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32 One-Picture Horror Stories That You Probably Shouldn't Read Alone

January 23, 2019  /  Admin

Each image is a haunting one-panel illustration that shows monsters hiding just around the corner, along with darkly funny captions.

Coldrick said that his inspiration comes from his love for horror films, books, and spooky internet stories, "Just before I started the series I'd been reading through some CreepyPastas, the internet's version of spooky folk tales, and also lots of accounts of 'real life' supernatural encounters on sites like Reddit."

"I had wanted to do a continuing webcomic for a while, but I was worried I'd lose interest after starting a story I thought if each installment was a snippet of a different tale I could start afresh each time. It also had the great side effect of leaving much of the story to be decided by the reader. It's probably the main reason people enjoy the series."

The artist said he uses a hand pencil to create his characters but works with Photoshop to create the backgrounds add textures.

"I almost always start with the image first but once or twice a phrase has popped into my head and I've worked back from there. Rather than a coherent story, the first step is usually one element. In the early days of the series it might have been a desire to draw a particular kind of creepy monster, but later on it's been the setting. A kitchen at night illuminated by a fridge light, or an escalator on the Underground. Sometimes it can be something darker like the loneliness, doubts or anxieties that emerge once no one else is around."


Check out his short horror stories from this webcomic series below!


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#1 “Everyone had gone home but there was still more to be done.”

#2 “It was a day to spend indoors.”

#3 “He loved to have the house to himself.”

#4 “This had been her room.”

#5 “Hungry, so hungry. Starving.”

#6 “Would he ever get used to the place?”

#7 “As the other brother left, the house was finally his.”

#8 “He thought he might have the whole place to himself.”

#9 “I swear, one day these stairs will be the death of me.”

#10 “They might look ok in a photo.”

#11 “Night callers were the worst.”

#12 “Mothers didn’t let their kids come here anymore.”

#13 “He had never seen any of the locals use the bridge.”

#14 “From here you could watch them go by.”

#15 “Finally, she found the key to the old nursery.”

#16 “When she returned to her boat it still sat alone on the tiny beach.”

#17 “Must have been something here once.”

#18 “Wasn’t this where I came in?”

#19 “She loved puzzles. She couldn’t resist them.”

#20 “A door in his mind swung open and his soul wandered out.”

#21 “The garage was full and empty.”

#22 “She didn’t regret doing it, she regretted getting caught.”

#23 “It was stupid to come out over the flooded town.”

#24 “My new friend made strange company.”

#25 “She believed, if lit at the stroke of midnight…”

#26 “…shh! be quiet”

#27 “Ever since he was a small boy…”

#28 “I used to know every corner of this place…”

#29 “She regretted running the bath as soon as she got in.”

#30 “It wasn’t really a short cut…”

#31 “I hate the circus.”

#32 “Shouldn’t have my shoes on indoors…”

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