Set your story at a party that has gone horribly wrong.

Posted in Horror on Oct 25, 2022

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“Cold Red Fury” by Carmen Schaller

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“Harls--Harls--Harley!” Kaida pushed through the crowd on the dance floor to a girl at the center of the dark room. Colored lights flashed from the ceiling, momentarily blinding anyone who happened to look up. Kaida could feel the pounding of the music in her chest, though the noise of the partygoers drowned out the lyrics that were blasting from gigantic speakers. Kaida scanned the crowd for the coffee-colored form of Harley Ghutana, whom she found dancing amidst a group of friends with a drink in her hand. Harley finally heard Kaida’s call...

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“Who? Where? What? When?” by Morgan Leonhardt

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FRIDAY!! It was finally Friday, the end of the week, the start of the weekend, and most importantly the day I was having a party. Everything is going to be perfect, it will be the best party of the whole school year! I had a swimming pool, lots of food, games, and music! All I had to do was get through this one last day of school, the 8 hour long school day. Sounds easy? Well, it's not. I could not focus at all today, but it was worth sitting through all those boring classes because it was finally party time. I wanted my party to last extra ...

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“Midsummer Revelry” by Stanley Bloom

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Midsummer Revelry Midsummer’s Eve is a time of great jubilation in Sweden, a time to celebrate the long bright days and short light nights, or if far enough north, the wonder of the never-setting sun. Anyone who has lived through the long winter gloom will know what the fuss is about. Every year on this day Jonas and Ingalill invited thirty or more guests to celebrate with them in the grounds of their large summer cottage on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. Most of the visitors were summer and weekend neighbours, but some, like Mik...

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“Totally Ruined ” by Jimaeh Stahl

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A Job Well Ruined The sun was high in the sky, by the time the inspector called Ivy that she was allowed into the building. The building where she had spent the last month planning and plotting. She turned her car into the drive, got out and walked to the door. Not sure exactly what she would find, but she knew it was bad. Ivy gasped as she walked it to the party room, or what was left of it. She had worked so hard, trying to make sure everything was perfect. Why couldn’t it be? Frustrated built inside of her as she looked around, bl...

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“Halloween party gone bad” by Glenn Etzwiler

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Three days before Halloween a group of kids decide to look for a run down house. For a party they drive around looking for the perfect house.they argue with each other on the houses until they go down a one way street. There is not one street light on this road they pull up in a drive to turn around. There it is a run down house broken windows every thing they want. The girls can not stop looking at the house they get out of the car walk up to the house. Look through the windows they all agree this is the house for the party. They all gigg...

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“The surprise party” by Mariana Del Rosal

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TW: violence, gore, murder “Ok, so everybody, listen up and PUT YOUR WEAPONS DOWN!” it was my cousin Benny who was shouting his guts out, yet we could hardly hear him among the surrounding explosions and the people screaming in pain, lying on the living-room carpet soaked in blood and vomit. “Nobody else needs to get hurt, come on!” As my poor cousin spoke what would be his final words, subsequently being stabbed in the back by one of the assassins, I could not help but wonder if all of this (the murderers, the massive home wrecking, my sist...

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“The House on the End of the Cul-De-Sac” by Megan Royce

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There's a party at the house on the end of the cul-de-sac. I don't want to go, but she's going. My friend also wanted to go, claiming he'd stay with me the entire time, but now I'm here at the front door and he's already gone. The host opens the door and lets me in with a nod. There's music blaring so loud it sounds muffled, red cups in tangled hands moving to the beat of the music. My stomach turns and already I want to leave, but I haven't seen her yet. I ask around and some say she's by the pool, others say she's upstairs with another guy...

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“Posthumous Memoirs of a Man at the Window” by M.w. Bianchi

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JacobFirst, let me introduce myself. My name is Jacob. It was my first company's party. We rented a house further away from the city to celebrate. At the beginning of the party, I was very nervous because it was on that day that I would tell a girl that I was in love with her. I drank a lot to build up courage, but the only thing that made me want was to go to the bathroom every ten minutes.It was on one of those trips to the bathroom that I met him. He was dead in the bath. The smell was horrible. It looked like he had been drowned, as ther...

