Nightmare Narratives - Story Vault

In The Church of Sleep, Kjetil Jansen lures readers into a haunting tradition hidden deep in the Italian hills—where sleep isn’t a blessing, but a final test. For two travelers, a simple holiday adventure becomes a chilling ritual of silence, deception, and death. When paradise demands sleep, what price is paid for waking?

A mesmerizing tale of false saints, broken vows, and the quiet horror that waits with open arms.

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In Death Toll, Tanja Cilia serves up a chilling final monologue from a murderer with nothing left to lose. Told in a twisted, casual voice just minutes before execution, this tale blends dark humour, forensic fact, and confessional horror to expose a killer whose secrets run deeper than anyone suspected.

It started with a lunch. It ended in maggots, murder, and a body in a suitcase.

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In Nightwatcher, existential dread takes corporeal form. Told from the perspective of a man whose identity fractures under cosmic weight, this is a journey through madness, memory, and metaphysical horror. As shadows gather and Meon’s black sands swallow reality, he sheds humanity to become something else—something watching.

Blending cosmic nihilism with poetic despair, Nightwatcher is a philosophical horror odyssey that asks: what remains when even death offers no escape?

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