Short Horror Stories

I was a new security guard at a university. I work on a night shift and nothing interesting really happend on my first night. Except for a faint smell that always seemed to follow me everywhere. That is until I got back to my station. I always roam the school every hour. The same thing happen on the following days. It foul smell also seemed to be growing stronger as the time passed. I was gonna neglect it until someone asked me. One of the school janitor who asked me if I've seen something last night. I said I didn't. We chatted for a while until she brought up why the guards don't last two weeks on that school. She stopped mid sentence, telling me that she shouldn't be talking about that. She was about to go but I pleaded for her to tell me. She then gave in and told me. She said the guards didn't actually resigned but were found dead on the back of the school. She said that the guards whom she used to chat with always smell something foul at the back. I was shocked because I experienced that too. She said that it was something that doesn't like being seen. It always stay in the shadows and eventually gets attached to what it always sees. Eventually, the guards are the only one who roams the school at night. It was said to come closer and closer to you everyday it sees you. Until the time it can't resist being with you, on the ninth day, and holds on to you from the back until you suffocate. The next day, I resigned from my work. I can't afford to lose my life. Especially because tonight, was gonna be my ninth day.