GHOST GAME ( Halloween)
Story Summary
A group of seven university students downloads a mysterious horror game called
"The Ghost Game", rumored to be banned after multiple players committed suicide while playing it.
What begins as a harmless dare during Halloween night turns into a descent into madness when each player starts experiencing terrifying visions that reflect their darkest secrets. The game knows their guilt every decision exposes a piece of their past, and those who lie are punished.
Soon, one player is found dead hanging in her dorm room, her phone still showing the game's timer ticking down. The group realizes the game doesn't end when they log out. It follows them.
Main Characters
Lena, 21 : psychology student battling depression after her sister's suicide.
Darren, 23 : charismatic gamer hiding a dark obsession with control.
Maya, 20 : artist who hears voices urging her to "finish what she started."
Rico, 22 : tech student who finds the game file on the dark web.
Sophie, 19 : cheerful but secretly on medication for anxiety and hallucinations.
Aaron, 24 : Lena's boyfriend, skeptical until the nightmares begin.
The Ghost Player (Unknown) an anonymous player who joins their game and knows everything about them.
Plot Outline
The group gathers for a sleepover and dares each other to play The Ghost Game. The rules are simple:
Say your name.
Confess a sin.
Survive until sunrise.
They laugh it off... until one player disappears from the group chat.
Each player starts seeing distorted versions of themselves in mirrors, hearing whispers of their past sins.Messages appear in the game that no one sent.
"You shouldn't have lied."
"She's still hanging."
"Next, it's you."
Mental breakdowns begin. Maya paints a mural of their deaths before vanishing. Rico finds hidden files showing live webcam footage of them sleeping.
The line between game and reality collapses. Each "level" demands a new confession. Those who refuse are found dead always with their phones still showing The Ghost Game.
Lena discovers the game was created by her late sister, who wanted revenge on the people who bullied her to suicide including Lena herself.
"Die and end the curse."
"Live and let another take your place."
The screen flickers. Lena presses a button.
The game restarts with a new set of players downloading it that night.
Ending Twist
When police investigate the scene, they find all victims died at different times but their phones show the same timestamp on The Ghost Game: 03:33 AM.
Lena's phone keeps vibrating, displaying a new notification.
"New player joined: Detective H. Cole."
A Horror, Mystery, and Psychological Thriller Novel
Chapter 1 : The Dare
Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Psychological Thriller | Supernatural | Dark Fiction
The rain hadn't stopped all night. It beat against the dorm windows like impatient fingers, tapping, reminding them that the world outside was alive and watching.
Inside Room 4B, the glow of fairy lights flickered over scattered junk food, half empty soda cans, and a pile of tangled chargers. Seven friends huddled together, seeking warmth from laughter and the illusion of safety that only company could bring.
"Alright,"
Darren said, flashing a grin as he tossed a bag of chips aside.
"One more round of dares before midnight. Who's in?"
"Dude, we've been doing this for two hours,"
Maya groaned, hugging a pillow.
"I'm running out of stupid things to do."
"Then we make it interesting."
Rico leaned forward, his eyes gleaming behind his glasses.
He was the group's tech guy the one who always had something new from the darker corners of the internet.
"Ever heard of The Ghost Game?"
Sophie looked up, half curious, half annoyed.
"Is that another jumpscare app? Because if it screams in my face, I'm deleting it."
Rico smirked.
"Not exactly. It's... more like a confession game. Urban legend says it was banned a few years ago after some players"
He paused for effect, lowering his voice.
"committed suicide right after playing."
The room fell quiet, only the storm filling the silence.
"Bro, stop,"
Aaron said, rolling his eyes but forcing a laugh.
"You're just trying to freak us out."
"I'm serious," Rico replied.
"It's called Ghost Game. You download it, say your name, confess a sin, and the game judges if you're truthful. If you lie, bad things happen."
Lena, sitting in the corner, tightened her arms around herself. Something about the word confess made her chest tighten.
"That's messed up," she muttered.
"Come on, Lena," Darren teased.
"It's just a game. What's the worst that could happen?"
Maya pulled her blanket tighter.
"People said that before dying in horror movies too."
But curiosity is the devil's whisper and that night, they all listened.
Rico found the download link buried deep in a dark forum, its icon a black screen with a single white eye in the center.The Ghost Game.
