot. He was playing solitaire on his computer instead of working, “It’s Friday night and Halloween is coming, I think it’s gonna be twice as crazy out there tonight.” “It’s Crime City Charlie, every night here is Halloween night and crazy is kinda your thing. I'm good at normal." Stanley said without looking at Charlie who was sitting on his right. He was instead focused on the report he had to submit before the end of the day. “Exactly, this is Crime City, nobody is allowed to be normal here. This is against the city’s spirit.” Charlie said funnily. And that was the pro
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