Usually means: Fiction designed to evoke fear.
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  1. horror story: Merriam-Webster
  2. horror story: Collins English Dictionary
  3. horror story: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. horror story: Wiktionary
  5. horror story: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. horror story: Dictionary.com
  7. Horror Story (film), Horror Story, Horror story: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. horror story: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. horror story: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (horror story)

noun:  (fiction) A fictional narrative of distressing events.
noun:  (informal) A disturbing rumour.
noun:  An unpleasant experience.

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