# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/282 "2013-08-18T05:20:02Z")
In the email he bitched about what a fatass the boss is, how the customer is an idiot without any redeeming qualities and his honest opinions on how overpaid the new employees are.Then he realized he just clicked “Reply all”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/283 "2013-08-18T15:03:08Z")
He stared into the sunrise, unable to tear his gaze from the glorious sight. He idly wondered if it would be the crabs or the incoming tide that would claim him first. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/284 "2013-08-18T16:45:37Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Another classic: > "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” > > Gives me the creeps every time I read it. I love the book, one of the best horror novels around. It is a pity thaat there hasn’t been a good movie from it yet, I have no idea why they buy a great book and then don’t use much of it in the movie. _sigh_ > [@deltasigma](#): > > The enticing aroma filling the house told me that the coffee was finally ready. I opened the refrigerator only to realize that there was no milk. NOOOOOOOOO! I hate when that happens. > [@austerity](#): > > congratulations, you are pregnant Actually happened to me back in the 90s, 10 years after I had a tubal ligation … :eek:☹ > [@Mangetout](#): > > “Of _course_ I let the dog out! I’m _always_ the one that lets the dog out - _you_ never do _anything!_”, she retorted, “So shut the hell up!”. I shut up all right - I couldn’t think what to say - as I stood frozen, numb, looking at the tiny, empty, four-legged pressure suit, hanging in place by the airlock. eep! poor puppy! > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > They renewed _Firefly_! Justin Bieber’s gonna be on it! Oh HELL NO! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/285 "2013-08-18T21:54:15Z")
“That wasn’t so bad!” she thought, as she dropped the last Sunday paper on the last porch of the new paper route; “I wonder why no one else ever managed to keep this gig?” As she opened the door to her car, she realized it was full–again–of Sunday papers, and she looked up to see that she was standing on the corner of Infinity Boulevard and Neverends Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/286 "2013-09-04T11:44:18Z")
Some great ones (including the OP) here [http://imgur.com/gallery/VBJPcGy](http://imgur.com/gallery/VBJPcGy) ---
**Author:** ![MrPeabody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MrPeabody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPeabody)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/287 "2013-09-06T17:33:18Z")
He cried and cried, not understanding, knowing he was not at fault. As his tears dried, alone in the bed they shared he began to fall asleep, weakly he wondered why the faint smell of dirt grew stronger. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639/288 "2013-09-06T17:43:16Z")
The chances that the atomic experiment would ignite the Earth’s atmosphere were vanishingly small. Which was not, Professor Simpkin admitted to himself just an instant after closing the switch, and the irreversible reaction began, exactly the same thing as saying that it _could not_ happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-sentence-horror-stories/664639.md?page=14)