Short horror from Tasmania. Twisted Roads, The Confession Engine, and other wrong turns by Matthew Tonks.
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There is a room.
There is a screen.
There are headphones.
It is waiting for one true thing.
Enter The Confession Engine:
theconfessionengine.com/
#TheConfessionEngine #MatthewTonks #TwistedRoads #InteractiveHorror #PsychologicalHorror #HorrorFiction
The city outside is burning, but something far worse is inside with them.
And when he finally turns around, she wishes he hadn’t.
Curdled Milk Cried Me to Sleep
If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.
#Horror #BodyHorror mtonks.com/2026/05/30/curdle…
The Confession Engine
You can listen to everyone else’s secrets. But the machine only works if you give it one of your own. Step closer. Put the headphones on. #ShortHorror #Creepypasta #IndieAuthor #HorrorFiction #FlashFiction #Confession #Liminal mtonks.com/2026/02/27/the-co…
Ten years ago, I wrote the first horror story I ever posted online.
I thought it was a zombie story. Looking back now, I think it was always a tragedy about grief, obsession, and refusing to let go. #DailyGrind #WritingCommunity #TheGrind #TwistedRoads # mtonks.com/2026/05/13/daily-…
You lose everyone trying to save the person you love.
Then one night they finally take your hand again.
One Love
If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.
#Horror #ShortHorror #ZombieHorror #ScaryStories #Creepypasta #Flas mtonks.com/2026/05/13/one-lo…
She stitches his flesh back together while something wearing his face laughs beside her, then asks him to choose.
Water Wets the Needle’s Thread
If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.
#Horror #BodyHorror #PsychologicalH mtonks.com/2026/05/12/water-…
You hear a knock, but no one’s there.
Then it knocks again, this time from inside the house.
A Knock Always Requires an Answer
If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.
#Horror #ShortHorror #Creepypasta #FlashFiction
mtonks.com/2026/05/04/a-knoc…
You spend your whole life becoming someone.
Then one day your memories stop feeling like your own.
A Bitterness in Sweet Sugar
If you like it, don’t keep it.
Pass it on and let someone else find it.
#Horror #ShortHorror #FlashFiction #Creepypasta
mtonks.com/2026/05/06/a-bitt…
A Foot on the Other Shoe — a speech keeps going after the speaker starts to come apart. Watch the smile hold while everything else fails.
#MatthewTonks #ShortHorror #TwistedRoads #Creepypasta #IndieAuthor #HorrorFiction #FlashFiction #PsychologicalHorro mtonks.com/2026/04/29/2020su…
The Confession Engine
You can listen to everyone else’s secrets. But the machine only works if you give it one of your own. Step closer. Put the headphones on. #ShortHorror #TwistedRoads #IndieAuthor #HorrorFiction #FlashFiction #PsychologicalHorror
mtonks.com/2026/02/27/the-co…
His confession flowed onto the paper.
The piece that made loathing his master.
If yours is still unspoken,
enter the Engine.
Hear what he heard.
Let your confession join the next iteration.
theconfessionengine.com
Awake Too Long — Julian wakes to a ruined carnival of flesh and a violent reckoning that will not let him sleep. #MatthewTonks #ShortHorror #TwistedRoads #Creepypasta #IndieAuthor #HorrorFiction #FlashFiction #PsychologicalHorror #BodyHorror #LiminalHorro mtonks.com/2025/11/06/awake-…
Everyone Wants to Sell You Immortality —a rotten grin and a boxed promise.
#MatthewTonks #ShortHorror #TwistedRoads #Creepypasta #IndieAuthor #HorrorFiction #FlashFiction #PsychologicalHorror #BodyHorror #LiminalHorror mtonks.com/2025/11/04/everyo…
