🕵️‍♂️ The Caller in the Rain — A Thriller Short Story

Published on: DarkChapters | July 2025

> Some calls should never be answered...

It was nearly midnight when Arjun’s phone rang — an unknown number flashing across the screen. He hesitated. Rain pelted his windows, thunder rumbled low, and the lights had just flickered once. He answered.

No one spoke.

Just... breathing.

“Who is this?” Arjun asked sharply.

Still silence. Then, a whisper:

> “You shouldn’t have ignored me.”

His spine stiffened. The voice was distorted, but it sounded familiar — hauntingly so.

He rushed to lock every window. That voice — it sounded like Rishi. His college roommate. But Rishi was dead. A car accident three years ago.

Yet the calls kept coming.

Each night, 12:03 a.m.

Each time, a little clearer.

Each time, the whisper grew louder.

> “You watched me die.”

He tried changing numbers. Switching phones. Even moving cities. Nothing worked.

Until one night… the whisper turned into a scream.

And then silence.

The next morning, police found Arjun's phone shattered on his apartment floor, and the door wide open — despite being locked from inside.

He was never found.

But his phone still rings at 12:03 a.m. every night.

If you answer, listen carefully — someone might be calling you next.