Horror — A2 Short Stories
24 stories
Every night at three, something stands outside his door. Each night it gets closer. A photo reveals his face: a great-uncle who died in his room. Tonight is night six. Learn Spanish A2.
A Las Tres de la Mañana
At Three in the Morning
A voice from behind the door knows their names. Photos in the basement show children named Maria and Pablo. From decades ago. The house is hungry again. Learn Spanish A2.
La Puerta Negra
The Black Door
A birthday gift at her door. Inside: a photo of her sleeping. Taken this morning. The doors are locked from inside. It never left. It has her face. Learn Spanish A2.
El Cumpleaños
The Birthday
The walls breathe at night. Something with yellow eyes lives inside. Her parents vanished. Their coffee is still warm. The house is not haunted. The house is the monster. Learn Spanish A2.
Las Paredes que Respiran
The Breathing Walls
Five children play in the park every day. But no children have lived here for fifty years. They died in a fire. They still want someone to play with. Forever. Learn Spanish A2.
Los Niños
The Children
Her children play with someone she cannot see. The cold child. A girl who froze to death in this house long ago. Now she needs a permanent friend. Learn Spanish A2.
La Niña Fría
The Cold Child
His dead cat visits every night at three. He thought it missed him. Tonight something with red eyes followed it home. The dead are hungry. Learn Spanish A2.
El Gato Muerto
The Dead Cat
His shadow smiled when he did not. His shadow walked away. Tonight it returned with a body. His body. Now he follows it. That is what shadows do. Learn Spanish A2.
El Doble
The Double
She hears a baby crying. She lives alone. Each night it gets closer. She feels small arms around her neck. The cradle was waiting for a mother. Learn Spanish A2.
La Cuna Vacía
The Empty Cradle
A face appears at his window every night. It looks like his mother. It says open the window. Tonight his real mother screams from downstairs. Then silence. Learn Spanish A2.
La Cara en la Ventana
The Face at the Window
Her father's face appears in the tree he planted. He died a month ago. His eyes say search. She digs and finds love letters he never sent. Now he rests. Learn Spanish A2.
La Cara de Mi Padre
My Father's Face
The house had three rooms when they arrived. Now it has a hundred. Each door shows their past. Then a room appears with three coffins. Their names. Their death date. Learn Spanish A2.
La Casa que Crece
The Growing House
Notes appear in his own handwriting. RUN. DO NOT SLEEP. He sets up a camera. At 2:47 AM, he watches himself smile at the camera. Something lives inside him. Learn Spanish A2.
La Letra
The Handwriting
The house eats things. First objects. Then the dog. Then grandmother. No one remembers them. Only he does. Now his whole family is gone. The house is still hungry. Learn Spanish A2.
La Casa Que Come
The Hungry House
Three knocks at midnight. A child's voice outside. Her son is upstairs asleep. She opens the door. No one there. The voice is now inside. It was never her son. Learn Spanish A2.
La Puerta a las Doce
The Door at Twelve
A message appears on the mirror each morning. HELP ME. In his own handwriting. The video shows him writing it at 3 AM. With black eyes. Smiling. Learn Spanish A2.
El Mensaje de la Mañana
The Morning Message
An old man sits on the bench outside his window. Never moves. Never eats. No one else can see him. Each day he is closer. He has no eyes. Just empty black holes. Learn Spanish A2.
El Viejo
The Old Man
A photo from 1974 shows a woman in his window. The house was empty that year. Now she has left the photo. And she followed him to his sister's house. Learn Spanish A2.
La Foto Vieja
The Old Photograph
Yesterday the woman in the painting was sitting. Today she stands. Tomorrow her hand touches the frame. The painting is empty now. She found another place to live. Learn Spanish A2.
La Pintura
The Painting
A sweet smell fills the house. Behind his daughter's wall: a hidden room. A body surrounded by flowers. A name written in red. His daughter's name. Now the walls are closing. Learn Spanish A2.
El Olor
The Smell
Everyone in his village smiles. His mother. His father. His sister. Even in their sleep. Something came six months ago. It taught them to be happy. Now it wants him to smile too. Learn Spanish A2.
La Sonrisa
The Smile
A voicemail from her mother. Her mother died three months ago. The number traces to the cemetery. She goes to find the truth. Hands of bone pull her into the earth. Learn Spanish A2.
El Mensaje de Voz
The Voicemail
Since he was six, something breathes inside his walls. It knows his name. He moved seven times. It always finds him. Tonight it stops waiting. Tonight it comes out. Learn Spanish A2.
El Monstruo de la Pared
The Wall Monster
The TV shows his living room. A dark figure stands behind him. He turns. Nothing there. But on screen, it keeps getting closer. Learn Spanish A2.
La Televisión que Observa
The TV That Watches