A1Horror2 min
The Thirteenth Step
Every night, Damián counts the twelve wooden steps to his bedroom. Tonight, his foot finds a thirteenth—and something beneath the stairs has been waiting.
Horror stories in Spanish
Spanish horror stories written for learners. Each story is graded to a single CEFR level, so you can pick ones you mostly understand and learn new words from context, tapping any word for its translation.
A1Horror2 minWalled In
Grey stone, an inch from the front door. No street, no sky, no way out. And his mother keeps eating the same piece of bread.
A0Horror2 minThe Cold Hand
Isabella is happy with her book and her small light. But the dark brings something cold — and it does not want to let go.
A0Horror2 minThe Seventh Door
Every night, Julián counts the doors in his house before bed. There are always six. Tonight, there are seven.
B2Horror4 minThe Voice in the Static
Paloma's sleep app recorded forty-five minutes of something whispering her home address at 3 AM. By morning, the recording had vanished.
A1Horror2 minThe Green Room
Your bedroom walls are blue. You know this. So why are they green now — and whose hand is pressing back from the other side of the door?
PROA1Horror3 minThe Blue Screen
Tomás is alone in his Buenos Aires apartment when his computer screen turns blue and a message appears: 'Don't look behind you.' The room grows cold, and something begins to move closer.
B2Horror5 minThe Statue That Smiled
A bronze plaque in a forgotten town square bears his name, his face, and the year he supposedly died. Wílmer Reyes is standing right in front of it, very much alive. For now.
PROA0Horror2 minThe Yellow Coat
In the cold rain, Simón sees a small girl standing under a street light. She wears a yellow coat. She does not move. She does not speak. And when he gets close enough to see inside the coat, there is no girl at all.
PROB1Horror3 minThe Coat That Came Back
Three thousand pesos for a heavy winter coat. A finger bone sewn into the lining. And a note in shaky handwriting: if you feel cold in your bones, it's already too late.
PROA2Horror4 minThe Photo That Burned
A woman finds a photo of her house online. The house is on fire. She looks outside—everything is fine. Then the photo changes.
PROA1Horror2 minThe Hands in the Tunnel
When Ignacio's late-night train stops in a pitch-black tunnel, something outside the windows wants in—and what he discovers on the glass afterward is worse than the dark.
PROA1Horror3 minYour Father's Coat
Denis and his mother eat dinner in their small house near a cornfield. The scarecrow outside wears his missing father's coat — and tonight, it isn't staying in the field.
PROB1Horror4 minThe Last Stop
Martín falls asleep on his usual commuter train—and wakes up in a carriage where the passengers, the clothes, and the silence all belong to another century.
PROA0Horror2 minThe Man in the Book
Wilmer finds an old book in a shop — and inside, his own house stares back at him. But the man at the window in the picture looks exactly like Wilmer. And he looks very, very sad.
PROA0Horror1 minThe Old Black Radio
The radio on Lorena's table is old. It is bad. It does not work. But tonight, it has something to say.
PROA2Horror3 minThe Room With No Way Out
Montserrat wakes up in her own bedroom—same furniture, same photos, same lamp. But the door is gone. The window is gone. And she's starting to suspect she isn't alone.
PROA1Horror2 minThe Last Stop
The night bus is cold. The driver has gray hands. And the door is gone.
PROA0Horror2 minThe Cold Room
Thiago wakes in his freezing bedroom with the door and window shut tight. When he looks toward the foot of his bed, he realizes he is not alone.
PROA0Horror3 minWhite Water
Álvaro lives alone in an old house. One cold night, he finds wet tracks leading inside—but none leading out. Someone is in his house. He just can't see who.
PROA1Horror3 minThe Shadow Dances
There is no light in the room. So why is the shadow still dancing?
PROA1Horror2 minThe Glass Heart
When a heavy, nameless package appears at Valentín's door, the impossible thing inside won't stop beating—and it has no intention of leaving.
PROB2Horror5 minThe Pulse Beneath the Thread
The silk in the back room of an exclusive Buenos Aires boutique is imported, exquisite, and warm to the touch. It also bleeds when you pierce it with a needle.
PROB2Horror5 minThe Voice on the Recording
A freelance translator receives an anonymous audio file to transcribe. When she presses play, the voice she hears is unmistakably her own—confessing to a murder that hasn't happened yet.