If you wish you may choose among our top categories as a sub-genre to write on.

Suspense: A scary story with suspense keeps the reader anxious and on the edge till the end. The events of such stories eventually build up to a big dramatic end with the revelation of the big suspense. The two possible emotional outcomes in the reader can be despair or sorrow. But fear and terror must be maintained while building up the suspense. One of the best known authors is Stephen King, who is famous for writing nail-biting suspense horror novels.

Thriller: The essence of a thriller is skillful plotting. Such stories usually have a villain. The most popular thriller horror story is the one with serial killers, which can also be called a psychological thriller. A conflict in your mind is put by the writer which is maintained throughout the story. A good example is the movie “Psycho”.

Supernatural: Supernatural is anything which stands apart from the natural law of the universe. This element is the central theme of supernatural stories, which contains anything unearthly or abnormal. Usually this sub-genre deals with elements such as werewolves, spirits, vampires, demon, psychotic behavior, ghosts and anything which is paranormal.

True Stories: Numerous people have stated of having real life paranormal experiences and having encounters with ghosts or spirits. This belief led to people creating rituals to invite spirits from the “other world”. The practice known as necromancy became popular eventually and people started writing about such experienced and encounters. Through such stories people get a glimpse of the “strangeness” of the unknown world of horror and deceased spirits.

Kid’s Stories: Scary stories for children are less gruesome and gory as compared to the one written for adults. Examples of such stories are ones which are told around campfires or at Halloween. Scary stories which are aimed to be read by the younger audience also take the form of a fairy tale with supernatural elements such as elves and gnomes which are evil. One of the popular collections of novels for children is R.L Stine’s Goosebumps.