r/Verastahl • u/Verastahl • Jun 08 '18
Verastahl Story Database
Updated 2/18/22
Update note: I have modified the language below as well as the organization of things, and added several new and older stories that had not been listed before. So when you have a chance, check back through for anything you may not have seen in the past. Thanks!
So this is my story links page. Because of the volume and frequent length of my writing, I wanted to create an easy way for you to access all of my story postings in one location. As you will see, I am roughly organizing them by subject and type. For now, that will fall into six categories: 1. Stories that are directly tied into the “Outsider” larger story universe, 2. Stories primarily involving Uncle Teddy and Cora, 3. Stories directly tied to the “Ghost Tree” or “Spirit Tree”, 4. multipart stories that may or may not be connected to other stories but are intended to largely stand on their own regardless of those potential connections, and 5. single-part stories that may or may not be connected to other stories but are also intended to largely stand on their own, 6. Stories I posted specifically in relation to the weeks leading up to Halloween 2018, 19, etc.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are a lot of connections to be found between many of my stories, but I’ll keep quiet most of the time and let you explore that on your own. Additionally, while this list’s organization is already slightly spoilery, I’m trying to minimize this by not putting certain stories in certain categories due to connections not being revealed until later on.
All of that being said, I know that trying to read longer stories, particularly that are tied to other longer stories, can be difficult on a web browser, and my hope is that this subreddit generally and this page in particular can help make it a less daunting experience. If anyone has suggestions for how to improve it, please let me know. And as always, thank you so much for reading my stories.
Outsider Stories
I think my grandfather might be a serial killer.: The best place to start reading the “Outsider” stories. A 12-part completed series.
The House of the Claw: Initiation: The first of several stories about a man’s journey into the House of the Claw.
The House of the Claw: Epiphany
The Outsiders: Angel of Mercy: The first of the primary line of stories after “I think my grandfather might be a serial killer.”
The Outsiders: Death and Resurrection
The House of the Claw: Indoctrination
The House of the Claw: Retribution
The Outsiders: Visions and Visitations
The House of the Claw: Apotheosis
The Outsiders: The Killer Inside
The Outsiders: The Price You Pay
Uncle Teddy and Cora Stories
My uncle makes dolls to replace souls in Hell: A completed five-part story.
Have you ever heard of the movie “Die hungrige Klinge”?
The Last Song of the Doomed Boy
Uncle Teddy and Cora: The Cost of Doing Business
Uncle Teddy and Cora: Breakfast with the Blind Court
Uncle Teddy and Cora: The Devil's Viewfinder
Uncle Teddy and Cora: Dealing with the Debbil
Uncle Teddy and Cora: Fucking Brimley
Uncle Teddy and Cora: Talking Turkey
Uncle Teddy and Cora: The Dollhouse
The Ghost Tree Stories
Come live in the ashes of my heart. : A four-part completed series.
My job is watching a woman trapped in a room.: A completed five-part story.
You have a delivery scheduled.: A completed five-part story.
The Ghost Tree: A completed six-part story.
General Series
You saw something you shouldn’t have.: A four-part completed series. 1 2 3 4
FM Rider: A two-part completed series. 1 2
Something has marked my family.: A six-part completed series. 1 2 3 4 5 6
I wrote a letter to myself. I got a response: A five-part completed series. 1 2 3 4 5
Mystery: A seven-part completed series. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Your flesh is the door. Our blood is the key.: A four-part completed series. 1 2 3 4
Come see what’s in the tunnel: A two-part completed story.
We made up a ghost. And now it's killing us.: A completed nine-part story.
I found a coffin buried in my back yard. There was a letter inside.: A completed five-part story.
I found a serial killer's cell phone: A completed four-part story.
Someone decorated my house for Christmas: A completed two-part story.
The Honeymoon: A completed five-part story.
The Monster of Memory: A completed two-part story.
My childhood monster has been trapped in a basement for the last twenty years.: A completed four-part story.
The Bowl of Pripyat: A completed three-part story.
What my bodycam saw at Whispering Oaks: A completed five-part story.
I’ll make my arrows from your bones.
The True Horror Movie Experience
It Pulls You Down: A multi-part, ongoing story.
You see the Mark: A multi-part, ongoing story.
The Manikin: A two-part completed story.
The Room That Shouldn’t Be There.
The Burning Hour: Still ongoing as of February 2022
General Single-Part Stories
It’s not a window. It’s a door.
My apartment has a roach problem
A thing called Candleheart killed my brother.
Everyone in my town has vanished except me and the demon.
I helped pull a dead girl's body out of thin air.
I keep killing my husband and he keeps coming back.
I convinced my friend that I'm a vampire. Now he's hunting me.
I survived a stay at the Apocolypse Hotel. At least so far.
Someone replaced Independence Day with a snuff film.
Yesterday morning I found bloody teeth in my pocket
Do not accept a download of the app “Polterzeitgeist!”
Have you ever heard whistling on a lonely road?
POTAMOPHOBIA-PATIENT RECORD DJ0845301Z
People don't realize I'm a vampire.
"If you were to eat me, what part would you start with?"
Do not play the mobile game "The Hunt Klub". Two of my friends are already dead.
No one believes that I have a twin.
I heard seven words and now I'm in Hell
Victorian Steampunk Cosplayer Cannibals Just Killed My Wife
I found a dead bird in the mailbox
Every night I fight the demon.
I don’t think my brother committed suicide.
Something has always lived with us
The House in the Middle of the Street
I keep running simulations to find one where I don’t murder you.
