Another one is 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. A woman is confined to a room with yellow wallpaper for her 'nervous condition'. As time passes, she starts to see strange things in the wallpaper and descends into madness. It's a mysterious look into the mental state of the protagonist and the oppression she faces.
Sure. One is 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. It's about a woman who slowly descends into madness while confined in a room with yellow wallpaper. The strange patterns on the wallpaper seem to come alive in her mind. Another is 'The Tell - Tale Heart'. A narrator tries to convince the reader of his sanity while describing how he murdered an old man because of his 'evil eye'. The sense of paranoia and the dark undertones are really captivating.
Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are a great source. For example, 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is very mysterious. The decaying mansion, the strange illness of the Usher siblings, and the overall sense of doom create a dark and strange atmosphere.
I would suggest 'Black Hole' by Charles Burns. It's set in a strange suburban world that has been affected by a sexually transmitted disease that causes strange mutations. The art style is dark and the whole mood of the graphic novel is very mysterious as the characters deal with their changing bodies and the secrets that come with the epidemic.
Sure. A person once got a mystery box from the Dark Web that had a USB drive. When they plugged it in (which was a very stupid thing to do actually), it had encrypted files. They couldn't access them and were afraid that it might be some sort of illegal data or something dangerous.
There's the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass incident. A group of hikers died under very strange conditions in the Ural Mountains. Their tent was cut open from the inside, and they were found scattered around the area, some with strange injuries. To this day, the exact cause of their deaths remains a mystery.
Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great one. It's about a narrator who tries to convince the reader of his sanity while describing a murder he committed. Another is 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. It has a small town with a very strange lottery tradition. And 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce, which has a really unexpected ending.
A great book for 'dark dark short stories' is 'Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber'. It reimagines classic fairy tales in a much darker and more adult way. For instance, 'The Company of Wolves' takes the Little Red Riding Hood story and turns it into a tale full of sexual tension and danger. Another book is 'Selected Stories' by H. P. Lovecraft. His stories often deal with cosmic horror, like in 'The Call of Cthulhu' where the existence of ancient and powerful beings that are beyond human comprehension is explored. And 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' in its original short story form is also a very dark and gory tale.
Sure. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is a very mysterious online short story. It tells about a woman's psychological deterioration in a confined space. Another one is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' which is full of suspense as the narrator's obsession and guilt are explored.
Dark mysterious stories usually involve elements of the unknown. It could be a strange place, like an old, abandoned mansion in a story that gives off an eerie feeling. Or it could be an unknown entity, such as a shadowy figure that haunts the characters but has no clear origin.
Sure. There's 'The Juniper Tree'. It involves a cruel stepmother who kills her stepson and cooks him into a stew. The Grimm Brothers collected many such dark German stories. These stories often had a moral or lesson in them, even if they were quite dark. For example, they might teach about the consequences of greed or bad behavior. They were also influenced by the superstitions and cultural beliefs of the time.