Spring Horror Short Stories

The flight was canceled, the battery was dead, and the hallway was five feet longer than before.

Tracey rubbed the white powder between her fingers. It felt like chalk. It tasted like dead air.

Theo refuses to kiss Maren because she is covered in yellow dust, then notices the pollen is actually moving.

Martin watched the orange water crawl uphill, carrying human teeth and rusted nails toward the peak of the mountain.

Helen ignored the dark stain creeping down the drywall, staring blankly at the bright green Slack dot instead.

Sila tries to kill Rene with poisoned champagne, but their date turns into a bloody, romantic alleyway confrontation.

Barb stared at the pink foil in the mud. The egg was vibrating. Then, it grew teeth.

The ground simply opened up and swallowed Chad whole, taking the van keys and the livestream with him.

The town line wasn't just a border anymore. It was a wall of teeth and bad code.

My stomach turned over when the screaming started. The adults were too busy arguing about the dagger.

Simon fights the spring melt and a dying server to keep his digital girlfriend from blinking out forever.

Leo sits in a silent kitchen where the smell of spring flowers masks the rot of recent family loss.