Room 733

by C.K. Walker

A short Horror story written by C.W. Walker

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Short Stories

15 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

C.K. Walker has been published by Jitter Press, The Altar Collective, and Thought Catalog. Her stories have been adapted for audio by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and the NoSleep Podcast.

Reviews

[Bingus Boingus · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Bliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reminds me of that one Stephen King story, its a great creepypasta and one of the author's best works in my opinion. I love the concept of urban legends like that.

Read the story but recently listened to it on CreepCast

[Stermaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good short story ! Two young women start college and share a bedroom next door to the sinister room 733, famed for being a suicide hotspot in the campus. Strange occurrences start to happen: could the explanation be a mundane one? Is it a ghost? A demon? Or something else entirely?
Both Stephen King and Algernon Blackwood seem to be inspirations for C. K. Walker. The latter is particularly visible here, as well as Lovecraft: this story has shades of Blackwood's The Occupant of the Room, where a man lents the vacant room of a missing woman, and starts experiencing crushing thoughts and what could amount to a haunting.
I really liked the foreshadowing and the dramatic irony: the Cthulhu drawing announcing the incomprehensible thing that roam their room, the references to the tiny window... The supernatural evolves in a crescendo: at first, the reader think of a ghost, summoned by the ouija board. Secondly, a demon comes to mind. To finish with an unexplainable creature of lovecraftian proportion

[Taylor Seiverd · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a fun little ghost story for Halloween this year! i feel like i haven’t read enough spooky ghost stories for Halloween this year. this wasn’t “horror” really. it was a short paranormal story with plot & engaging characters. of course there were a few questionable decisions being made but, you always have that in these kinds of stories 🤷🏻‍♀️

C.K Walker does a fantastic job with her characters dialogue. that is one area i typically feel is never lacking in her stories. she does a great wrap up at the end, sometimes with a cliffhanger. all in all, her work is always solid & enjoyable. (we don’t acknowledge Borrasca IV).

i listened to this through CreepCast with Papa Meat & Wendigoon.

[Marina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best scary stories I’ve ever read. I first read it on Reddit around 5 or so years ago and I still remember it all this time later. While it was a lot longer than most short stories, I barely noticed due to how engrossed in the story I was. It felt believable and I didn’t suspect the twist at the end. All in all, I definitely recommend it.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to it on the no sleep podcast and come back to it all the time I honestly love the story. It’s creepy and not overly true crime like.

[LaLa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4/5

I just wanted to see what other stories Walker wrote and coincidentally chose this one. Yeah it's scary might no sleep tonight YEESH.

[Lars Jacobsson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool twist, otherwise meh

[Zander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun short ghost story overall. Can’t complain too much

[mabez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another CreepCast listen, spooky ooky

[Colby Coles · Rating 4 out of 5]

#creepcast

[Lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,25

[Ruth Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was pretty good, the dialogue is always really fun to read from this author, and overall the story was immersive and the twists were fun! Just great overall.

[Dylan Malta · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABSOLUTE CINEMA it was amazing and kept me on my toes

[Katie White · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of C.K. Walker’s stories I enjoyed throughout!

[Pilar L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

*** first time reading it was fine but this time around Creepcast narrated it with all their enthusiasm and silliness! (October 20 2025)