Reddit Horror Archives #1

The snow fell without sound that night, thick enough to soften the world into something unreal.

I went to bed believing I was alone, believing the house ended where its walls did.

Sometime before dawn, I woke with the unmistakable sense of being observed.

Not fear—at first—but awareness. The kind that creeps in quietly, as if your body

knows something your mind refuses to accept. I lay still, listening.

Then came the sound. A slow, deliberate crunch. Another. And another.

Footsteps. Close. Too close. They moved with intention,

pausing between each step, as though whoever walked outside was deciding where to