scary story

• horrorExtreme fear or disgust
• ghostApparition of the dead
• nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
• hauntedOccupied by ghosts
• creepyDisturbingly strange

chilling · campfire · thriller · monster · darkness · suspense · goosebumps · tale · legend · urban · spine-tingling · eerie · supernatural · dread · whisper · shadow · twisted · macabre

• campfire storytellerghost story, tall tale, campfire song, dramatic pause, suspense building
• scary storiesghost story, horror story, spine-chiller, campfire story, haunted tale
• horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
• narrativesnovel, short story, memoir, fable, tale
• thrillerssuspense, thriller, nail-biter, page-turner, cliffhanger