# 2 sentence horror stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639 "2013-07-26T23:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/1 "2013-07-26T23:44:59Z")
In a post over on [io9.com](http://io9.com), the challenge was thrown out to write a two sentence horror story. Most of the submissions were pretty banal, but this one really got me: > [@](#): > > 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.” Can you come up with anything better than that? Of course you can. You’re the finest gathering of minds this planet has ever seen. Remember. Two sentences. That’s it. Go. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/2 "2013-07-26T23:46:36Z")
That one is going around on Tumblr. And, yeah, it’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/3 "2013-07-26T23:55:54Z")
I gazed up at the moon-lit figure, blurry in my sight, silhouetted in a pale rectangle that promised more than any other doorway. He knelt down and offered me his hand, saying “Stand now, if you want to live again.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/4 "2013-07-26T23:56:40Z")
For sale: baby manacles , slightly gnawed. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/5 "2013-07-27T00:03:52Z")
While sitting on the couch, my girlfriend put her arm around me. As she started stroking the back of my neck, she leaned forward and picked up the popcorn bowl and grabbed a handful while passing it to me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/6 "2013-07-27T00:07:22Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > For sale: baby manacles , slightly gnawed. Nice. Here’s my space horror story: In hindsight, from inside…it, the Quantum Portal was a Venus Flytrap. The digestion began. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/7 "2013-07-27T00:12:59Z")
I gazed into her brown eyes, seeing my own reflection and knowing how much the sight of my face meant to her. Then I set her head on the bureau and went to get a mop. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/8 "2013-07-27T00:13:42Z")
Here’s a classic: A man awoke in the dark, frightened. He reached for a match, and a match was placed in his hand. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/9 "2013-07-27T00:19:54Z")
At 35 years old, she knew it was time to stop giving into silly superstitions so as she turned off the light in the basement, she walked up the stairs instead of running. Then there was the tug on the back of her shirt… ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/10 "2013-07-27T00:31:14Z")
They buried him just after dawn. He died early the next day. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/11 "2013-07-27T00:49:31Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > They buried him just after dawn. He died early the next day. That’s very good. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/12 "2013-07-27T00:51:42Z")
He was still ravenously hungry. But there wasn’t much more of himself that he could eat. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/13 "2013-07-27T01:20:17Z")
“Doctor, I’m ready for the anesthesiologist,” I said. “Not this time,” he said, locking the door. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/14 "2013-07-27T01:26:14Z")
Rushing to greet Lucy at the door, Henry stammered, “My God, honey, I had such nightmares, they said there had been an accident…” He trailed off, noticing her two dogs back away stiffly, eyes round, urinating. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/15 "2013-07-27T01:26:20Z")
The last human on Earth sat alone in a room. Then They broke down the door. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > That’s very good. Thanks! (For a certain twisted value of “very good”.) ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/16 "2013-07-27T01:56:41Z")
It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out! ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/17 "2013-07-27T02:01:45Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out! I feel like I’ve read that one before… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/18 "2013-07-27T02:25:01Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Thanks! (For a certain twisted value of “very good”.) Considering I shudder every time the sentences pop in my head… yes, very good! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Made_French_Toast_For_You)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/19 "2013-07-27T03:04:03Z")
The boy stood staring at his mother’s coffin. He wondered what form her body took, that required her casket be shaped like a ring. ---
**Author:** ![agnesnitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@agnesnitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agnesnitt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/20 "2013-07-27T03:07:36Z")
From the Twilight Zone. The father sat on the bed beside his son. “Danny, take off your shoes, now the other one…now the other one.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=2)