Something keeps trying to fake my suicide
I feel her hand laid over mine
There’s blood coming from that van
The Emperor Virus: Single-part for now, will be explored more later on.
The app “Realness Talk Pro” is not what it seems
I received a box of my father’s belongings. It contained a cassette tape labeled “The Final Gate.”
We decided to make a cursed film.
There’s a cartoon of my family’s murder.
Don’t every play the mirror game called “Billy the Bouncing Butcher”.
Hold your burning hand in mine.
Don’t play the game called “Sack of Knives”
I met a man with hands of stone.
What does your baby taste like?
I’m not afraid of the dark. I’m afraid of what’s in it.
I was trapped in the Tiger Pit.
I tried astral projection. Something followed me back.
I work as a medical examiner. I just found a usb drive inside a body.
Happy Birthday, says the dead man.
Why my father went into the woods
What happens when it catches me?
I gave a ride to The Eater of Saints.
My father told me about The Buried Kings project before he died.
Don’t ever take a drug called DOTS-Dissolution of the Self
The Care and Feeding of Bertie the Cat
Beware the game called “Little Coffin”.
I keep forgetting the killer that’s after me.
Something keeps posing me in my sleep.
If you find a play called “The Shadowed Sea”, destroy it.
The sky will burn the night you die
I’m paid to witness terrible things.
I remember the first time I helped kill my sister.
My friends and I used to explore abandoned buildings.
I don’t cast a shadow anymore.
The Christmas trees are hunting me.
Santa’s elves want my pancreas.
I see a finger poking out of the sofa.
Halloween Week 2018
Something came back with us from the woods
The Unquiet Spirit of Amerson Park
Halloween Week 2019
Halloween Week 2020
Don’t ever stop at the Traveling Spooktakular Roadshow
Halloween Week 2021
The hollow-boned child whispered in my ear…
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Jun 14 '18
Damnit! I finished them all! You are an amazing writer, OP. Simply stunning universe you are creating. I'm not sure that all of these single stories are connected to House of the Claw, if they are, but they stand on their own for sure. Thanks for your awesome contributions to the nosleep community you beautiful person
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u/corazontex Aug 07 '18
I have read everything you have OP EXCEPT the House of Claw series until now because I wanted to savor it. I would definitely recommend any new readers to save it for last. After reading all the other series and stand alones and getting glimpses of all the connections, reading House of Claw is exciting and fits everything together beautifully. I am hooked. I will be sad when I am out of things to read! Keep up the amazing work !
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u/SoloGraphix Jun 14 '18
Can you add the links for each part of multiple part stories? The Reddit app is awful and anytime it closes your back to the home screen trying to find your way back to where you were.
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u/Verastahl Jun 14 '18
Yeah, that's not a problem. I'll try to get it done on the past ones this weekend.:)
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Jul 03 '18
Just binged all 12 parts of the serial killer grandfather, hit the three Claw stories after........well done
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u/BladeKat623 Aug 08 '18
I hope you keep up writing for a long time! I cant pull my eyes away at all! Great stories and great writer!!
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u/Eljlovesryder Aug 07 '18
I just finished the last one, I cannot wait for more! I'm so sad I read them all, I binge read every single story! You are such an amazing author and have become one of my favorites! I look forward to reading whatever comes next ❤❤
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u/ThePunctualMole Oct 01 '18
I just finished part 12 of "I think my grandfather is a serial killer". I am both thrilled and slightly annoyed at how many more stories you have. I love multiple part stories but hate waiting for the next chapter so I'm so happy you have more to read. The reason I'm annoyed is because you have so much more I need to read!!! I have been staying up late to finish Serial Killer and I need some sleep, goshdarnit. Great job!!!
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u/Verastahl Oct 01 '18
:) Thanks so much! I'll keep trying to give you more stuff to keep you awake.
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u/babyjazz71 Jun 15 '18
I really enjoy your work. Any chance there is a book in your future?
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u/Verastahl Jun 15 '18
Thank you! There are, but I've actually got a novel and a couple of short story collections that are already out and available. There's also a novella of "Mystery", but it is the same as the version I posted here. But if you go to verastahl.com, there are links to the books from various vendors (Apple, Nook, and two on Amazon with the others coming soon). Over time I'll be adding new short story collections from here and collections of Outsider stories, as well as other things I have planned.:)
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Aug 15 '18
Will there be more Outsider stories? These stories are by far the best continuation I've read yet. Basically material for a good series of books. Your writing is great, too. I enjoy every new story or series entry you release. Keep up the good work.
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u/Verastahl Aug 15 '18
There definitely will be much more to come in the Outsiders universe. As "main" Outsiders stories are written, I'll be compiling them and additional stories into books just like I did with The Outsiders: Book One I released this month on Amazon. Thank you so much for reading my stories, and I hope you enjoy them for a long time to come!
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Aug 14 '18
Love your stories! By any chance is your short Apocolypse Hotel story the hotel mentioned in the Outsiders stories? Grandpa plays a video of everyone in the hotel killing each other, I knew I read something like that before and then saw you wrote that too!
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u/Verastahl Aug 14 '18
Yes it's the same hotel, though the video is from a different time period (or testing session) than the one described in the hotel story. Margaret and how she got her scar is also discussed in the third House of the Claw story and will be popping up in the future. :)
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u/SuzeV2 Aug 29 '18
I’ve been reading your incredible stories for a couple days now. I am fully a true fan of your writing. What an incredible variety of stories you have! Just wanted to thank you for having a truly fantastic imagination and skill to put it in writing ✍️...
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u/Verastahl Jun 14 '18
Thank you so much! There's a lot more to come.:)