The Night the Hollow Knocked

A wedding under a blood-red moon should have brought fortune to Hollow Creek, but instead, it summoned a nightmare. When the powerful Whitlock family kidnaps a stranger for a twisted ghost marriage, the entire town turns a blind eye—until the woman's desperate husband crashes the feast, exposing their sins. As violence erupts and a storm gathers, an ancient power is unleashed, forcing the guilty to their knees and threatening to destroy everyone. In a town where secrets fester and tradition masks evil, one child watches as revenge, magic, and terror collide. Will anyone survive the night, or is Hollow Creek doomed to pay for its silence? What price will be demanded when the veil is finally lifted?

The first knock came just after the blackout—and by the time my sight returned, someone was dead. Now, trapped inside my apartment and cut off from the outside world, I can only rely on a panicked group chat and the growing sense that something inhuman stalks our halls. Neighbors turn on each other as messages fly: was it a monster, or a killer hiding in plain sight? Every new revelation peels back another layer of paranoia, betrayal, and dread, until a confession from the shadows shatters what little trust we had left. When a scream cuts through the silence, the real question is—are we being hunted by something that wears a human face? Or is the darkness inside us all? Who will survive the night—and what will be left of us?

Night after night, three broken women haunt my dreams—one in a blood-red dress, another in a crimson suit, and a third whose face I can never see. When I finally confront the building’s drunken landlord, he reveals just enough to send me down a rabbit hole: murder, betrayal, and a cover-up that ruined lives. But the woman who died in my apartment isn’t the only ghost with unfinished business. As a legal affairs reporter, I dig into records and interrogate the town’s secrets—only to realize the nightmares are warnings, and I’m the only one who can set these souls free. What if the truth about Silver Hollow is darker than anyone imagines—and someone still wants it buried? Who are the other women haunting my bed, and what really happened in this cursed building?

Every dawn, Maple Heights shakes awake to the same ear-splitting chorus: one cantankerous old man, a Broadway wannabe, making sure no one gets a wink of sleep. When a battle-scarred insomniac moves in—lured by dirt-cheap rent and nothing left to lose—he finds himself at war with the neighborhood’s untouchable menace. But this isn’t just about lost sleep: the old man’s secrets run deeper, and his reign of terror has left scars on everyone around him. As petty games spiral into full-blown chaos, alliances form and the whole block watches, desperate for a hero—or at least a little peace. When revenge is the only thing keeping you awake, just how far will you go for one quiet night? Or will the noise finally break them both?

Captain Holloway’s world unravels after a serial killer slips through his grasp, leaving his reputation in tatters and his sense of justice in question. Haunted by the unresolved death of his closest friend, Holloway embarks on a perilous undercover mission to outwit the cunning Quentin Ford, risking his own identity and soul. As the stakes escalate, Holloway must confront his deepest guilt, outmaneuver a criminal mastermind, and decide how far he’s willing to go for vengeance—and redemption.

I thought my college dorm drama was just roommate fights—until I saw a man climb into their beds at midnight and vanish by dawn. When the truth hit, my 'friends' weren’t human, and the old carpenter who sold me a threshold had a chilling secret: my room sits on a mass grave, and I’m the next target for a supernatural scheme. Now I’m caught between a ghost-refining master, a blood ritual, and the only person I trust is 300 miles away—if I don’t play this right, I’ll be the next girl to disappear.

A midnight group chat warning turns into a nightmare when something inhuman stalks the halls, wearing stolen faces and learning how to speak. As neighbors vanish and the creature infects a child, 604 must decide: open the door to help, or stay silent and hope to survive. But when the monster can become anyone, nowhere is safe—and the next knock could be its last lesson before it comes for you.

When six-year-old Tommy’s uncle breaks the town’s most sacred rule, their family becomes prey for something ancient and hungry stalking the night. With everyone’s lives hanging by a thread, Tommy must face a chilling task—alone in the dark, with a ghost that craves more than just company. Will courage and old secrets be enough to break the curse, or will Tommy be the next to disappear?

Derek came to Chicago chasing stardom, but found himself learning forbidden secrets from a phantom voice haunting the theater’s midnight shadows. As his talent grew, so did the chilling suspicion that the price of his gift was more than just sleepless nights—especially when his confession brought the city’s secret ghost-catchers to the stage. Now, with the truth threatening to destroy him, Derek must choose: expose the supernatural bargain or risk becoming the next legend whispered about in the dark.

Some winters take more than warmth—they take trust, family, and even the line between human and beast. When a starving family faces the impossible choice of killing their loyal dog, Grandpa insists old mountain lore is true: a dog kept too long can go wild under a blood-red moon. But when the knife is raised and the storm howls, Duke breaks free, setting off a chain of supernatural vengeance and grief. As Grandma risks everything for mercy and the spirit medium warns of wild spirits, the family is torn between tradition, love, and survival. Each night brings new hauntings—bones unearthed, loved ones lost, and a wildness that refuses to die. Can they break the curse before Duke’s spirit claims them all? Or will the mountain’s oldest secrets demand another sacrifice?

Immortality is a lonely punishment—especially when you’ve forgotten you were once a king. For three thousand years, Lucas swept the marble halls of the High Court, a nameless janitor haunted by flashes of a life he could never recall. But when a wild wolf crashes into his world, begging him to remember, Lucas’s buried power and lost name explode back to the surface. Hunted by the High Court, torn between the echoes of betrayal and the desperate hope of his dying pack, Lucas must confront the truth behind his exile and the war that shattered his home. Can he reclaim his place as Alpha before the Court’s darkest secrets consume the last wild magic—or will his return spark a rebellion that could doom them all? The past won’t stay buried… and neither will the Alpha of the Night.

Campbell thought paradise meant safety—until boxes were torn open, food vanished, and her family’s secrets were twisted by unseen hands. No one believed her, not even her new husband, until the night a desperate intruder braced their front door from inside. Now, every shadow holds a threat, and the American dream has become a living nightmare—because the real terror is knowing you were never truly alone.