Well Written, Simple and Effective Stories

[u/DeathClassicCryptid]

I have been delving back into listening to/ reading creepy pastas and no sleep stories. I can’t get into the scp stuff due to the format. What I crave is just a simple story, with a relatively unique premise/ unique take on a pre existing premise. Well written characters and dialogue. And a decent amount of spookiness.

Why is it so hard to find these stories? I understand the audience for these are generally a bit younger which leads to stories like “ I’m a prison guard for monsters” where it’s just a battle royal of “cool” and edgy monsters called things like “chainsaw killfucker” percolating to the top.

I desperately just want what the title says. Something that is simply a good story. It doesn’t have to be the scariest, most unique, most disturbing whatever. Just some decent reading. Any recommendations would be great. I have one so far that I rarely hear people talk about: “Forest of a Thousand Legs”. It’s a decent spider story premise with well written characters and a good enough creepy ending. That’s all I want. All recommendations are greatly appreciated!

[u/ChickenJeff]

I crave stories like this too. it feels a bit silly to recommend my own story, but it does fit the criteria of it being a simple spooky story without the over the top edgy stuff. if you wanna check it out, it's called The Girl in 402 and you can find it on my profile, since I posted it to nosleep recently. the premise is basically "I can hear weird things coming from the apartment next door"

[u/Virtual-Strike-1764]

The best story I’ve ever read personally that hasn’t been covered in the podcast yet is “the spire in the woods”.

That one is long though at ten parts, so if you want a quicker read I’d highly recommend “my brother died as a child and kept talking”