These Two-Sentence Horror Stories Might Just Shiver Your Timbers

Or make you giggle, you weirdo

Some Shakespeare guy once said, “brevity is the soul of wit.” But I wonder if it’s also the soul of sh*tting your pants scared.

They say that learning to reduce your number of wordlings is a true sign of a great writer. And since I’m not one, you can guess I’m constantly trying to remember to do it.

I often fail.

But luckily, my magic shiny object machine tinkered on this morning and I wanted to add more goodies to my pile of thoughts.

I came across something I thought was pretty cool and wanted to share today. Horror stories. Short ones. Two sentences long, in fact. It’s a pretty common subject over at Reddit and honestly, every time I venture into the topic I’m always pretty impressed.

And a little wet in the pants after, too.

Here’s some of the most impressive and scary ones I found. Just remember, if you’re at work, it’s never too late to put on a diaper.

What is the best horror story you can come up with in two sentences?

My daughter won't stop crying and screaming in the middle of the night. I visit her grave and ask her to stop, but it doesn't help.

—skuppy

There was a picture in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone.

—guztaluz

I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.”

—Juan J. Ruiz

The doctors told the amputee he might experience a phantom limb from time to time. Nobody prepared him for the moments though, when he felt cold fingers brush across his phantom hand.

—unknown

After working a hard day I came home to see my girlfriend cradling our child. I didn't know which was more frightening, seeing my dead girlfriend and stillborn child, or knowing that someone broke into my apartment to place them there.

—cobaltcollapse

She asked why I was breathing so heavily. I wasn't.

—Calamitosity

"I can't sleep" she whispered, crawling into bed with me. I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in.

—unknown

Being buried alive was bad enough. Realizing I wasn't alone in my own grave was worse.

—harshcougar

After struggling desperately to move any part of his paralytic body just to alert the doctors that he was conscious before they made the first incision, he was relieved to see that one of the nurses had noticed his pupils dilating from the bright light. She leaned in close and, in a whisper that tickled his ear, said "you think we don't know you're awake?"

—Clayboy731

You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. As you are heading down the stairs you hear a whisper from the closet saying "Don't go down there honey, I heard it too."

—comparativelysane

I woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again.

—therealhatman

When I finally grabbed her in the darkness, I swam back to the surface. It never occurred to me how fast the ice could freeze over.

—ADGE_S

“Put back the mirrors. We miss watching you.”

—razzliox

They said, "It'll take a while to get over your ex."

Not at 60mph.

—pensotroppo

You sit down and take a poo. You realize there is no toilet paper.

—Fr0z3nBu113t

You finish running a marathon and come home for your favorite sandwich in the entire world. There is no peanut butter or tuna.

—JJ Pryor

I had to save the spookiest one for the end, of course.

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