House short stories
9 stories tagged house on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
The Babysitter Upstairs
The babysitter texted that the kids were asleep. They don't have kids. Their house has no upstairs — and something is walking above them.
HorrorH-003The Wrong Baby Monitor
A baby monitor shows a nursery that does not exist, but its serial number and network address lead to the empty house next door.
HorrorH-010The Call From My Number
A woman receives a warning from her own phone number, then has to decide whether the thing in her house is trying to save her or lure her back.
BillionaireB-027Penthouse on the Ground Floor
A hotel housekeeper discovers the penthouse guest requesting her by name is her vanished childhood friend, but his return is tied to the wage-theft evidence she has been collecting.
BillionaireB-013The Interview at Midnight
A job listing promises flexible hours — but the interview is at midnight, in a penthouse, with a CEO who answers the door barely dressed.
HorrorH-019The Text from Mom
Eleven months after her mother's funeral, a woman receives warnings and photos from her dead mother's phone number — each image taken from inside her house while she sleeps.
HorrorH-026The Guest Wi-Fi
After moving into a renovated house, the router renames itself to the nursery-fire date and lists a device with a MAC address that cannot exist.
WerewolfW-033The Pack Accountant
Omega accountant Elliot finds the war fund buying a beach house — and walks into council with four hundred pages of ledger proof.
HorrorH-035Find My Says Home
At a Minneapolis work dinner, a public defender sees her husband both across the restaurant and moving through their supposedly empty house.
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