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“Sombody” by Neil Naft

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Some things you can’t get out of your head. You dream about them even when you’re awake. Even after thirty years. Mine started with a phone call from my friend Tony. “Cory, there’s a party at Sal’s place. Casual. Pick me up at eight.” He hung up before I could refuse. Parties and crowds were not my scene, but he said ‘casual’, so I put a clean t-shirt on with my shorts and sandals and drove to his apartment. He came out in a navy blazer over a pale blue polyester disco shirt printed with pictures of pal...

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“Birthday Shenanigans” by Sandra Wong

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“Thank you everyone for coming here today, it’s not every day you turn eighty. A special thank you to my daughter Janet, for opening up her home to us today and my other daughter, Carolyn for helping her plan it” Mary pauses to look at them each in turn. “Cheers girls.” Her two grey-haired ‘girls’ raise their glasses in her direction as a cheer erupts. Mary has to raise her voice a pitch or two to get over the top of the exuberance. “I love you kids!” Janet and Carolyn smile at their mother and blow her a kiss. The formalities over, ev...

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“Well. It could be worse.” by Stefania Liv

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Tom and I sat by the pool; our legs dipped in the water. My, previously straight, hair now messed up and making small waves down to my shoulder. His pants rolled up; well, at least one of the sides. The other had been burned. My emerald dress was covered in a deep blue paint. Heh, I matched the pool. Tom sifted his gaze to me and placed his hands on his thighs, letting out a heavy sigh. “Well.”, he breathed. “It could be worse.” ~9 Hours Earlier~ “You understand that if you won’t come, I refuse to go alone, right?” “Darling, I really...

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“The Invitation ” by Mwila Mwaba

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THE INVITATION I was livid. They’ve always been so ungrateful. So absorbed in their own concerns — the fickle and the transient, lost in too tumbling, too simple worlds. Not like me. No, I’ve always been better. Smarter. More aware of the unseen things. I’ve always been a good mother. And I should’ve known from the start of this that they didn’t appreciate me, they couldn’t care l...

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“What in the World Happened?” by Ed Westhoven

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What in the World Happened? “Joanie, watch where you step! Where are your shoes?” “They’re missing,” Joan answered, “How am I supposed to get to my room?” Kate sighed deeply, pushing her long, tawny-colored hair behind her ears for the umpteenth time. “Hold on, I’ll figure something out.” She went upstairs and searched Joan’s room. Finding only dress shoes, she gathered some rugs from the...

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“Language” by Laura Villagomez

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The smell of beer was almost sickening, no matter where you went it followed, but no one knew where it was coming from. It was a mess, pieces of fabric all around the place, for some reason there was a piece of carton hanging from the fan. But the thing that could not be ignored was the huge statue in the middle of the living room. A big head with three faces, no matter where you were its eyes followed you. “That’s pretty sick.” Aguy barked. “I guess so.” I answered as I turned to look at the guy. He was a tall slim blond...

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“Blood On Her Hands” by Alaska Fox

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TW: assault, murder ... Deafening music… The smell of alcohol and smoke reeking… Blinding neon lights in the dim building… The taste of…blood? Rachel’s world spins, her head throbbing with every single inch she moves. Nope, she’s not getting up. Not when she can barely manage to figure out where she’s at (technically, she’d have to get up to assess that but not with her current post-shitfaced situation.) With her eyes closed, she tried to recall memories from last night but, to her dism...

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Set your story at a party that has gone horribly wrong.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 196 stories

“Cold Red Fury” by Carmen Schaller

“Who? Where? What? When?” by Morgan Leonhardt

“Midsummer Revelry” by Stanley Bloom

“Totally Ruined ” by Jimaeh Stahl

“Halloween party gone bad” by Glenn Etzwiler

“The surprise party” by Mariana Del Rosal

“The House on the End of the Cul-De-Sac” by Megan Royce

“Posthumous Memoirs of a Man at the Window” by M.w. Bianchi

“Sombody” by Neil Naft

“Birthday Shenanigans” by Sandra Wong

“Well. It could be worse.” by Stefania Liv

“The Invitation ” by Mwila Mwaba

“What in the World Happened?” by Ed Westhoven

“Language” by Laura Villagomez

“Blood On Her Hands” by Alaska Fox

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Write a story about a character who gets lost at a carnival or festival.

Write about a reluctant party-goer who ends up being the star of the show.

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