When he launched it, the phone screen dimmed, then flickered to static before a soft, distorted female voice spoke through the speaker
"Welcome, player. Say your name to begin."
Everyone laughed nervously.
"Alright, I'll go first," Darren said, leaning closer to the phone.
"Darren Lee. My sin is... skipping church for five months straight."
Silence. Then the app replied:
"Truth accepted. Proceed."
Laughter erupted.
Sophie clapped.
"Oh wow, spooky. What's next, it tells me to drink water?"
"Okay, okay, my turn," Maya said.
"Maya Cruz. My sin is lying to my mom about my scholarship."
"Truth accepted."
"See?" Maya said, smiling but her smile faded when the screen flickered again, displaying words in red.
LIE DETECTED.
The lights blinked. A chill ran through the room.
"Wait, what the hell?" Rico frowned, tapping the phone.
"It's glitching."
Maya laughed nervously.
"Ha-ha, funny bug."
But then the app spoke again, the same distorted voice now whispering directly into the microphone, slow and deliberate:
"You lied."
The room went dead silent. The phone screen turned black.
And from somewhere faint but clear they heard three knocks on the dorm door.
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
Aaron froze. "Did someone order food?"
No one moved.
Rico's phone buzzed. A notification flashed across the screen.
Level One Completed. One truth remains unpaid.
Maya swallowed hard, glancing at the door.
"It's just... the wind, right?"
But when she turned back toward the window, her reflection wasn't looking at her. It was smiling.
The next morning was too quiet.
Sunlight leaked through the blinds in thin, ghostly lines. Outside, the rain had stopped, but the air felt heavy as if the storm had left something behind.
Lena woke up with a throbbing headache. She remembered the laughter, the whispers, the knock on the door... and Maya's pale face staring into the dark window. It had to be a dream a twisted illusion of sleep deprivation and too much caffeine.
But when she checked her phone, the app was still there.The Ghost Game, still installed. Still waiting.
Her chest tightened.
"No way..." she whispered, trying again to delete it. But the option was greyed out.
Uninstall failed.
This application is protected.
Lena threw her phone onto the bed, her pulse racing.
"What the hell, Rico..."
By noon, the group gathered again at the campus café. Everyone looked exhausted pale faces, dark circles, silence where jokes used to be.
"Has anyone heard from Maya?" Sophie finally asked, stirring her untouched coffee.
"She's not answering calls."
Aaron shrugged. "Probably sleeping off the freak-out from last night."
Rico frowned. "I texted her. No reply. Her phone shows she was online around 3 a.m., but then nothing."
Darren leaned back. "Guys, it's Maya. She's dramatic. Maybe she's just trying to scare us."
Lena didn't speak. Her mind kept replaying the sound of that distorted voice.
You lied.
It didn't sound digital. It sounded human.
That evening, Lena decided to check on Maya herself.The dorm hallway was quiet, too quiet for a weekend. Her footsteps echoed down the narrow corridor. Maya's door was at the end Room 4F.
She knocked softly... No answer.
"Maya?" she called. "It's Lena. You okay?"
Still silence.
Then she noticed something. The faint glow of light beneath the door.
Her heartbeat quickened. She turned the handle locked.
"Maya, open up," Lena said, forcing her voice to stay calm. "Please."
When there was still no answer, she called security. It took them less than five minutes to arrive, but those minutes felt eternal.
The guard unlocked the door.
And then the world went still.
Maya was hanging from the ceiling fan.
Her eyes wide open. Her phone still in her hand.
On the screen was the same red symbol.
THE GHOST GAME.
The timer still counting down.
03:33:12
Sophie screamed. Rico fell to his knees. Aaron froze, his lips trembling.
Lena couldn't move. The air was cold and dry, yet her skin burned. She wanted to scream, but her throat locked tight.
On the wall behind Maya, written in what looked like blood, were five chilling words:
"SHE LIED. SHE NEVER LEFT."
That night, police sealed the dorm. They called it suicide. No signs of struggle, no forced entry, no fingerprints except Maya's own.
But Lena knew what she saw.
She remembered the reflection the smile that wasn't Maya's.
When she got back to her room, her phone buzzed, A notification from The Ghost Game.
"Level One Complete."
"Next confession required before 3:33 AM."
"Failure results in elimination."
Her breath caught in her chest. The room temperature dropped.
She turned to the mirror across from her bed and for a moment, just before she blinked her reflection smiled back at her.