Has anyone ever wanted to write a horror story?

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I find that I can often effectively write dark-themed stories, so I've been wondering if I could pull off writing a horror story. I'd rather focus more on creepiness and less on violence.

Has anyone ever aspired to write horror fiction? Or has anyone already done so?

Like Stephen King horror? Nah, not really. But my current post cyberpunk novel-in-progress has at least one chapter in it that could be considered 'horror' in a way. It's more of psychological horror, though, meant to be disturbing through the depiction of rather creatively sadistic psychological torture enabled by virtual reality and an AI interrogator playing off the victim's memories, hopes, fears, fantasies and dreams as much as relying on physical pain and distress to find out what they want to know.

Yep! I have, and I like doing it. It was a bit of a surprise when I wrote my first one, but it was a lot of fun to do. Unfortunately it's not published yet.

Go for it!

I write short stories often but I end up either not saving them or deleting them to save space.

Yeah, I wanted to write a vampire story. Also wanted to write one about a shapeshifter based on Celtic mythology.

I wrote a short storyabout how some soldiers and college students/profesors/townsfolk survived a world wide zombie pandemic. Its in the same style that Max Brooks wrote his best seller "World War Z"

YES.

well I Am Legend got me thinking about a scenario wherein one has safely escaped to the safety of the countryside but routinely returns by day to scavenge through the remains of the nearby suburb, has many run-in's with zombies. the house in the countryside is a cross between a swiss family robinson treehouse and a maximum security prison. he survives long enough to meet a few others in the suburb who have also survived. one of these survivors is a teen girl whose little brother was bit earlier and ran away. the little brother is physically fully zombie but somehow his conscience wasn't fully blunted so he is still partially human, misses his sister, and watches over her from a distance. When his sister leaves along with a group of survivors with this stranger for the safety of the country side, he warily follows them out of the city, catching the guard of another zombie curious to if he's following a food source. he unknowingly leads this zombie to the hideout, and in his attempt to kill him, the zombie sounds off a zombie scream, and zounds of zombies descend on the fort, big battle, guns, bombs, and blood. He manages to find his sister through it all, severly wounded, and escapes with her off to the hillside where he watches her die, but it is a touching reunion. so yea, everyone dies in my story except for the zombies.

yea i know, its basically I am legend lol, but a different context, and more people lol. I am not a writer so I won't even attempt to write that out. but it would be interesting.

I'm currently working on a werewolf novel, which I never really intended to be toned down when it comes to graphic violence. But the term for what Decartes is looking for is Quiet Horror. Something that can be absolutely chilling, but no loud bang, or spilling intestines. There was one particular author who wrote short fiction of this variety who passed away only a few years ago. I'm afraid. though, I can't recall his name, or the titles of any of his stories, with the possible exception of Snow Man. I may be wrong about that story title, though.
My only advice to DeCartes is to look up Quiet Horror fiction.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Yes, I have written horror fiction. I also prefer less violence and more creepiness. Besides short stories that I have written, I am currently working on a sci-fi/horror novel. I have around 140 pages of the novel completed. Besides the horror elements, I have incorporated many of my interests into the story. One of the main settings involves a lakeside tourist town with an amusement park. To show you what an obsession this story is to me---I am currently working on an HO scale model of the town in my basement. It measures 26 feet by 24 feet and has around 300 buildings and structures.