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Dark fiction, dread files and haunted craft notes.

A sharper editorial home for horror stories, phobia files and eerie writing obsessions.

The Haunted Pen collects short dark tales, dread-led entries, haunted reading lists and author features without the imported clutter.

Dark Stories

The Watcher

Ice-cold fingers of dread clutched at my heart as his face pressed against the window…watching. Oily smears trailed onto the glass from his forehead and an evil, psychotic...

Dread Files

The Dread Files – Trypophobia

There is all manner of things in the world to be afraid of – death, darkness, clowns, heights, spiders, small spaces, dentists, balloons, and even flutes (yes, it...

Reviews & Authors

The Third Degree – Tarn Richardson

Welcome to the second edition of The Third Degree. This month, Salisbury, England’s Tarn Richardson – author of The Darkest Hand fantasy horror trilogy – has agreed to...

Weird Craft & Haunted Notes

Haunted Hotspots – The Winchester Mystery House

For nearly 100 years, the Winchester Mystery House located in San Jose, California has been Mecca for paranormal investigators, ghost hunters, mediums, and even non- paranormal believers. On...